The Tommyknockers - Stephen King

I enjoyed this book/film very much, as i didn't know what would happen next. You are kept sitting on the edge of your seat. It is not for kids though only adults as it maay be too scary for them. The acting and special effects were brillant in this film. So if you haven't seen it give it ago and watch it. And you can't put the book down either once you start reading. The film is set in Haven, which is in Maine.It was a beautiful spring day. Bobbi Anderson, and her dog Peter, are taking a walk in the woods near her house. She falls over something and finds it to be some kind of metal, and for some reason she feels compelled to dig it up. ...  Read the complete review

Bobby had been out walking with her faithful dog one day in the woods behind her home in Haven, Maine, when she found (well, tripped over actually), a piece of shiny metal sticking out of the ground. Her dog doesn't like it, as he whimpers and cowers away, but she is intrigued and starts to dig, completely losing track of time as she does so. It's much, much bigger than she had at first thought, huge in fact. The work of excavating it consumes most of her time. When her best friend and occasionally lover, a drunk poet named Gard, returns to Haven, he finds Bobby thin as a rake, and acting very strangely. What's more, her dogs eyes glow with an alien green light. Soon the ...  Read the complete review

Yet another mammoth horror novel from King, this dark tale depicts a small town's fatal encounter with creatures from outer space. Events start with Roberta Anderson, a writer of Old West novels, unearthing a flying saucer on her remote wooded property. Five hundred pages later alcoholic poet Jim Gardener, Roberts's former English teacher, finds himself aboard the flying saucer in outer space. In the interval the creatures (Tommyknockers) destroy the citizenry of Haven, Maine. While this is not one of King's more original novels, it does have plenty of blood and guts, macabre humor, and a well-wrought realization of the New ...  Read the complete review

This book will have you gripped. All Stephen King books are superb, but this one incorporates a touch more science fiction with the fantasy and horror. The story centers on Bobbie Anderson, who finds a strange object buried in her yard in Maine. The powers of the object compel Bobbie, closely followed by the rest of the town, to dig up the object. Strange things start happening in the town. But why is Bobbie’s friend immune to its powers? How come everyone is suddenly able to invent things? Why are strangers to the town becoming ill? In your quest for the answers you won’t be able to put this book down. It is a compelling read like all of ...  Read the complete review

Tommyknockers is another interesting read, much better than the film. Let your imagination run wild, if you were dubious about UFOs before, then you would be a true believer after reading this particular book. A UFO crash landed on earth many years before any kind of community moved into the area. When Bobbie was walking her dog in the woods which back onto her property, she stumbles across a strange, almost completely buried shiny metal object. She finds herself compelled to uncover it, but it’s a lot larger than expected. Whilst uncovering the object, strange things begin to happen, for example her aging beagle begins to get younger and the ...  Read the complete review