Skeleton Kings: The Epic Tale of a Skeleton Crew

C. A. Brekke (nee Isbell): I love everything by King. If you've read him, then you know there's nothing else to say. If you haven't, then you will soon become hooked very easily.

United States on Oct 27, 2023

Amazon Customer: Nice collection of Mr. Kings short stories. Good variation and entertaining

United Kingdom on Oct 19, 2023

T. Ross: Overall, it's good. Something chewed on the binding, but otherwise it'll do.

United States on Oct 12, 2023

Steve Davis: Wow! They’re not just short stories, they’re great stories! The kind of tales that bounce around in all of us but can’t quite get out. King opens the door.

United States on Aug 30, 2023

LuisLuis: Esta es una de las colecciones mas variadas de Stephen King y como en cualquier antologia la calidad varia de un relato a otro, pero el libro en general es sumamente entretenido.
Ademas contiene uno de los trabajos mas famosos del autor como lo es La Niebla.

Ampliamente recomendable.

El articulo llego en perfectas condiciones.

Mexico on Aug 11, 2023

Kindle Customer: ... worth getting for The Raft, especially if you loved Creepshow 2. Oh, and The Mist. Thought Night Shift was the more superior collection.

United Kingdom on Aug 01, 2023

P. Hughes: I read this collection a good few years ago now and was very impressed then. Reading them again hasn't diminished them. I'm about 75% through but needed to comment. Wonderful book. The Raft and Survivor Type are brilliant(ly) awful. They are superb. The quality of the other stories is so high. Stephen is truly a genius.

United Kingdom on Jul 23, 2023

Rory Minck: First of all let me say Stephen King is my favorite author except Catcher in the Rye which is galaxies above any other read. But most books I read are like marching in heavy hiking boots through mud. Always looking how far from the end. If I'm reading a few books like this it's obviously drudgery even though when I think back on the content and information I'll give it praise and have learned something. But after a few books like this the drudgery is just too much and I want to read something that I'm not looking at page numbers and get lost in the read getting away from the drudgery of real life. That's when I pick up a King book. When I read his books for the most part, I forget about everything and everybody and am only into the read and when it's over my spirit is picked up and the drudgery for awhile is easier to deal with. Like many of you, I'm a huge fan of his short stories and they have always been a better read than his books for the most part. (It and The Shining excluded) Skeleton Crew was written in 1985. That's a long time ago and the hype and awards and ratings were A+++++++++++++ and I wondered why I never read it before. I heard of it but never picked it up. So...

United States on Feb 09, 2023

M. George: Reading Skeleton Crew slowly for over a year now, using it as a bridge between various other novels and such to help with my SK addiction, I can say Skeleton Crew serves as possibly the best sampling of Stephen King considering the diversity and length it gives, all for under $10. The collection features a full novel, nineteen short stories, and even a couple poems to mix things up. One can see that this really does include so much of the best from SK when so many of these stories later ended up being adapted into TV show episodes or even movies.

Some notables include...

The headlining feature of Skeleton Crew is certainly The Mist, which stands as one of his fan favorites, and even though it's shorter then most of his novels, he's able to still deliver on a great balance between tension, action, and character-development better than most of his 700+page novels. This story alone almost makes it worth the price, yet it only takes up a quarter of the collection.

As many other reviewers note, Cain Rose Up sticks out awkwardly as a too simple and too violent story of a school shooting. It feels like it should actually be the end of a much more complex and...

United States on Jan 06, 2013

Erinome: THE MIST: Nach einem heftigen Sommersturm zieht ein unheimlicher Nebel in einer kleinen Stadt in Maine auf, der alles und jeden unwiederbringlich verschluckt. Eine kleine Gruppe Überlebender verschanzt sich in einem Supermarkt und versucht der unheimlichen Bedrohung und dem wachsenden Lagerkoller zu trotzen - 4 Sterne.
HERE THERE BE TYGERS: Ein kleiner Junge hat eine Begegnung mit einem Tiger in einer Schultoilette - 4 Sterne.
THE MONKEY: Ein Spielzeugaffe terrorisiert den Familienvater Hal bereits seit seiner Kindheit. Jedes Mal, wenn das Spielzeug aufgezogen wird, geschieht ein furchtbares Unglück - 5 Sterne.
CAIN ROSE UP: Ein Collegestudent läuft auf dem Campus Amok - 3 Sterne.
MRS. TODD'S SHORTCUT: Mrs. Todd aus Castle Rock sucht auf jeder Autofahrt nach einer Abkürzung, die Zeit spart, bis sie eines Tages spurlos verschwindet - 3 Sterne.
THE JAUNT: Eine Familie ist mittels eines Teleportationsverfahrens auf dem Weg in eine Marskolonie. Trotz Vorsichtsmaßnahmen kommt es zu einem Unglück - 3,5 Sterne.
THE WEDDING GIG: Eine Jazzband hat in den 1920er Jahren einen Auftritt auf einer Gangsterhochzeit, die kein gutes Ende nimmt - 3 Sterne.
PARANOID: A...

Germany on Jun 03, 2010