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Summary: Good, but wait for the paperback.
Review: Stephen King's latest and perhaps final (he has been talking up the retirement a bit more than usual these past few months) anthology is a mixed back of screamers and wannabe literary writing (an arena that just is not his strongest area of expression) and is arguably his weakest. Only two of the tales raise any goosebumps ('The Man in the Black Suit', which deserves every award it has won, and '1408') while several others do capture that elusive blending of literary and pulp that is so distinctly King's style ('Riding the Bullet' and 'Everything's Eventual') many others just fall flat ('Autopsy Room Four' and the utterly useless Dark Tower prequel 'The Little Sisters of Eluria') and the literary stuff ranges from quietly powerful ('Luckey Quarter') to the dead on arrival ('The Death of Jack Hamilton'). There isn't a poorly written tale in the bunch, King's voice is as strong as ever, which only makes the weak stories that much more disappointing. Still, 'The Man in the Black Suit' and '1408' are well worth the coverprice...of a paperback book.
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Summary: A wonderful collection
Review: Stephen King is a master of the short story, there is no doubt about that. In Skeleton Crew, Stephen King remarked that a short story is like "a kiss in the dark from a stranger." He goes on to say that although that is not the same as an affair or a marriage, that kisses can be sweet and "their very brevity forms their own attraction." While some of his novels can strain your lower back when you lift them, and The Stand and the Dark Tower series are phenomenal examples of King's prowess as a storyteller, some of the most engaging and entertaining fiction that Stephen King has ever written has come in short story form. When I was a teenager I plowed through Night Shift (the cool cover with its peering eyes and the disturbing inner cover gave me nightmares) and King's short stories led me to the short fiction of Ray Bradbury and Roald Dahl and many others. In the introduction to Everything's Eventual King bemoans the fate of short stories and pleads with us to keep it alive with our interest and our attention. His best argument for the continued survival of the form is contained in the stories that follow his introduction. I won't tell you anything about them...you need to go get this book and read them yourself. But don't buy it just because it's by Stephen King...buy it because these kisses in the dark are so worthwhile.
ALSO: The Price of Immortality... A unique and intriguing DARK FANTASY full of plots and twists.
Rating: 
Summary: A weak collection
Review: Maybe I am being too critical.. Possibly, after the disappointment of "Black House", I entered into "Everything's Eventual with a mind more closed than open. There should be no doubt that Stephen King is the master of the short story. But compared to King's last collections, "Nightmare & Dreamscapes" and "Four Past Midnight", this collection doesn't seem to be up to par. Granted, there are a few pretty good stories here, such as "The Man in the Black Suit", "The Road Virus Heads North", and, (one of my new favorite King stories) "1408". However, many of the other stories seem too weak to be included in a Stephen King collection. The one story that I was most disappointed in was "LT's Theory of Pets", which, due to bookstore marketing and internet hype, I had high hopes for. The story beings with a fairly entertaining tale of a man, his wife and their experiences with their respective favorite pets. However, for some inexplicable reason, the story ends with a disappearance & (suspected) murder that seemingly has nothing to do with the rest of the story. There are several other pointless, unentertaining stories in this collection, which, in my opinion, was a major disappointmentoverall. Let's just hope that, if there is another Stephen King short story collection, the stories will be stronger and more interesting than those here.
Rating:
Summary: Good, But Something's Missing
Review: I've been a fan of Stephen King for a few years now, and Everything's Eventual is the first collection of his short stories that I've read. I enjoyed them all, mostly because they were all good pieces of literature. I was waiting for King's short stories to scare the pants off me and haunt my dreams, but it never happened in any of the stories. Everything's Eventual was a great book, but it was missing the Stephen King scare-factor that I've come to know and love.
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Summary: Master Of The Short Story
Review: I am a huge fan of Stephen King, and especially of his short stories. Everything's Eventual lives up to his usual high standards. One of my favorites in this anthology is The Man In The Black Suit, which raised the hair on my head. It is very reminiscent of Nathaniel Hawthorne in its haunting suggestion of otherness. The Death of Jack Hamilton has echoes of the love and loyalty found in the Talisman and It. But my favorite was In The Deathroom, about a reporter caught in the throes of South American politics, terror and death squads. This is a rich, multitextural story that has a surprise twist at the end. Other offerings: The Little Sisters Of Eleuria, All That He Owns, The Autopsy Room and more are well worth the price of this book. Each story offers a different look at life written as only Stephen King can, using the ordinary lives of people, caught up in very painful or strange circumstances. I highly recommend this book for it's finely crafted characterizations and strong writing.
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Summary: Genuinely Spooky and Quite Nearly Perfect
Review: This is Stephen King's most well-rounded, streamlined collection of short fiction yet. All of the stories are quite good, and a few (The Road Virus Heads North, 1408, Riding the Bullet) are actually scary. I've been reading King for years, and although I have always greatly admired his craft, I kind of thought I had grown a bit too jaded to get freaked out like I used to when I was a young, impressionable neophyte and first read The Shining and 'Salem's Lot. I'm pleased to say, however, that a couple of these stories made me downright nervous. All of them are very cool. There's not a dud in the bunch. Get it, and read it late at night when everything is way too quiet.
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Summary: fantastic voice acting
Review: Being a Stephen King fan, I thoroughly enjoyed the 5 tales selected from the fourteen to be read on this 8 disc audio book. What makes this recording special however, is the tremendous voice acting/casting for the stories in question. Justin Shaw turns out a flawless portrayal of Dinky Earnshaw, a 19 year old teenager with a special gift that lands him his dream job but begins to weigh on his conscience in "Everything's Eventual". Oliver Platt's whisper-like voice confides his horror to the listener of "Autopsy Room Four". Definitely worth a listen!
Rating:
Summary: Excellent
Review: Great read. Not a black sheep in the bunch. Writing at its best, and I'm not just saying that because I'm a huge fan of his and W. G. Griffiths, who just delivered another 5 star in "DRIVEN". Highly recommend both.
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Summary: Disappointed,a little because I have seen these before.....
Review: I know you can't be everything to everyone all the time. Jesh, you can sure try. Mr. King has more than disappointed me in this outting.
If you buy any of his other mediums, like ebooks or audio books, you will recognize a few of the ones here: Riding the Bullett, 1408, L.T.'s Theory of Pets, Lunch at the Gotham Cafe, and In the Deathroom. So 6 of the 14 stories I have already seen. 1408, I believe, is the scarriest of all of them and is scarriest to me because I have heard Mr. King tell it to me by the miracle of Audio Tape. Of the remaining titles, the best ones (in my opinion) are The Death of Jack Hamilton and The Man in the Black Suit. These two stories leave you haunted, literally thinking about them a few hours later. The worst being The Little Sisters of Eluria because of its realm of The Dark Tower. The story seems pulled, like rotten teeth. I think that the dark tower has become a little blown up. My recommendation to you: buy it because you HAVE to. You have to because it has Stephen King's name on it. Enjoy the ones you have not heard or read before.
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Summary: Creepy and imaginative
Review: Hard to write a review for a collection of short storys so I will keep it short, every story is creepy and memorable, my favorites are Room 1408 wich is a very creepy haunted hotel room story that raises goosebumps and a fear of motel rooms even though its just a short story,The Autopsy room four is extremly clever and horrifying, I think every one can imagine being paralised, aware of every thing going on around you and about to have an autopsy performed on you, can you get much scarier than that???? Not in short form, a must have for all who like storys short enough to read on the train or on lunch brakes
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