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In this father-son collaboration, the authors tell the story of what might happen if women disappeared from the world of men. Set in a small Appalachian town whose primary employer is a women''s prison, in a future so real and near it might be now, something happens when women go to sleep. They become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If they are awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed or violated, the women become feral and spectacularly violent. While they sleep they go to another place. The men of our world are abandoned, left to their increasingly primal devices. One woman, however, the mysterious Evie, is immune to the blessing or curse of the sleeping disease. Is Evie a medical anomaly to be studied, or is she a demon who must be slain?

*Named a MOST ANTICIPATED Science Fiction & Fantasy Book of 2023 by Polygon, Tor, and Men''s Health! *Named a MUST-READ Book of March 2023 by CrimeReads and Gizmodo! From New York Times bestselling author Owen King comes a Dickensian fantasy of illusion and charm where cats are revered as religious figures, thieves are noble, scholars are revolutionaries, and conjurers are the most wonderful criminals you can imagine. It begins in an unnamed city nicknamed "the Fairest", it is distinguished by many things from the river fair to the mountains that split the municipality in half; its theaters and many museums; the Morgue Ship; and, like all cities, but maybe especially so, by its essential unmappability. Dora, a former domestic servant at the university has a secret desire--to find where her brother went after he died, believing that the answer lies within The Museum of Psykical Research, where he worked when Dora was a child. With the city amidst a revolutionary upheaval, where citizens like Robert Barnes, her lover and a student radical, are now in positions of authority, Dora contrives to gain the curatorship of the half-forgotten museum only to find it all but burnt to the ground, with the neighboring museums oddly untouched. Robert offers her one of these, The National Museum of the Worker. However, neither this museum, nor the street it is hidden away on, nor Dora herself, are what they at first appear to be. Set against the backdrop of a nation on the verge of collapse, Dora''s search for the truth behind the mystery she''s long concealed will unravel a monstrous conspiracy and bring her to the edge of worlds. Praise for Owen King: "King writes with witty verve." --Entertainment Weekly "[Owen King] has a captivating energy, a precision and a fondness for people that are rare...King loves people as well as words." --The New York Times

A young man comes to terms with his life in the process and aftermath of making his first film, in particular with his relationships with family, friends, lovers, and adversaries.

This official graphic novel adaptation of the horror novel by Stephen King and Owen King is a haunting interpretation of the chilling, timely bestseller. A bizarre sleeping sickness, called Aurora, has fallen over the world. Its victims can''t wake up. And all of them are women. As nations fall into chaos, those women still awake take desperate measures to stay that way, and men everywhere begin to give in to their darkest impulses. Meanwhile, in the small town of Dooling, a mysterious woman has walked out of the woods; she calls herself Eve and leaves a trail of carnage in her wake. Strangest of all, she''s the only woman who can wake up.

George, the teenage son of a single mother, struggles to cope with the idiosyncratic members of his family, including his about-to-be-married mother and grandfather, an ardent Gore supporter, in the wake of the 2000 presidential election, in a whimsical novella set in Maine and accompanied by a series of stories exploring the issue of conflict and choice. A first collection. Reprint.

In this wildly entertaining collaboration, novelists Owen King and Mark Jude Poirier team up with illustrator Nancy Ahn to present a wickedly funny graphic novel about an alien invasion on a college campus. Stacey, a brilliant, overachieving astrobiology major at Fenton College, had planned on just another lonely Spring Break on campus. But when a hurricane batters the small college town, downing power lines and knocking out cell phone reception, Stacey and her friends are stranded with no way to communicate with the outside world at the worst possible moment: in the midst of an alien invasion. As space insects begin to burrow into students and staff—transforming them into slobbering, babbling monsters—a conglomeration of misfits must band together to prevent the infestation from spreading. Meanwhile, Stacey’s long-stifled romantic feelings for her friend Charlotte begin to surface, while the professor she had admired and respected becomes the students’ worst enemy. Illustrated with enormous wit and dynamism—mixing classic tropes from science fiction, indie comics, B-movies, and campus culture—this graphic novel is something different, a large-scale action/adventure story as seen from the point-of-view of a contemporary, realistic heroine. The result is a funny and singular work unlike anything else you’ve ever read.

