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The Tommyknockers is a 1987 science fiction novel by Stephen King. While maintaining a horror style, the novel is an excursion into the realm of science fiction for King, as the residents of the Maine town of Haven gradually fall under the influence of a mysterious object buried in the woods.
Is 'The Tommyknockers' based on a true story? No, 'The Tommyknockers' is a work of fiction and is not based on a true story. Where can I purchase a copy of 'The Tommyknockers'?
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is the 1993 television miniseries adaptation of the novel The Tommyknockers.
The screenplay was written by Lawrence D. Cohen and directed by John Power.
Although generally true to the spirit of the Stephen King novel on which it is based, the miniseries was also very different. The differences include:
•In the novel, the Constable's last name is McCausland, not Merrill.
•In the novel an odorless gas affects the townspeople, but in the miniseries it is a psychic emanation (which is not explained in detail). In the novel the gas is radioactive, so that anyone entering town dies almost immediately from radiation poisoning. The gas also changes the people into aliens, rather than siphoning their energy. The gas also forces the "becoming" to stay within the limits of its effect or die.
•In the novel the transformation causes everyone's teeth and hair fall out. Humans affected by the gas also have their blood congeal and turn green, their skin turns translucent, and their sexual organs disappear. Only the loss of a few teeth is depicted in the miniseries.
•In the novel, Becka Paulson is told of her husband's infidelity by a picture of Jesus Christ on top of her TV. In the miniseries, she is told by Chaz Stewart, a talk show host on TV.
•In the novel, Becka Paulson dies while killing her husband. In the miniseries, she merely goes insane and is committed.
•Marg Helgenberger as Roberta Anderson
•Jimmy Smits as Jim Gardener
•Joanna Cassidy as Ruth Merrill
•Allyce Beasley as Rebecca Paulson
•Cliff DeYoung as Joe Paulson
•John Ashton as Butch Dugan
The Tommyknockers is the 26th book published by Stephen King; it was his 22nd novel, and the 17th novel written under his own name. The book was released by Putnam on 10 November 1987. The story is set in the small town of Haven, Maine.
Nov 10, 1987 · Around the same time Bobbi has developed this new obsession, her old friend, Jim Gardener, known as Gard, finds himself in the depths of a true alcoholic bender. On a morning where he is moments from ending it all, Gard experiences an overwhelming feeling that Bobbi, his one true friend, is in real danger; he needs to call her.
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The townspeople of Haven are "becoming"--being welded into one organic, homicidal, and fearsomely brilliant entity in fatal thrall to the Tommyknockers. In this riveting, nightmarish story, Stephen King has given us his tautest, most terrifying novel to date.
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The Tommyknockers is a 1993 television miniseries based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Stephen King. Broadcast on ABC, it was directed by John Power, adapted by Lawrence D. Cohen and starred Marg Helgenberger and Jimmy Smits.
