One Past Midnight: The Langoliers (Four Past Midnight) [Audiobook, Unabridged] [Audio Cassette]

Stephen King (Author), Willem Dafoe (Reader)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 24, 1990

The first of a four-part audio series from Stephen King's best-selling book, Four Past Midnight. On a redeye flight from Los Angeles to Boston, only 11 passengers survive—but landing in a dead world makes them wish they hadn't.

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About the Author

STEPHEN KING is a prolific and perennially bestselling author and an recognized master of the horror genre. He was the 2003 recipient of The National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Penguin-HighBridge; Unabridged edition (October 24, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0453007449
• ISBN-13: 978-0453007443
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.5 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,558,974 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #17 in Books > Books on Cassette > Authors, A-Z > ( K ) > King, Stephen
  • #39 in Books > Books on Cassette > Horror

More About the Author

Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Among his most recent are the Dark Tower novels, Cell, From a Buick 8, Everything's Eventual, Hearts in Atlantis, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, and Bag of Bones. His acclaimed nonfiction book, On Writing, was also a bestseller. He is the recipient of the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Sci-Fi side of Stephen King, November 3, 1997

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Rebecca L. Prasuhn (Fremont, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: One Past Midnight: The Langoliers (Four Past Midnight) (Audio Cassette)

The Langoliers is a good story. I can't put it any other way. This is the nearest I've seen Stephen King come to science-fiction (The tommyknockers was also kind of Sci-Fi'ish). I loved the Idea of the time rip being mistaken for the Aurora Borealis. The Langoliers had a lot of good Ideas and developed them nicely, keeping the more outlandish ones within the realm of possibility. The plot was smooth (not any jerky transitions) and was very fun to read. It was also intelligent. It's one of those books you can't stop reading, it hooks you and doesn't let go. There was also less profanity that most of Stephen Kings books. I would reccomend this heartily to any stephen king fan, fans of Science fiction, and anyone who wants to have a smart, fun read. Happy reading!!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Audio version is a great listen..., November 13, 2002

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This review is from: One Past Midnight: The Langoliers (Four Past Midnight) (Audio Cassette)

If you are a fan of the Twilight Zone this is great stuff and I highly recommend it! Shame on the one review where the person slams the characters. Guess what these characters have faults and the book draws them out! AND yes if you needed to save yourself you too might use a toaster for defense.
I didn't read the book BUT as you listen to the Audio Book tape
you can truly visualize the characters, the scenery and what is taking place. Actually if you pictured yourself in this type of scenario the fear would be much grander than what is displayed in the tale. Willem Dafoe does a great job as a Reader.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars King's Best Work With A SciFi Twist, June 18, 1999

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This review is from: One Past Midnight: The Langoliers (Four Past Midnight) (Audio Cassette)

This book showed more economy of writing than any other King book I've read, yet neither the prose nor the story suffered from incompleteness. Absolutely a great plot, built upon a great premise, which I'm afraid to describe lest I give too much away. The only reason I'm not giving it five stars is that the characters seemed built upon cliches.