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Summary: Great stories! But a couple of bad ones...
Review: Nightmares and Dreamscapes is Stephen King's third volume of short stories. It contains 20 stories, horror and non. N&D contains some of the most imaginitive and horrific stories I've ever read. King throws in vampires, monsters, ghosts, and.. uh.. vampires! He even included one teleplay he wrote, "Sorry, Right Number" that was aired as a short on the old TV horror show, "The Dark Side." I must include that this teleplay is, in my opinion, the best story in this book. It contains the most inventine ending I've ever seen! This volume also includes "The Night Flier," which became a 1998 motion picture. Most of the stories are great, which is why I rated this four stars. The reason for the lack of the fifth star is thus: I bought this book to read before I went to bed. I decided I wanted to read a scary story every night perhaps to satisfy my childhood fascination with horror (weird, I guess..). But, unfortunately, I found that some of these stories (actually only 2 or 3), such as "My Pretty Pony," had nothing at all to do with horror. I felt as though I were wasting my time reading them. With this one exception, I believe any Stephen King fan will enjoy reading this book. If you've already read Night Shift or Skeleton Crew, I recommend you continue with Nightmares and Dreamscapes.
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Summary: An okay horror collection by King
Review: I liked this book for some of the stories King wrote. But, some of them were just boring and downright stupid. I've read King before, but man, he can do way better than that! But if you're looking for a good and scary story, read "The Ten O'Clock People" or "Crouch End." Another thing I don't like about some of his stories is that they don't get into the good parts until the story is almost over. I liked "You Know They've Got a Hell of a Band!" But, it needed to get more suspense and horror into it at least in the middle of the story. An alright book though!
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Summary: A waste of money
Review: I've always loved short stories, particularly horror fiction, so as you can imagine how much I looked forward to reading Stephen King's 'Nightmares and Dreamscapes'. The only reservation I had was that I had already read much of the book in other anthologies - and in no case had I been overly impressed - but surely there would be something new to make the book worth buying? Boy was I disappointed! Most of the stories (e.g. Popsy, My Little Pony) are so weak that I doubt they would have been published at all without the Stephen King name. My guess is that they were rejects he had been hanging on to for years, until he could use them as filler when he was short of original ideas. There is NOTHING here that comes near the standard set by 'Skeleton Crew' or 'Night Shift' or even 'Four Past Midnight'. Nightmares indeed ...
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Summary: Consisten in giving me chills
Review: A great collection of short stories by one of the greatest authors ever. This book shines on some of kings strongest writing abilities and is a great book for quick reading - Most of the stories are able to be read in one brief sitting. If there is one thing that the stories in this book have in common it is that they were all consisten in giving me chills.
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Summary: Another great collection of stories
Review: Because I've said enough about Stephen King in reviews about his novels, I'll say something about his short-stories. I still think he's the best horror-short stories writer and proves it with this collection. This one is so easy and nice to read, it's just fun. The horror is chilling, the others are alright too and some are pretty flat. Escpecially the baseball-story is unecessary. He'd better had let this one out. Beside that the stories about cadillacs, fingers, frogs and other things are just wonderful.
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Summary: Not just for King fans, although they should like it a lot.
Review: On balance, this collection is very good. Instead of focusing solely on horror, the stories span several genres including sci-fi, crime, and action. Told with King's naturally flowing voice, this collection should appeal to fans of any of these genres. Stories I enjoyed were "Chattery Teeth," "Sorry, Right Number," (A script, not a short story) "The Fifth Quarter," and "Rainy Season." The pick of the litter, however, is "Dolan's Cadillac," a gripping revenge story based somewhat on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado." The one drawback to the collection is that some of the stories are, for lack of a better term, too weird. Some of these strange tales (e.g. "The Moving Finger") are able to redeem themselves, but others (e.g. the collection's low point, "Home Delivery") are simply difficult to finish. However, these weird stories are far outnumbered by the genuinely entertaining, scary, and fast-moving ones. Definitely worth checking out, not just if you're a Stephen King fan, but also if you like stories that hold your attention right up until the end.
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Summary: Stephen King as a "junkyard dog"
Review: As the prolific Mr. King mentions in his notes, he wishes to keep us uneasy and wary. He is a junkyard dog in that we should not fall into routine and expect the same horror story over and over. Pieces like "Umney's Last Case" and "My Pretty Pony" seem more like exercises in different styles than the reader is used to. There is also the non-fiction piece "Head Down" which is about a Little League baseball championship from many years back. Don't get me wrong, if you a fan of Stephen King's writing (not just of horror), this is a good book. There are also notes in the back which explain where he go the idea for most of the stories. For aspiring writers, this is probably not a detailed as you'd like, but is good nonetheless. For diehard horror fans, there are a few stories that will chill you as only Stephen King can, but quite a bit of this book may feel unnecessary. I would recommend borrowing the book.
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Summary: Nice, not more not less
Review: In my opinion, this is the worst King-book I've ever read, although I reviewed it with 4 stars. I admit that this book proves that King is able to write other kinds of stories. But he should make what the most want him to make: write books, in which we require good nerves!
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Summary: Good stories
Review: I got this, for Christmas afew years ago I liked some stories there scary too. "Popsy", "Sorry Right Number", "The Ten'O'Clock People" and other stories there good.
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Summary: King is my favorite author and this book is great, but...
Review: This book is too damn long! It has great stories written by the infamous Stephen King, but it's just too long. This will take you a long time to read. Heck, I'm not even finished yet.
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