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Subject: Pet Sematary! (Non-spoiler) - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 31-Dec-83 05:48:41 EST
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inmet!wkb    Dec 30 14:20:00 1983

Stephen King's new book "Pet Sematary" is great!  I think it's his
best since "The Shining."

The story revolves around the family and friends of a doctor who is
in charge of the Health Center at the University of Maine at Orono.
The writing style and story concept are reminiscent of King's earlier
works like "The Shining, "'Salem's Lot", and some of the stories in
"Night Shift."  The doctor and his faimily get drawn into a horror
that exhisted there for many years.  The book is so good because the
main character experinces the evil first-hand and since King is such
a good writer, so do we.  In his recent novels, the evil has been
experienced second-hand: through Dennis instead of Arnie in
"Christine"; through the father instead of the mother (and Tad) in
Cujo.  And there was no real hair-raising evil in "The Dead Zone,"
"Different Seasons," or "The Stand."  "Pet Semetary" has the same
"feel" as the older works - I can't really explain it.

The spelling of cemetary from the title is taken from a children
created sign near an actual Pet Cemetary that kids maintain in the
woods.  But there is more going on in and near the cemetary than
meets the eye...  I don't want to spoil it.  Read it and get caught
up like I was.

                                  Warren Berger
                              ...decvax!harpo!inmet!wkb
                                ...cca!ima!inmet!wkb

P.S.  The jacket of the book listed the novels written by Stephen
King and it included "The Dark Tower" saying it was written in 1982
between "Cujo" and "Christine."  Anybody heard of this?  I haven't.