The official graphic novel adaptation of the horror novel by Stephen King and Owen King concludes in this haunting interpretation of the chilling, timely bestseller. The mysterious plague known as Aurora has blanketed the world, and, to the men, all but a handful of sleep-deprived women seem trapped—cocooned—in seemingly endless slumber. In reality, their minds have been transported to a strange, utopic dream world. It''s a world where small-town sheriff Lila Norcross and the other women can build their own society. And from which they might not want to wake. In the real world of Dooling, West Virginia, Lila''s husband, beleaguered prison psychiatrist Clint Norcross, is struggling. He''s trying to protect the woman called Eve Black from the ill-thought-out actions of increasingly desperate men. But Eve, as the only woman capable of waking up, has her own plans: a test with global consequences. A test Clint will have to pass if he ever hopes to see his wife again. Collects Sleeping Beauties issues #6-10, by writer Rio Youers (The Forgotten Girl) and artist Alison Sampson (Winnebago Graveyard), from the novel by Stephen King (The Institute, The Stand) and Owen King (Intro to Alien Invasion).

ETHS alumnus, class of 1961.

MINISERIES FINALE ÒGive Them What They WantÓ Jerry and Cassandra are having an increasingly hard time convincing the more violent sides of their worlds that Jerry is, in fact, well-heeled self-help guru Darren Hart, a challenge made even more difficult by Jerry-as-DarrenÕs appearance on a very public talk showÉ

Un mal inexplicable touche les femmes dans le monde entier. Cette étrange maladie les plonge dans un sommeil qui semble interminable tandis que leur corps s’entoure d’une sorte de cocon inextricable. Si l''on tente de les réveiller, ces femmes se transforment en furies sanguinaires. Bientôt, presque toutes sont touchées par ce phénomène qu’on surnomme « Aurore » et le monde sombre dans le chaos. À Dooling, petite ville des Appalaches, une mystérieuse jeune femme, Evie, semble immunisée contre cette contagion. Remède miracle pour certain, créature démoniaque pour d’autres, échappera-t-elle à la violence des hommes ? Traduit de l’anglais (États-Unis) par Laurent Queyssi.

ÒWho Shaves the Barber?ÓÊ Jerry Hauser has long been in over his head, which is one reason he assumed the identity of the globally popular but presumed-dead self-help guru. Only, all heÕs accomplished so far is assuming the growing problems of both menÑa situation that spirals even further out of control thanks to his appearance on a daytime talk show, bringing even more unwanted and vicious criminal elements into his life!

Down-on-his-luck rideshare driver Jerry HauserÕs night has taken an abrupt turn, and he now finds himself posing as self-help guru Darren Hart. This presents certain challenges for tonightÕs meeting: DarrenÕs shrewdly opportunistic assistant Cassandra is suspicious, and their host, Ove, an off-his-rocker Finnish gangster, has a hungry panther in the backyard. Jerry will be lucky to get away with his conÉand his life.

"Live, Laugh, Love." Jerry Hauser seeks to reinvent his present with the aid of Darren Hart’s opportunistic assistant Cassandra, but his past refuses to stay where it belongs—as Jerry’s ex-wife and daughter learn when they meet Powder Bob. And nothing good happens to anyone who runs afoul of Power Bob...

A surreal and colorful world populated with two-faced talk-show hosts, cheerful Finnish mobsters, bloodthirsty white supremacists, snide English butlers, and panther-wielding Euro-trash assassins. Down-on-his-luck rideshare driver Jerry HauserÕs existence is a bleak oneÉespecially because every fare he picks up tells him how much he looks like uber-successful self-help guru Darren Hart. But after a twist of fate, Jerry is given the chance of a lifetimeÉwhich, if heÕs not careful, may well end his lifetime. So begins this California noirÑa rollicking and gleefully lurid pulp crime story for our time. Collects SELF HELP #1-5

MINISERIES PREMIERE Down-on-his-luck rideshare driver Jerry HauserÕs existence is a bleak oneÉespecially because every fare he picks up tells him how much he looks like uber-successful self-help guru Darren Hart. But after a twist of fate, Jerry is given the chance of a lifetimeÉwhich, if heÕs not careful, may well end his lifetime. So begins this California noirÑa rollicking and gleefully lurid pulp crime story for our time.

Un mal inexplicable touche les femmes dans le monde entier. Cette étrange maladie les plonge dans un sommeil qui semble interminable alors que leur corps s’entoure d’une sorte de cocon inextricable. Si l’on tente de les réveiller, ces femmes se transforment en furies sanguinaires. Bientôt, presque toutes sont touchées par cette maladie qu’on surnomme « Aurore » et le monde, privé de femmes, sombre dans le chaos. À Dooling, petite ville des Appalaches, une mystérieuse jeune femme, Evie, semble immunisée contre cette contagion. Remède miracle pour certains, créature démoniaque pour d’autres, échappera-t-elle à la violence des hommes ?

