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Dreamcatcher

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Jeffrey DeMunn
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Summary

Suspenseful, frightening, and sometimes howlingly funny, a story of invasion and battle, survival and heroism. It is a story of how men remember ... and how they love.

In Derry, Maine, four young boys once stood together and did a brave thing. Something that changed them in ways they hardly understand.

A quarter of a century later, the boys are men who have gone their separate ways. Though they still get together once a year, to go hunting in the north woods of Maine. But this time is different. This time a man comes stumbling into their camp, lost, disoriented and muttering about lights in the sky.

Before long, these old friends will be plunged into the most remarkable events of their lives as they struggle with a terrible creature from another world. Their only chance of survival is locked in their shared past - and in the Dreamcatcher.

©2001 Stephen King (P)2001 Simon and Schuster Inc.

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Audio quality is poor.

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I'm not overly impressed with the sound quality of this audio book. It sound like an old cassette recording.

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Listen up

This is one of my favourite SK books. 4 friends do a brave, kind deed, defending a intellectually disabled boy being bullied. They become a tight group, complete with their own sayings and shared experiences. They grow up and it appears some bad s**t was coming their way and they need to deal with it. There's no religion in this one, some magic but not to the extent it can go in a SK novel. It's about a group of friends. It's about growing up together. It's about the possible end of the world. It's not too slow, no punches are pulled. The disabled guy is enabling and able - a nice change to many books if they even appear at all. Listen to it!

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A King Classic

No other author seems capable of merging horror, sci-fi and tales of ordinary folk as masterfully as Stephen King. If you have seen the film but not read the book (or listened to it) then I recomend that you do so today. You will not be dissapointed.

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Poor Quality Recording

I'm sure the book is great as all Stephen Kings work is, but this one sounds like you're listening to an old record player! So hard to listen to, it's so muffled that it's distracting.

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Grossly underrated!

Don’t be put off by this book’s negative reputation - this is enormous fun and the voices of a memorable cast of characters are brought to life vividly in this reading.

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Not his best

Would you try another book written by Stephen King or narrated by Jeffrey DeMunn?

Yes - i am an avid King fan and he has written many great stories. However, this left me bemused. Very poor - no direction and confusing non story. It started ok, we built the main characters and got to know the back story but as soon as the Aliens hit the story and Mr Gray appeared at their lodge it just fell apart.

What was most disappointing about Stephen King’s story?

The lack of purpose and direction. After the first 1/3 of the book it just rambled on until i gave up out of sheer boredom

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

Nothing - he was fine, Just left with a poor story to read.

You didn’t love this book--but did it have any redeeming qualities?

The start and first 3rd was ok as the characters were developed but i just didnt get the aliens or the interaction with the army.

Any additional comments?

Most of the time i was trying to work out was was going on and who was who etc. I am sorry but this did not read as well as the previous reviews seem to think it did.

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Stephen's Sickening, Sentimental, Sci-fi Schlock

What made the experience of listening to Dreamcatcher the most enjoyable?

Once you get over how many words are devoted to vivid descriptions of bottoms and foul smells coming out of them, then you've got an interesting and entertaining story about aliens, psychic powers, car chases and the kind of characters that you would expect from a Stephen King story. The descriptions of what the aliens are (or, at least, what the characters think they are) and the escalation of events from "trip to a cabin" to "an alien virus could destroy the world" were both great, even if the plot does run out of the steam by the end.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Colonel Kurtz. He was too ridiculously evil to hate and I thought that he had all the best dialogue.

Have you listened to any of Jeffrey DeMunn’s other performances? How does this one compare?

I knew him as an actor in a couple of different things and he was a great narrator. He managed to handle some pretty ludicrous text and kept the story flowing really, really well. He also gave every character an identifiable voice, but didn't overdo any of the accents (which was a very good thing when it came to all of Duddits' dialogue).

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Yes, I'll admit that most of the parts with Duddits tugged at my heartstrings. A bit. A tiny bit. I also laughed far too much at how THE POWER OF BACON saves the day at one point.

Any additional comments?

I was disappointed by how predictable the last couple of chapters were. Once it got to a certain point in the story I guessed pretty much exactly what was going to happen and then it was just a matter of listening to the end (although, there was some interesting dialogue in the epilogue).

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The world is in grave peril ...

A tricky plot based around schoolboy friends who are the only ones who can save humankind from an alien invasion. Yet another un put downable from the master.

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gripping well read story

narrator brings the gripping story to life, one of my favourite Stephen king books. I read the book years ago , this audio book was harder to turn off than putting the book down.

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Classic King

Not his best, admittedly, but even King on autopilot is worth a read/listen because he’s always head and shoulders above others in the genre. This is an absorbing and tense story of friendship and loyalty. Shades of The Stand, IT, and Stand By Me (The Body) make it classic King. Glad I used a credit.

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