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The Tommyknockers Kindle Edition

by Stephen King (Author)

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“Stephen King never stops giving us his all” (Chicago Tribune) in this #1 national bestseller about the idyllic small town of Haven, Maine, and its encounter with a deadly evil out for a diabolical invasion of body, soul—and mind.

Writer Bobbi Anderson becomes obsessed with digging up something she’s found buried in the woods near her home. With the help of her friend, Jim Gardener, she uncovers an alien spaceship. Though exposure to the Tommyknockers, who piloted the alien ship, has harmful effects on residents’ health, the people of Haven develop a talent for creating innovative devices under their increasingly malignant influence.

In this riveting, nightmarish story, Stephen King give has given us a “brilliant, riveting, marvelous” (The Boston Globe) novel. “You will not be able to put this down” (Los Angeles Times Book Review). And the next time someone raps at your door, you may want to keep the chain on. It just might be the Tommyknocker Man.

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52 of 62 people found the following review helpful

A book for people of a certain age.

By Lavinia Whately on January 29, 2006

Format: Mass Market Paperback

I am about the same age as Stephen King and have read his works throughout my adult life. I think most readers are too young to appreciate this book.

Stephen King's early works, assembelled in chronological order, are all symbolic stories of stages in his own life. "Carrie" is about high school, "Salem's Lot" about love and loss in early adulthood, "The Shining" about the anxieties of fatherhood. "It" is about the reworking of childhood issues in mid-life. All great fiction talks to us on a subconcious level.

"Tommy Knockers" is about aging and death. Time possesses and mutates all of us, makes our teeth and hair fall out, truncates our dreams, makes us unrecognizable from our youthful selves. This is a sad book, and unlike King's earlier works the protagonists have no power to fight such an enemy. Affirming the value of love, however futile, in the face of death is the point of the book.

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35 of 42 people found the following review helpful

Why the negativity? This is a gripping read

By Edward Aycock on December 6, 1999

Format: Mass Market Paperback

Okay, to be honest, the book gets gripping after one slogs through the first 200 pages. Before that, we spend a looong time getting to know Bobbi Anderson and Jim Gardener. But once the book expands its narrative to include the members of the entire town of Haven, the book does not let up.
The first two hundred pages, and a bit too much techno jargon prevent me from fully bestowing this book with a full 5 stars. King has clearly done his homework on this book, but after a while, all the descriptions of the souped up gadgets made my eyes swim (much as Tolkien's endless landscape descriptions in "Lord of the Rings" made me wish good old John Ronald Reuel had pioneered the minimalist writing style.)
The Tommyknockers, while not my favorite King novel, is a great effort. people may complain about an anti-climactic ending (They must have read the ending to a different book, the climax I read was rather exciting)or the fact that the characters seem to stumble down a path of destruction. Well, that happens in life as well. I think King's writing is at the top of its form... I think the scene when Jim Gardener drunkenly ruins an all too polite cocktail party with a rant against the destructive powers of nuclear energy is one of the most powerful scenes in all of King's canon, and one of the most chilling without benefit of any super- or preter- natural interference. Despite all of the evil the characters in his novels have faced (indeed, Pennywise the clown makes a brief appearance in a city sewer, which is odd as this tale is to have taken place 3 years after the events in IT... one thinks King's editors add the dates of the events of his novels to coincide with the publication dates and not to correspond with when the novels were actually written.Read more ›

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

Mediocre book from King.

By A. J. Pecanic on December 19, 2011

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The Tommyknockers by Stephen King was a bit of a disappointment for me. I hadn't heard excellent things about it, but I wanted to read it for myself. Over the past couple of years, I've been plugging the holes in my Stephen King library and have been pleasantly surprised by such great books as `Salem's Lot and Christine, but The Tommyknockers . . .

Here's what it had going for it: 1. It was written in the same era as what I consider some of King's best stories: It, The Eyes of the Dragon, and Misery. 2. I've heard tommyknockers mentioned in a few different places, and I looked up the legends about them. They seemed like pretty scary creatures, and I thought King would come up with something great here.

Well, the book didn't live up to any of my expectations. Does the blame lie with me, though? I don't think so.

It's hard to put my finger on "what" made the book lackluster. Part of the reason was the book's structure. King starts the book focusing on two different characters, then he abandons them for much of the middle of the book. By the time we rejoin Gard and Bobbi, I no longer feel for them. And most of the characters in the middle weren't very memorable for me. King's strength is usually in his characters, but that was lacking this time.

Another thing that was "off" was the theme of the book. I felt like King was just scratching the surface as to what this book was about. He touches on ideas of group-think and addiction and obsession, but he doesn't quite hit the ball out of the park--just a few singles here and there.

So, no, it's not a terrible book. And I did find it interesting to see the seeds for his later novel Under the Dome planted all around this book. For the King completist, you can read it, and it'll be OK.Read more ›

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26 of 33 people found the following review helpful

Dissapointing King, not up to usual standard

By George Denison on August 20, 2004

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I am a big King fan, and have read many of his books. They are usually great but this is poor. Bobby Anderson, a quiet women living on a farm in the peaceful town of Haven, stumbles over an object in the woods. Curious, she begins to dig it up, and it begins to change a town of good-natured people into slave-like zombies. Stupidly overlong and sleep-inducingly dull at points, this ridiculous tale about (among other things) aliens, flying tractors, guns that warp people to other planets and battery powered water heaters is daft as hell. King normally gets around this problem by developing great characters, but the book skitters between them far too much to allow you to start caring about them. There are some compelling points (such as the first stages of the chaos that erupts in the town, and Gards first look at the inside of the shed) but they are quickly forgotten thanks to a silly, over-the-top sci-fi sequence or a dull sub-plot. Kings attempt at doing a dated 60's B-movie has not worked, and the result is a tedious read that pushes you through the pages more often than it sucks you in.

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Five Stars

Love all of his books, although this wasn't my fave, still very good.

Published 6 days ago by Joseph G. Griesser

fantastic

This was one of King's most elaborate works with connections to other stories. It was gripping to the end. Phenomenal!

Published 18 days ago by Jamie Bonchu

thank you for our book!

The book itself is worth more to us in sentimental value than any price tag

Published 26 days ago by andreawidener

... have one of those lying around I would surly like a copy I...

I'm really dissapointed because really this book and plot is not the original Tommy knockers I bought the book around 1990 same title same writer but different plot this one had... Read more

Published 1 month ago by Flora Diadell

I Think I Would Have Liked It Better If I Was Still 20

Having read and enjoyed Stephen King stories like Pet Cemetery, Christine and Cujo when I was a bit younger, I thought I would pick up another classic that I had heard of but never... Read more

Published 1 month ago by WW

Liked it better the first time

This was a re-reading of the book after about twenty-five years. I found that I was far less patient with Mr. Read more

Published 2 months ago by K. Cullen

Four Stars

I know King is not as happy with this one, but I rather enjoyed this unusual sci-fi book.

Published 2 months ago by Sarah Post

Five Stars

😃

Published 2 months ago by kim gumbert

Five Stars

good book

Published 3 months ago by kitty

Five Stars

My third time reading this one but still a great read.

Published 3 months ago by hiker0696

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