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Four Past Midnight

Written by: Stephen King
Narrated by: James Woods, Tim Sample, Willem Dafoe, Ken Howard
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Publisher's Summary

Four chiller novellas set to keep listeners awake long after bedtime.

One Past Midnight: "The Langoliers" takes a red-eye flight from LA to Boston into a most unfriendly sky. Only 11 passengers survive, but landing in an eerily empty world makes them wish they hadn't. Something's waiting for them, you see.

Two Past Midnight: "Secret Window, Secret Garden" enters the suddenly strange life of writer Mort Rainey, recently divorced, depressed, and alone on the shore of Tashmore Lake. Alone, that is, until a figure named John Shooter arrives, pointing an accusing finger.

Three Past Midnight: "The Library Policeman" is set in Junction City, Iowa, an unlikely place for evil to be hiding. But for small businessman Sam Peebles, who thinks he may be losing his mind, another enemy is hiding there as well - the truth. If he can find it in time, he might stand a chance.

Four Past Midnight: "The Sun Dog", a menacing black dog, appears in every Polaroid picture that 15-year-old Kevin Delevan takes with his new birthday gift - with each following photograph beckoning him to the supernatural. Old Pop Merrill, Castle Rock's sharpest trader, wants to crash the party for profit, but the Sun Dog, a creature that shouldn't exist at all, is a very dangerous investment.

©1990 Stephen King. All rights reserved. (P)1990, 1991 Penguin Highbridge Audio. All rights reserved.

What the critics say

"He never seems to use up the magic...these four novellas demonstrate the qualities that have made King by far the world's most popular author." ( Chicago Tribune)
"These stories grab and will not let go." ( The Washington Post)
"King is a master storyteller, and you will never forget these stories." ( Seattle Times)

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2 outta 4 isnt bad

i really enjoyed the 2nd and 3rd stories. the audio is garbage especially on the first story it does improve though. the secret window secrwt garden and the library policeman make this book worth the 1 credit 👍

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Awesome!!!!

Loved every minute of it. Each story was so good! Wonderfully read and very enjoyable!

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Woods, Dafoe, King and Howard narrate

I will never regret the 26+ hours listening to these four magnificent King stories. 100 percent King with Willem Dafoe and James Woods narrating? Brilliant.

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Stephen King I have been reading his books for quite some time and I love all

I love all the stories I love Stephen King., I have been reading Stephen King for quite some time

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Blast from the past

I have been listening to “The Sun Dog” since I was a little kid on cassette tape! Still love revisiting it every year or so

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Les histoires en valent la peine

La production audio aurait pu être retravaillée mais sinon les performances des narrateurs et les histoires sont super!

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Good stories, so-so narration

Pretty good stories. If you like Stephen King, these 4 novellas are not bad. Most of the stories in here have a kind Twilight Zone feel to them.
The performance and audio quality varies here. The first 2 narrators I didn't care for. I expected to really enjoy them, as I like them both as actors. But for some reason they just didn't work so well as narrators. They final story, The Sun Dog was probably the best as far as narration goes.
Worth it if you are a fan.

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Great Stories!

especially loved the first story! But personally could've done without the dramatic background music! it's too distracting!

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