****SPOILER ALERT FOR FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT ***** feel free to comment and discuss the book, enjoy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Published by Viking Press in September 1990 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Four Past Midnight is a collection of four novellas including the stories of The Langoliers; Secret Window, Secret Garden; The Library Policeman; and The Sun Dog. ------Past midnight, something happens to time, that fragile concept we employ to order our sense of reality. It bends, stretches, turns back, or snaps, and sometimes reality with it. And what happens to the wide-eyed observer when the window between reality and unreality shatters, and the glass begins to fly? These four chilling novellas, a feast fit for King fans old and new, provide some shocking answers. After all, past midnight is Stephen Kings favorite time of day.... THE LANGOLIERS--A group of travelers on a red-eye flight from California to Maine wake up to discover that most of their fellow passengers have vanished mid-flight, along with the pilots and flight attendants.---dedication: This is for Joe. Another white-knuckle flier. SECRET WINDOW, SECRET GARDEN--A man accuses author Mort Rainey of stealing one of his story ideas. Rainey, who is going through an ugly divorce, attempts to prove to his accuser that his own story was published first, but all evidence to support his argument begins to disappear, along with the people who might confirm his case.--dedication: This is for Chuck Verrill. THE LIBRARY POLICEMAN--When a man forgets to return some books he borrowed from the library while writing a speech, and later accidentally destroys them, the phantom librarian who lent him the books sends the library policemen to terrorize him. --dedication: This is for the state and patrons of the Pasadena Public Library. THE SUN DOG--A young boy receives a Polaroid camera for his birthday. Theres something wrong with his gift, though. Every picture features a menacing dog that approaches the foreground in each subsequent photograph.--dedication: This is in memory of John D. MacDonald. I miss you, old friend-and you were right about the tigers. Fun Facts: Of the stories featured in Four Past Midnight, two have been adapted for the screen. On TV, the miniseries The Langoliers appeared in 1995, featuring Dean Stockwell and Bronson Pinchot. In 2004, Secret Window was released in theaters, starring Johnny Depp and John Turturro. cover artist: Rob Wood-Stansbury
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