De la pluma del autor superventas Owen King, llega una nueva novela de fantasía dickensiana en la que los gatos son considerados dioses, los ladrones son nobles, los eruditos son radicales y los conjuradores son los criminales más magníficos que puedas imaginar. ***Uno de los mejores libros de ciencia ficción de 2023 según la cadena de librerías Waterstones*** Para la joven Dora, una asistenta en la universidad, la revolución trae consigo la liberación. Pasa a frecuentar la compañía de uno de los estudiantes más radicales, Robert, y al fin puede investigar lo que le sucedió a Ambrose, su hermano, en el Instituto de Investigación Psíquica justo antes de morir. No obstante, a Dora se le encarga cuidar de otra institución, el Museo de los Trabajadores: un extraño y olvidado edificio ocupado por figuras de cera de mineros, enfermeras, dependientes... Conforme la revolución y su oposición dan rienda suelta a una oscuridad aterradora, la búsqueda de Dora para desentrañar un misterio que lleva mucho tiempo ocultando hará que una conspiración monstruosa salga a la luz... algo que la conducirá a los límites de los mundos. Reseñas: «Escribe con astucia y arrojo». Entertainment Weekly «Mitad cuento de hadas y mitad relato de una revolución, El Museo de Owen King está lleno de humor astuto, sensualidad y extravagancia». Holly Black «Es como si Owen King hubiera insuflado vida a un gabinete de curiosidades. Hay horrores aquí dentro, sí, pero también maravillas y encantos, y uno de los elencos de personajes más interesantes que he conocido en mucho tiempo. Colocad El Museo en la estantería junto a otros clásicos de lo extrañoe inclasificable como Piranesi, de Susanna Clarke, o Gormenghast de Mervyn Peake. Me encantó». Kelly Link « El Museo, de Owen King, es una lectura suntuosa. El lenguaje, los personajes y un mundo fascinante crean una experiencia profundamente satisfactoria». Charlaine Harris

De la pluma del autor superventas Owen King llega una novedad de fantasía dickensiana en la que los gatos son considerados dioses, los ladrones son nobles, los académicos son radicales y los conjugadores son los criminales más magníficos que puedas imaginar. Es un libro tan mágico como político, y está escrito con una hermosa destreza. - Neil Gaiman Mitad cuento de hadas y mitad relato de una revolución, El museo de Owen King está lleno de humor astuto, sensualidad y extravagancia. - Holly Black ENGLISH DESCRIPTION From New York Times bestselling author Owen King, who "writes with witty verve" (Entertainment Weekly) comes a "richly imagined" (The New York Times) Dickensian fantasy of illusion and charm where cats are revered as religious figures, thieves are noble, scholars are revolutionaries, and conjurers are the most wonderful criminals you can imagine. It begins in an unnamed city nicknamed "the Fairest", it is distinguished by many things from the river fair to the mountains that split the municipality in half; its theaters and many museums; the Morgue Ship; and, like all cities, but maybe especially so, by its essential unmappability. Dora, a former domestic servant at the university has a secret desire--to understand the mystery of her brother''s death, believing that the answer lies within The Museum of Psykical Research, where he worked when Dora was a child. With the city amidst a revolutionary upheaval, where citizens like Robert Barnes, her lover and a student radical, are now in positions of authority, Dora contrives to gain the curatorship of the half-forgotten museum only to find it all but burnt to the ground, with the neighboring museums oddly untouched. Robert offers her one of these, The National Museum of the Worker. However, neither this museum, nor the street it is hidden away on, nor Dora herself, are what they at first appear to be. Set against the backdrop of an oddly familiar and wondrous city on the verge of collapse, Dora''s search for the truth will unravel a monstrous conspiracy and bring her to the edge of worlds.

