The Tommyknockers

De: Stephen King

Narrado por: Edward Herrmann

"Stephen King never stops giving us his all" (Chicago Tribune) in this number-one national best seller about the idyllic small town of Haven, Maine, and its encounter with a deadly evil out for a diabolical invasion of body, soul - and mind.

Writer Bobbi Anderson becomes obsessed with digging up something she's found buried in the woods near her home. With the help of her friend, Jim Gardener, she uncovers an alien spaceship. Though exposure to the Tommyknockers, who piloted the alien ship, has harmful effects on residents' health, the people of Haven develop a talent for creating innovative devices under their increasingly malignant influence.

In this riveting, nightmarish story, Stephen King has given us a "brilliant, riveting, marvelous" (The Boston Globe) novel. "You will not be able to put this down" (Los Angeles Times Book Review). And the next time someone raps at your door, you may want to keep the chain on. It just might be the Tommyknocker Man.

©1987 Stephen King, Tabitha King, and Arthur B. Greene (P)2010 Penguin Audio

The Truth is Out There!

I admit that I'm in love with Stephen Kings uniquely, horrific and imaginative mind. I've also been a firm believer in aliens ever since X-Files came to be in the 90's. With that being said, Tommykockers was a perfect blend of horror and sci-fi! There were times where I felt the book dragged on and on with unnecessary commentary, but overall Tommykockers made my personal top 10 by SK. Narration was very well done and he definitely had me engulfed in this whirlwind story.
Grab on to your tin foil hats and hold your breath! It's the Tommykockers....the Tommykockers are knocking on your door next.

Good Book

A very good book. There are moments where it drag on, but overall it is a good listen. I love the reader he did fantastic.

Good not great.

I liked it for sure. Started out very mysterious and just eventually became less interesting. Definitely not due to the length, the Stand could be my favorite book ever and it's a tad longer I think.

When King had Editors

I still love Stephen King, I just think his earlier work was sometimes reigned in a bit. He's so prolific and so brilliant, I feel like his stories can tend to bloat a bit. This is fantastic work with a fantastic editor.

Interesting concept. 5-7 hours too long

I always enjoy King. Concept was cool. Took awhile to get going. And it was about 5-7 hours too long. The concept was interesting, but over all I didn't fully connect with this one. It's still a good enjoyable read, just not my top 5 for King.

great book

another one of Stephen kings bests. a bit different writing style but a nail biter all the same

I love this book!

My 2nd time through and I love it even more. This is a fantastic read for someone avoiding the gore side of Stephen King. This is a great book to follow from beginning to end. The characters come alive thanks to Kings fantastic writing ability.

IF

If King somehow thinks this offering suffers from his state of mind at the time via various substances, all I can say is it worked here whatever it was. Reminds me of Garcia talking about feeling crummy about a gig he thought went sour until he heard the tapes later on that crackled with energy and power. Stephen is a lot like that I think? His take on whats really happening is lost in his limited perspective. You are locked into a vast powerful machine my brother. No one has ever done it better

Best king book so far!

I don’t get all the hate this book gets. It was great from start to finish. Great character building and I thought the ending was perfect.

Amazed

I never finished the story as a kid but saw the mini series and could only imagine the the words that would be used and the actual story I was a very slow reader if only libraries were more understanding to kids.