![]() ![]() ![]() , nevertheless, it's a nonstop thrill ride as well as a disturbing, moving meditation on our capacity for good and evil. Readers will recognize themes and images from King's earlier fiction, and while this novel doesn't have the moral weight of, say, The Stand King handles the huge cast of characters masterfully but ruthlessly, forcing them to live (or not) with the consequences of hasty decisions. Based on the Stephen King novel of the same name, Under the Dome follows the residents of Chesters Mill, Maine, as they find their small town suddenly. Opposing him are footloose Iraq veteran Dale “Barbie” Barbara, newspaper editor Julia Shumway, a gaggle of teen skateboarders and others who want to solve the riddle of the dome. ![]() The situation deteriorates rapidly due to the dome's ecological effects and the machinations of Big Jim Rennie, an obscenely sanctimonious local politician and drug lord who likes the idea of having an isolated populace to dominate. When the smalltown of Chester's Mill, Maine, is surrounded by an invisible force field, the people inside must exert themselves to survive. PDF On Dec 13, 2018, Alexei Anisin published Tracing the State of Nature in Stephen Kings Under the Dome Find, read and cite all the research you need. For me, Stephen King has the ability to make even a 1074 page book into a fast, addictive, page-turner, and Under the Dome was no exception (I read it for the first time over a weekend - yep, in two days). King's return to supernatural horror is uncomfortably bulky, formidably complex and irresistibly compelling. A long time fan of Stephen King, I was looking forward to getting stuck into another King epic. ![]()
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