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LC Class. PS3561.I483. 'Salem's Lot is a 1975 horror novel by American author Stephen King. It was his second published novel. The story involves a writer named Ben Mears who returns to the town of Jerusalem's Lot (or 'Salem's Lot for short) in Maine, where he lived from the age of five through nine, only to discover that the residents are ...
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Oct 17, 1975 · Thousands of miles away from the small township of 'Salem's Lot, two terrified people, a man and a boy, still share the secrets of those clapboard houses and tree-lined streets. They must return to 'Salem's Lot for a final confrontation with the unspeakable evil that lives on in the town. Genres HorrorFictionVampires FantasyThriller ...
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Ben Mears, a successful writer who grew up in the town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, has returned home after twenty-five years. Once in town he meets local high school teacher Matt Burke and strikes up a romantic relationship with Susan Norton, a young college graduate. Ben starts writing a book about the Marsten House, an abandoned mansion where he h...
'Salem's Lot was adapted for television twice. The 1979 miniseries starring David Soul as Ben Mears and directed by Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Poltergeist) was nominated for three primetime Emmys and an Edgar Award. In 2004, TNT premiered a miniseries version of 'Salem's Lot starring Rob Lowe, which received a primetime Emmy nomin...
Oct 17, 1975 · A classic horror story about a writer who returns to his hometown and faces a vampire invasion. Learn about the plot, the characters, the inspiration, and the formats of this 1975 novel by Stephen King.
Dec 27, 2011 · A part of him wants to see ’Salem’s Lot get its comeuppance, and this part gives the novel a degree of frisson that most vampire stories lack. And yet, in the end, the vampires don’t win, at least not exactly. Yes, Ben Mears pounds a stake in Barlow’s heart, but that isn’t enough. The evil continues to thrive.
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Salem's Lot was the first book of Stephen King's that I ever read. My mom suggested that I read it. So, I started to read it - in a very old house where my mom and I were staying at in upstate New York, by the Hudson River. And I am dead serious when I say that I started reading the book (a paperback), at night, during a rain storm.
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Sep 24, 2013 · In fact, his hometown is under siege from forces of darkness far beyond his imagination. And only he, with a small group of allies, can hope to contain the evil that is growing within the borders of this small New England town.With this, his second novel, Stephen King established himself as an indisputable master of American horror, able to ...
