11/22/63 - Kirjakasa

mass market paperback, 1120 pages

Published Jan. 26, 2016 by Pocket Books.

ISBN:: 978-1-5011-2060-2

(2 reviews)

11/22/63 is a novel by Stephen King about a time traveller who attempts to prevent the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy, which occurred on November 22, 1963 (the novel's titular date). It is the 60th book published by Stephen King, his 49th novel and the 42nd under his own name. The novel was announced on King's official site on March 2, 2011. A short excerpt was released online on June 1, 2011, and another excerpt was published in the October 28, 2011, issue of Entertainment Weekly. The novel was published on November 8, 2011 and quickly became a number-one bestseller. It stayed on The New York Times Best Seller list for 16 weeks. 11/22/63 won the 2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best Mystery/Thriller and the 2012 International Thriller Writers Award for Best Novel, and was nominated for the 2012 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel[8] …

11/22/63 is a novel by Stephen King about a time traveller who attempts to prevent the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy, which occurred on November 22, 1963 (the novel's titular date). It is the 60th book published by Stephen King, his 49th novel and the 42nd under his own name. The novel was announced on King's official site on March 2, 2011. A short excerpt was released online on June 1, 2011, and another excerpt was published in the October 28, 2011, issue of Entertainment Weekly. The novel was published on November 8, 2011 and quickly became a number-one bestseller. It stayed on The New York Times Best Seller list for 16 weeks. 11/22/63 won the 2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best Mystery/Thriller and the 2012 International Thriller Writers Award for Best Novel, and was nominated for the 2012 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel[8] and the 2012 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.

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4 stars

Science fiction where the time traveler can change the past, but in this case saving JFK instead of killing Hitler. Why? Because the time portal goes to just one spot in 1958. Are there consequences to changing the past? That would be telling...

I enjoyed Steven King's soft sci-fi tale of time travel by driving around a few holes in his narrative road. I did not enjoy the time spent in Derry Maine, visiting many Steven King attractions (even though a few would be built in the future). Once our hero was on the road from Maine, I remember thinking that this would make a pretty good movie or television series - then finding that it was, now tagged for future watching.

This was one of the seven top-rated books on my "to read" pile, and this is the first that didn't earn 5 stars. Too much Derry and the …

Science fiction where the time traveler can change the past, but in this case saving JFK instead of killing Hitler. Why? Because the time portal goes to just one spot in 1958. Are there consequences to changing the past? That would be telling...

I enjoyed Steven King's soft sci-fi tale of time travel by driving around a few holes in his narrative road. I did not enjoy the time spent in Derry Maine, visiting many Steven King attractions (even though a few would be built in the future). Once our hero was on the road from Maine, I remember thinking that this would make a pretty good movie or television series - then finding that it was, now tagged for future watching.

This was one of the seven top-rated books on my "to read" pile, and this is the first that didn't earn 5 stars. Too much Derry and the story dragged in a few places. I also found the Yellow Card Man and his kin completely unnecessary to the story, even if they turned out to be from Seattle. Rated 4 stars plus one magic bullet.

dare

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Jan. 7, 2018