04169cam a2200385 4500 285437678 TxAuBib 20161217120000.0 ||||||s1997||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781440674211 1440674213 fda6b5d5-c244-4493-bd9d-30fe3acfe715 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 222585 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib King, Stephen, 1947- The Regulators [Bridges eBook]. Penguin Publishing Group, 1997. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1167kB. Format: OverDrive Adobe PDF eBook, Filesize: 13MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. HTML:Starred review from October 2, 1996 Why revive the Bachman byline more than a decade after Stephen King was found lurking behind it? Not for thematic reasons. This devilishly entertaining yarn of occult mayhem married to mordant social commentary is pure King and resembles little the four nonsupernatural (if science-fictional) pre-Thinner Bachmans. The theme is the horror of TV, played out through the terrors visited upon quiet Poplar Street in the postcard-perfect suburban town of Wentworth, Ohio, when a discorporeal psychic vampire settles inside an autistic boy obsessed with TV westerns and kiddie action shows and brings screen images to demented, lethal life. The long opening scene, in which characters and vehicles from the TV show Motokops 2200 (think Power Rangers) sweep down the street, spewing death by firearm, is a paragon of action-horror. The story rarely flags after that, evoking powerful tension and, at times, emotion. The premise owes a big unacknowledged debt to the classic Twilight Zone episode "It's a Good Life"; echoes of earlier Kings resound often as well--the psychic boy (The Shining), a writer-hero (Misery, The Dark Half), etc. But King makes hay in this story in which anything can happen, and does, including the warping of space-time and the savage deaths of much of his large cast. The narrative itself warps fantastically, from prose set in classic typeface to handwritten journals to drawings to typewritten playscript and so on. So why the Bachman byline? Probably for fear that yet another new King in 1996 in addition to six volumes of The Green Mile and Viking's forthcoming Desperation might glut the market. Maybe, maybe not. But one thing is certain: call him Bachman or call him King, the bard of Bangor is going to hit the charts hard and vast with this white-knuckler knockout. Main selection of the Literary Guild, Doubleday Book Club, Mystery Guild and Science Fiction Book Club.. Publisher's Weekly. HTML:There's a place in Wentworth, Ohio, where summer is in full swing. It's called Poplar Street. Up until now it's been a nice place to live. The idling red van around the corner is about to change all that. Let the battle against evil begin. . Fiction. Horror. Media Type: eBook. Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement. Grand Master Award. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2017-02-17 23:00:02. http://bridges.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=fda6b5d5-c244-4493-bd9d-30fe3acfe715 https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1523-1/FDA/6B5/D5/Regulators9781440674211.epub Excerpt (Adobe PDF eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=FDA6B5D5-C244-4493-BD9D-30FE3ACFE715&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe PDF eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1523-1/FDA/6B5/D5/Regulators9781440674211.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=FDA6B5D5-C244-4493-BD9D-30FE3ACFE715&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1523-1/FDA/6B5/D5/Regulators9781440674211.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=FDA6B5D5-C244-4493-BD9D-30FE3ACFE715&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)