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Under the Dome Hardback - 2009
by Stephen King
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On a beautiful fall day, the town of Chester's Mill, Maine, is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. No one knows what this barrier is and when--or if--it will go away.
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On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester's Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener's hand is severed as "the dome" comes down on it, people running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars explode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it came from, and when -- or if -- it will go away.
Dale Barbara, Iraq vet and now a short-order cook, finds himself teamed with a few intrepid citizens -- town newspaper owner Julia Shumway, a physician's assistant at the hospital, a select-woman, and three brave kids. Against them stands Big Jim Rennie, a politician who will stop at nothing -- even murder -- to hold the reins of power, and his son, who is keeping a horrible secret in a dark pantry. But their main adversary is the Dome itself. Because time isn't just short. It's running out.
Dale Barbara, Iraq vet and now a short-order cook, finds himself teamed with a few intrepid citizens -- town newspaper owner Julia Shumway, a physician's assistant at the hospital, a select-woman, and three brave kids. Against them stands Big Jim Rennie, a politician who will stop at nothing -- even murder -- to hold the reins of power, and his son, who is keeping a horrible secret in a dark pantry. But their main adversary is the Dome itself. Because time isn't just short. It's running out.
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Readers praised this thousand-page small?town siege saga for its propulsive pacing, vivid set pieces, and a chillingly believable villain in Big Jim Rennie. Many admired how the novel uses an invisible dome to stage a claustrophobic, politically charged microcosm of community breakdown, with momentum that keeps the pages turning despite the heft. Reactions to characterization were split: some found the large cast rich and memorable, others saw a black?and?white moral landscape with stock figures. The finale’s explanation of the dome was frequently labeled anticlimactic, and the graphic violence and topical commentary proved polarizing, yet the book remained gripping and memorable for a majority.
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- Title Under the Dome
- Author Stephen King
- Binding Hardback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 1088
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Scribner Book Company, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Publication date 2009-11-10
- Features Maps
- ISBN 9781439148501 / 1439148503
- Weight 2.95 lbs (1.34 kg)
- Dimensions 9.3 x 6.7 x 2.5 in (23.62 x 17.02 x 6.35 cm)
- Category Fiction - Horror
- Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction, Suspense fiction
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2009018780
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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- Booklist, 08/01/2009, Page 10
- Entertainment Weekly, 11/06/2009, Page 32
- Kirkus Reviews, 09/01/2009, Page 0
- Library Journal, 09/01/2009, Page 107
- Library Journal Prepub Alert, 07/15/2009, Page 62
- New York Times Book Review, 11/08/2009, Page 1
- People Weekly, 11/16/2009, Page 51
- Publishers Weekly, 09/14/2009, Page 24
- Time, 09/21/2009, Page 90
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