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Four Past Midnight
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The scary story has never been the same since. An extraordinary quartet of full-length novellas: The Langoliers , Secret Window , Secret Garden , The Library Policeman , and The Sun dog
THE LANGOLIERS, when i read this story i got shocked on what happen.
On a cross-country...
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Books in This Collection
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The Langoliers
One Past Midnight
by Stephen King (Author)On a flight from Los Angeles to Boston, only 11 passengers survive--but landing in a dead world makes them wish they hadn't. 6 cassettes.
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Secret Window, Secret Garden
Two Past Midnight
by Stephen King (Author)Past midnight, something happens to time, that fragile concept we use to order our sense of reality. It bends, stretches, turns back, or snaps, and sometimes reality snaps with it. And what happens to the wide-eyed observer when the window...
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The Library Policeman
Three Past Midnight
by Stephen King (Author)In Junction City, Iowa, a middle-aged businessman who returns his overdue library books is faced with a malevolent monster of a librarian.
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The Sun Dog
Four Past Midnight
by Stephen King (Author)In the concluding novella from Four Past Midnight, a simple Polaroid camera proves a dangerous investment for a Maine teenager.
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Characters/People edit
- Mort Rainey: Novelist and main character in the short story "Secret Garden, Secret Window".
- Sam Peebles: Add a description of this character.
- Kevin
- Brian
- Nick
- Dave Duncan
- Dinah
- Albert Kaussner
- Naomi
- Laurel
- Craig Toomy
- John Delevan
- Amy
- Bethany
- Bob Jenkins
- Greg
- Tom Greenleaf
- Sarah
- John Shooter
- Ted
- Lukey
- Chaffee
- Meg
- Don Gaffney
- Rudy Warwick
- Anne
- Mr. Merrill: Reginald Marion 'Pop' Merrill, owner of the Castle Roc's local junk store, The Emporium Galorium. Underhanded and devious.
- Vicky
- Engle
- Stan Soames
- John Kintner
- Sonny
- John Power
Setting & Locations edit
- Ardelia Lortz
- Junction City Public Library
- Boston
- Bangor
- Derry
- Mississippi
- Maine
- Emporium Galorium
- Portland
- Iowa
- New York
- America
- Denver
- Castle Rock
- Tashmore Lake
- Omaha
- Lewiston
- Los Angeles
- Datsun
- Tokyo
- Angle Street
- Buick
- Cedar Rapids
- Pennsylvania
- Vietnam
- Augusta
- Perkinsburg
- Tennessee
- St. Louis
- Midwest
First Sentence edit
Brian Engle rolled the American Pride L1011 to a stop at Gate 22 and flicked off the FASTEN SEATBELT light at exactly 10:14 P.M.
Table of Contents edit
Straight Up Midnight - an introductory note by Stephen King - page xi
The Langoliers - page 1
Secret Window, Secret Garden - page 247
The Library Policeman - page 401
The Sun Dog - page 605
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Four Past Midnight. (standard series)
This book is in Significant Speculative Fiction (Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror). (community list)
This is book 2 of 9 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels In 1990. (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Plains of Passage, and followed by The Burden of Proof.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Stephen King (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Signet book
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1990
ISBN: 0451170385
Page Count: 804
Publisher: Signet book
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1990
ISBN: 0451170385
Page Count: 804
Awards edit
- Bram Stoker Award (1990: Fiction Collection)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: CPB Box no. 1217 vol. 8
- Dewey: 813.54
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