The Shining Paperback - 2001
by S, KING
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- Title The Shining
- Author S, KING
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 683
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Pocket Books, New York
- Publication date August 28, 2001
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # GOR002815664
- ISBN 9780743424424 / 0743424425
- Weight 0.71 lbs (0.32 kg)
- Dimensions 6.82 x 4.26 x 1.14 in (17.32 x 10.82 x 2.90 cm)
- Reading level 840
- Category Fiction - Horror
- Library of Congress subjects Occult fiction, Horror fiction
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
- Quantity available 1
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About this book
Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Among his most recent are 11/22/63; Full Dark, No Stars; Under the Dome; Just After Sunset; Duma Key; Lisey´s Story; Cell; and the concluding novels in the Dark Tower saga: Wolves of the Calla, Song of Susannah, and The Dark Tower. His acclaimed nonfiction book, On Writing, is also a bestseller. He was the recipient of the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and in 2007, he received the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He lives in Maine with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.
Reader reviews for The Shining
Review summary
Reviewers largely hail The Shining as a defining early King novel, valuing its psychological emphasis and nuanced portrait of addiction, abuse, and family dynamics over simple jump scares. Many praised the Overlook as an active presence and the slow-burn tension that crescendos late, though a notable minority found the early sections overlong, the prose verbose, or the finale uneven. Comparisons with Kubrick’s film were constant: readers said the book offers deeper, more sympathetic character work—especially for Jack and Wendy—while some preferred the movie’s tighter pace and ending. The fright level divided opinion, from genuinely terrifying to not very scary, but engagement and recommendations were high, including for audiobook listeners and King newcomers.
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First edition identification
Published in 1977, the first editions published by Doubleday have "First Edition" on the copyright page and R49 code printed on the bottom inside corner of page 447.
