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Four Past Midnight

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: James Woods, Ken Howard, Tim Sample, Willem Dafoe
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At midnight comes the point of balance. Of danger. The instant of utter stillness when, between two beats of the heart, an alternative reality can slip through, like a blade between the ribs, and switch you into a new and terrifying world.

Four Past Midnight: four heart-stopping accounts of that moment when the familiar world fractures beyond sense, the fragments spinning away from the desperate, clutching reach of sanity....

©1990 Stephen King (P)1991 Penguin Highbridge Audio Fantasy Fiction Scary Heartfelt

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Great stories, great narrators, well worth a listen. only criticism...the 'atmospheric' music was a bit distracting, and occasionally drowned out thr narrator.

Excellent

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I'm a big King fan and enjoyed this collection of short stories, however it isn't one of his best. Good clear narration.

Not his best.

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4 adequate stories guaranteed to scare. The narration could be a bit better but overall thoroughly enjoyable. King is a master at giving you the creeps.

King does it again

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Should have been short stories not padded novellas. Famous narrators, but Willem Dafoe's British accent!

Not King at his best

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Some great stories in this one, maybe not on the level of other novella collections like different seasons. However, the Langoliers was a real stand out and they were all enjoyable stories. The only thing that lets it down a little is the pretty awful narration from Willem Dafoe in the first story. The British accent was just awful and marred an otherwise great story. But otherwise, I would say it’s a solid entry.

Great stories, inconsistent readings

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Love Stephen King and this is a good collection of books but the narration spoiled it for me. Everytime Our ex SAS hero opened his mouth, I was filled with horror. Not because I was terrified but because I couldnt believe how bad the English accent was. He sounded exactly like Bert from Mary Poppins. it was cringeworthy and spoiled the whole collection. I never thought I would see the day when I returned an SK book but it has finally come.
Sorry Stephen, nothing to fo with your talent. Have to ask though, what were the production team thinking? Or maybe they just weren't.

Mary Poppins meets Stephen King

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King has great setups in all of these tales but the ‘reveals’ were all too overblown to keep me caring except one. I found the first tale, the Langoliers, great while everything remained a mystery but increasingly silly after that. Ditto ‘The Library Policeman’. I’d describe Sun Dog as actually genuinely scary until the very end when again it just lost its hold. The one that worked best as a whole is the ‘secret window’ one, but there are things which spoilt its pacing too. So not King’s best, especially i think if you like his older, more carefully constructed novels. If you like his more recent ones, you might enjoy better.

Genuinely creepy at times but poor endings

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really enjoyed these stories. The library policeman in particular is very chilling and at times hard to listen to but such a good tale.

great book

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“The Langoliers” and “Secret Window, Secret Garden” are well known and good stories but they are ably supported by the other two novellas in this collection.
“The Library Policeman” is one of King’s more troubling stories and not for the fainted hearted. But well written and well performed here.
“The Sun Dog” is the weakest of the four but nonetheless a good story. Feels a tiny bit long.
Recommended collection.

Four superb stories, well told

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really enjoyed all four stories. it was particularly nice to vist Castle Rock once again and check up on some of the familiar characters.

Good narration from all four narrators

Great story and narration. audio quality was below par

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