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Summary: Chilling in a good way...
Review: I always enjoy Stephen King, but this was the first book of short stories I read by him. King conjured up fright inside of me like none other with stories such as "The Monkey", "Gramma", "Ballad of the Flexible Bullet", "Survivor Type"... this book is amazing! I would have to say that two of my favorite stories, not including the ones I just mentioned, don't even ebb into horror - "The Reach" and "Mrs Todd's Shortcut". In "Mrs Todd's Shortcut", Stephen King reaches out to the reader with a strong explanation of the female need to drive. One of my favorite quotes of all time comes from that story! If you get the chance, this book is definitely worth having. After reading this book, I have carried "Night Shift" around with me with much loyalty. Both books are great for a semi-quick story (in most cases) that leaves you feeling fulfilled.
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Summary: Sweet!
Review: By far the best story in this book is "The Mist". Detailing a town run over by fog and danger lurks inside. "Gramma" is frightfully chilling because you get the idea of your grandma leaving you! This book is delightful! I recommend it!
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Summary: a great book for everyone
Review: When I first read this book, I was definitely not a horror fan. I am not now either, but regardless, this a can't miss book. Every story tinges with excitement, is filled with terror (although only "The Raft" will genuinely haunt you), and sparkles with good writing. I did not read a bad story in the entire book. Also, another amazing element of this book is the way it does not rely on gore, violence, or serial murderers, but rather on the strange and supernatural hidden behind our most treasured things. The standouts of this book are "The Raft", the evil computer, the self-eating deserted island resident, the evil milkman, and the creepy "Grandma"
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Summary: Not the best
Review: I know King can write better than this. There are only a couple good short stories in this:The Mist, which isn't that short, and a poem called Paranoid:A Chant. I like it, you might not, but I thought it was very interesting and creative. A couple others are OK, but drag and are very boring at many times. If you want a good short story book by King, I recommend Night Shift.
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Summary: King did it again!
Review: "Skeleton Crew" is an amazing collection of some of Stephen King's best short stories. These twenty-two stories are really exciting, gruesome, and very interesting. One story takes you to a deserted island where a man has to struggle for his life without food. Another is set at a supermarket, where people have to worry about being killed if they leave. Stephen King takes you into other worlds you would not even dream. His style just takes you in and you can not take your hands off the book! These short stories will make you think differently about every situation you are in. The New York Daily News says, "It is stunning, ingenious...Stephen King at the very top of his talent!"
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Summary: A wonderful book
Review: I read this book maybe a year or two ago so I am trying to be as objective as possible. Frankly, I totally enjoyed this book. I would rank "The Raft" as my all time favourite mainly because it appealed to me at that time, being a teenager then. The thing that caught me most with this book is the way that the plot developed from an apparent simple situation and escalated to one of extreme terror. The monster or whatever it was somewhat strange but likeable also. "Survivor Type" really, really had me.There was something darkly humorous about it, the fact that the character had to resort to feeding off his own body to stay alive.I especially admired this and at the end of the story I found myself laughing, horrible as it may sound. The Jaunt was also great and I must say that I also enjoyed it.
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Summary: The shorty story is--this is King at his best
Review: As popular as Stephen King is as a novelist, he is actually at his best and scariest writing stort stories. The medium reduces his ides to the initial visceral horror that inspired them. On "Skeleton Crew," (his second short story collection after the superb "Night Shift") he starts out with a novella, "The Mist," which is one of his best ever ideas. The rest of the stories are almost uniforly excellent, but the best are probably "The Raft," "Beachworld" and "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut." This is a book that allows King to be mentioned with the likes of Edgar Allan Poe and one of the best horror writers ever.
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Summary: The best short story collection ever
Review: I have Stephen King's other short story collections "Different Seasons", "Four Past Midnight", "Night Shift" and "Nightmares and Dreamscapes", but I must say this beats them all. Dolan's Cadillac in "N and D" forces me to say the two approach each other in callibre, but then I think of 'Survivor Type'. I don't know why, but somehow I identify with this story very, very strongly. I find myself thinking about it all the time - a surgeon trapped on a desert island, with nothing to eat but his own body, piece by piece - amazing. Rarely a day goes by when I don't think about this story - what would I do? Could any real person... King has found his way into my head and no amount of heartwarming musicals and hollywood romance movies can get him out now.
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Summary: Hit and Miss
Review: The first story (or rather novella) in this books, 'The Mist' is amazing. Brilliantly scary, horrific and with the kinda of downbeat ending you love to hate it would make a brilliant straight to video B-movie! The rest of the stories are so-so. The Monkey is really a predictable, sentimental piece of cliche, Gramma is actually superb and very very frightening (it kind of reminded me of Georges Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl for some reason...) ummm Survivior Type is bleakly funny but the rest of the stories are bland and forgettable. However the Mist is worth the cover price alone and then some.
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Summary: Full of twists and turns, Skeleton Crew is a must have
Review: Skeleton Crew along with Night Shift are my favorite short story collections by King. I really liked "The Mist", "The Jaunt", "The Raft" and especially loved "Word Processor of the Gods" and "The Reaper's Image". My very favorite story is "Nona", it freaked me out for days! Another reviewer compares these stories to a Tales From the Crypt episode. I would really agree, they are great, suspensful, and full of horror and twists. This is a fabulous read.
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