11/22/63 - Kirjakasa

trade paperback, 849 pages

English language

Published Aug. 10, 2012 by Gallery Books.

ISBN:: 978-1-4516-2729-9
OCLC Number:: 816355765

(2 reviews)

Dallas, 11/22/63: Three shots ring out. President John F. Kennedy is dead.

Life can turn on a dime—or stumble into the extraordinary, as it does for Jake Epping, a high school English teacher in a Maine town. While grading essays by his GED students, Jake reads a gruesome, enthralling piece penned by janitor Harry Dunning: fifty years ago, Harry somehow survived his father’s sledgehammer slaughter of his entire family. Jake is blown away . . . but an even more bizarre secret comes to light when Jake’s friend Al, owner of the local diner, enlists Jake to take over the mission that has become his obsession—to prevent the Kennedy assassination. How? By stepping through a portal in the diner’s storeroom, and into the era of Ike and Elvis, of big American cars, sock hops, and cigarette smoke. . . . Finding himself in warmhearted Jodie, Texas, Jake begins a new …

Dallas, 11/22/63: Three shots ring out. President John F. Kennedy is dead.

Life can turn on a dime—or stumble into the extraordinary, as it does for Jake Epping, a high school English teacher in a Maine town. While grading essays by his GED students, Jake reads a gruesome, enthralling piece penned by janitor Harry Dunning: fifty years ago, Harry somehow survived his father’s sledgehammer slaughter of his entire family. Jake is blown away . . . but an even more bizarre secret comes to light when Jake’s friend Al, owner of the local diner, enlists Jake to take over the mission that has become his obsession—to prevent the Kennedy assassination. How? By stepping through a portal in the diner’s storeroom, and into the era of Ike and Elvis, of big American cars, sock hops, and cigarette smoke. . . . Finding himself in warmhearted Jodie, Texas, Jake begins a new life. But all turns in the road lead to a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald. The course of history is about to be rewritten . . . and become heart-stoppingly suspenseful. (back cover)

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Thom reviewed 11/22/63 by Stephen King

Review of '11/22/63' on 'Goodreads'

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