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The Tommyknockers Mass Market Paperback – October 31, 1988

by Stephen King (Author)

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Late Last Night and the Night Before…

…Tommyknockers, tommyknockers, knocking at the door.

Something was happening in Bobbi Anderson’s idyllic small town of Haven, Maine. Something that gave every man, woman, and child in town powers far beyond ordinary mortals. Something that turned the town into a death trap for all outsiders. Something that came from a metal object, buried for millennia, that Bobbi stumbled across.

It wasn’t that Bobbi and the other good folks of Haven had sold their souls to reap the rewards of the most deadly evil this side of hell. It was more like a diabolical takeover…and invasion of body and soul—and mind.

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752 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Berkley
Publication date

October 31, 1988
Dimensions

4.19 x 1.6 x 6.94 inches
ISBN-10

0451156609
ISBN-13

978-0451156600
Lexile measure

860L
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“Brilliant, riveting, marvelous.”—The Boston Globe

“King never stops giving us his all.”—Chicago Tribune

“An incredibly scary story—you will not be able to put this down.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review

“King at his best.”—San Francisco Chronicle

About the Author

Stephen King lives in Maine and Florida with his wife, novelist Tabitha King. He has written more than forty books and two hundred short stories. He has won the World Fantasy Award, several Bram Stoker awards, and the O. Henry Award for his story “The Man in the Black Suit,” and is the 2003 recipient of The National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley; Reissue edition (October 31, 1988)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 752 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0451156609
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0451156600
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 860L
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.3 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.19 x 1.6 x 6.94 inches

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Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His first crime thriller featuring Bill Hodges, MR MERCEDES, won the Edgar Award for best novel and was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award. Both MR MERCEDES and END OF WATCH received the Goodreads Choice Award for the Best Mystery and Thriller of 2014 and 2016 respectively.

King co-wrote the bestselling novel Sleeping Beauties with his son Owen King, and many of King's books have been turned into celebrated films and television series including The Shawshank Redemption, Gerald's Game and It.

King was the recipient of America's prestigious 2014 National Medal of Arts and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for distinguished contribution to American Letters. In 2007 he also won the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He lives with his wife Tabitha King in Maine.

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jdar

It sinks into your psyche

Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2024

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The Tommyknockers grips your psyche like no other book, terrible and fascinating. I don't know how these two writers share the page, but it's miraculous. This book is unforgettable.

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The Invisible Man

Nice book and characters

Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2024

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This book is fun to read, some humor, craziness, mystery…..it’s not the best book I’ve read, but it’s the craziest. Recommend this book to people who like fun, mystery and craziness:)

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Laura

a long read but enjoyable

Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2023

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I enjoyed the book. I loved his characters. This is a book that most people either love or hate. I fall more into the “love it” camp. If you’re a King fan, then I think it is a must read and then form your own opinion. Lots of readers hate the ending, I liked it.

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Shogun

Long but worth it

Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2022

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The ending was good and happy, but a lot of people died. I got this bookin September and it took me a month and a half to read it. It was fun and somewhat fast paced to read, bit I had to slow down or Mr. King slowed me down to read the details and the batteries and some of the towns folk.
The build up was great as I was wondering why people were losing their teeth,but I soon caught on in the middle. The town and what happened to it caught me off guard a bit; it's ending was similar to Salem's Lot if I'm correct.
If you like a good alien story then this is for you despite the final fight scene and chapter being odd and strange.

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misleading photo

Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2024

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There is a picture clearly showing a Steven King autograph on the title page. I received the book today, and there is no autograph. Not sure if this is a purposefully misleading tactic. The book itself is in good condition, the shipping was faster than predicted.

Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2023

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I read this 30 years ago and loved it, even though it was very scary. Enjoyed it this time around the block.

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David Whittinghill

An enjoyable read

Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2020

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I read this in 2020. The story was set in 1987. As this book has technology at the heart of the tale, it was interesting to consider what high-tech was considered to be 32 years ago. There were no grand gaffes or anything it was just genuinely interesting.

As a story, it was standard King fare - a page turning story with likable characters having weird adventures in Maine. I don't mean that to diminish the story (or King) as I think people expect this and it's part of the appeal. I certainly enjoy it.

The only thing that was off-note was a scene when one of the central characters goes on a harangue about nuclear energy at a dinner party. It was so clearly King using the character as a conduit to voice his own concerns - understandable given how proximal the Chernobyl disaster was to the time of this writing. Nonetheless the naked advocacy is transparent and discordant. And long! Man, he went on for what felt like a whole chapter with his diatribe. It felt amateurish, frankly, and reminded me of the closing chapter of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle in which Rudkus meets the communist party leader and the reader is pummeled with a lengthy, zealot's accounting of the miracle of communism/socialism. King (and Sinclair) and myself share similar ideological leanings so it's not the perspective I took issue with, it's the brazen unsubtle attempt to use the character to beat the reader about the head it. I was so annoyed I literally almost put the book down but instead paged forward to when it seemed like the speech was over. After that everything was back on track, and stayed there.

Other than that though, like I said, a fun, spooky, scary, witty tale right in the mold of The Master.

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Maureen Cassey

Good quality book

Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2022

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This is my second time reading this book. Read it when it first came out. It’s a good quality but because I drag this book to work everyday and read at lunch I am constantly pulling it out of my bag and putting it back, then back home I pull it out again and then back in my bag. Halfway through the book and it looks like I beat the tar out
of it. Lol. But on a whole I am very happy with it. And well the story itself is pretty darn good too !

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Sam Michelides

Under-rated classic

Reviewed in Canada on October 9, 2023

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Tommyknockers is, no doubt, a bit rough around the edges. It does not have the focus or pacing of Stephen King's best books, but it is a hell tale and is the last great book from his early (and best) period.

harvey

Great

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 9, 2023

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Livre Stephen king

Reviewed in France on July 10, 2022

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Très belle ouvrage 👍

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FENIK , GUSTAVO DIEGO

Excellent seller!

Reviewed in Spain on February 7, 2022

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P.nick

Maybe Best fiction book ever read

Reviewed in India on April 23, 2021

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I love stephen king books from the age of 9 my first book was the shinning i love fictions compare to supernatural books stephen king is the master of writting hortpr and chillimg books but this book i love it because i love reading science fiction books above all its obviously chilling too