L' incendiaria

Ooh, I'm glad I checked this one off my Stephen King reading list. Firestarter is a great companion to another King book I enjoyed-- The Institute -- even though the books were published close to forty years apart. Basically: poor little kids with special powers get chased down by a corrupt government Leggi tutto

We don´t need no water, let the pyrokinesis burn, burn one hotter with obsessive compulsive forced washing mysophobia, burn. The, at the time of publishing still hot, cold war spy conspiracy secret agency setting with the human free drugs experimentation background, makes it a suspenseful read, esp Leggi tutto

For those of you who have never read one of his books, may I suggest Firestarter as your Stephen King starter? A bit of King kindling, if you will. Published in 1980, Firestarter’s first issue clocked in at 428 pages. It’s beefy enough not to be just a novella, yet it’s not a doorstoppin’ chunkster Leggi tutto

Buddy Read with my pal, The Jeff. I don't think the scariest thing about this book is the fact that this tiny kid has the power to potentially crack the Earth in half. Don't get me wrong...the thought of that curls my toes. The genius of this book is that your fear builds with the father's fear. And it Leggi tutto

I keep rereading my favorite King books on weekends as a ritual. Firestarter was not my favorite work of him. Interestingly I’ve seen the original movie first ( honest advise: don’t you think to watch Peacock’s Efron version, that will ruin the entire premise for you) I was little kid and watching g Leggi tutto

Heartbreaking story of a family decimated, chased and persecuted… because they have 'powers'. Bristling with memorable characters such as Cap, Rainbird, the Manders and The Shop. Some good ol' classic King. Stephen King invented the now widely used term of pyrokinesis in this book! I used to get ann Leggi tutto

"You're a firestarter, honey... just one big Zippo lighter." Andy and Vicky McGee take part in a top-secret government experiment, gaining psychic powers. Then they have a daughter - Charlie. Charlie demonstrates even more power than her parents and they must keep her abilities secret, as the governm Leggi tutto