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Airplane Books, Junk Literature, and the Western Canon: All Novels Are Lies, Some Lies Are BetterReading deeply and widely at the very least makes us less dull and more patient, and it happens to be the only way to make informed, qualitative judgments within and across genres. [4 September 2009] Beyond Boo!: The Case for Stephen King as Literature'Decades from now, fans will unearth his tomes and savor their sensational scares the way we lord over Stoker's violent vamp, or Shelley's modern Prometheus.' Bill Gibron assesses the works of horror master, Stephen King. [28 October 2005] Columns
Fighting the FluThe mobilization of the military to control the spread of the current outbreak of a rare strain of the swine flu in Mexico City is right out of Stephen King’s The Stand. [4 May 2009] (more Dread Reckoning) Standing by Stephen KingChildhood and the end of innocence are vividly portrayed in Stephen King's novella The Body, and Rob Reiner's excellent interpretation, Stand by Me. [5 March 2008] (more The Box Office Belletrist) Reviews
Just After Sunset by Stephen KingNever, in fact, has King seemed more mature or more sure of himself as a writer. [2 December 2008] 
Duma Key by Stephen KingStephen King's spooky, Florida-set Duma Key revives his gift for suspense. King is at the height of his powers. [4 March 2008] 
Liseys Story by Stephen KingThe book is an unusually careful creation from an author who has too often let himself run on automatic. [16 October 2006] 
Cell by Stephen KingIt's a work of maturity and of meaning, a novel that actually wants to comment on the state of the world and the pissed off population who seem to be living on and off it. [9 February 2006] 
‘Salem’s Lot: Illustrated Edition by Stephen KingSince Carrie was about telekinesis -- not the most classical of creature features -- 'Salem's Lot represents King's first stab a legitimate horror archetypes, and as he would go on to prove time and time again, no one can rework the classics better than he. [11 November 2005] 
Dreamcatcher by Stephen KingThis isn't going to be the book you'll hand to someone who's never read King before, but it may be one for the die-hard King fans, if only to see him make up for the alien-ridden debacle of 'Tommyknockers'. News
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