Stephen King és Owen King szuperprodukciójában, apa és fia közösen írt könyvében a fő kérdés: mi történhet, ha a nők eltűnnek a férfiak világából? Valamikor a jövőben (amely olyan valóságos, hogy akár napjainkra is felcserélhető lehetne) a nőket elalvás közben beburkolja egy ismeretlen fehérjéből képződő hártya, olyan, mint a selyemgubó. Ha a Csipkerózsikákként alvó nőket felébresztik, vagy bármi módon megsérül a gubójuk, akkor állatiasan vadak és erőszakosak lesznek. Alvás közben viszont egy másik, a miénknél jobb világba jutnak, ahol harmónia uralkodik, és szinte nincsenek konfliktusok. Egy isten háta mögötti helyen, a nyugat-virginiai Dooling női börtönében azonban van egyvalaki, egy titokzatos idegen, bizonyos Eve Black, aki normális módon elalszik és felébred. De vajon az ő esetében orvosi anomáliáról van szó, amit tanulmányozni kellene, hátha megoldást ad erre az egész alvásproblémára? Vagy talán Eve Black démon, a megmagyarázhatatlan jelenség okozója, és a legjobb lenne megsemmisíteni? A magukra maradt, egyre inkább ősi ösztöneikre hallgató férfiak egymással vetélkedő frakciókra szakadnak: ki megölni, ki megmenteni akarja Eve-t. Mások a zűrzavart kihasználva személyes ellenségeiken állnának bosszút. A csupa férfi világban elszabadul a pokol és tombol az erőszak... Fordította: Dranka Anita

«Stephen e Owen King hanno scritto una bella storia horror, epica, toccante e molto giusta per i tempi, con un finale esplosivo ed emozionante.» - USA TODAY

Da parceria de Stephen King com seu filho, Owen, surge uma história provocativa, dramática e corajosa sobre um mundo sem mulheres. Pelo mundo todo, algo de estranho começa a acontecer quando as mulheres adormecem: elas são imediatamente envoltas em casulos. Se despertadas, tornam-se bestiais, reagindo com fúria cega antes de voltar a dormir. Em poucos dias, quase cem por cento da população mundial feminina pegou no sono. Sozinhos e desesperados, os homens se dividem entre aqueles que fariam de tudo para proteger as mulheres adormecidas e aqueles que querem aproveitar a crise para instaurar o caos. Grupos intitulados "Brigadas do Maçarico" incendeiam casulos, e guerras parecem prestes a eclodir em diversas partes do mundo. Mas na pequena cidade de Dooling as autoridades locais precisam lidar com o único caso de imunidade à doença do sono: Evie Black, uma mulher misteriosa com poderes inexplicáveis. "A primeira parceria épica entre Stephen King e seu filho Owen é ambiciosa, comovente e, da ótica de seus horrores centrais, muito atual." — USA Today

Kuvittele maailma ilman naisia. Owen ja Stephen King ovat luoneet kiehtovan provosoivan kauhukertomuksen, jossa naiset vaipuvat uneen ja miesten on pärjättävä omillaan. "Kauhukertomusten kaunotar."– USA TodayMaailmalla leviää Aurora-virus, joka iskee tyttöihin ja naisiin ikään katsomatta. Nukahdettuaan naiset koteloituvat kuin perhoset, eikä heitä missään nimessä kannata herättää. Pandemia iskee myös Doolingin pikkukaupunkiin Appalakeilla, kun aviovaimot, äidit, sisaret ja tyttäret aloittavat kamppailunsa unta vastaan. Pian kaupungin naisvankilaan tuodaan Evie Black, kaunotar, johon virus ei pysty. Onko Evie luonnonoikku vai itse paholainen? Miesten jäädessä yksin alkavat väkivallan voimat repiä yhteisöä ja kiihottaa sen asukkaita toisiaan vastaan. Ruususen uni tuntuu monin tavoin pelottavan ajankohtaiselta."Runsas ja värikylläinen eepos; kuin jättikokoinen Happy Meal -ateria."– Guardian"Kingit kirjoittavat yhdessä saumattoman luontevasti. Kun action alkaa, tarina mennä jyristää kuin juna."– Publishers Weekly Yhdysvaltalainen Stephen King (s. 1947), kauhun kuningas, on yksi maailman tunnetuimmista kirjailijoista ja armoitettu tarinankertoja. King sai vuoden 2018 American Pen -sananvapausjärjestön palkinnon palavasta halustaan puolustaa sananvapautta ja tuotannostaan, joka kannustaa meitä nousemaan pahoja voimia vastaan. Owen King (s. 1977) on Stephen ja Tabitha Kingin nuorempi poika, joka on aiemmin julkaissut kiitellyn romaanin ja novellikokoelman. Myös hänen vaimonsa Kelly Braffet on kirjailija.

Een meeslepende nieuwe roman van meestervertellers Stephen King en Owen King

Över en natt faller världens kvinnor i en märklig sömn. Pandemin sprider sig i takt med att tidszonerna släcks. Om de väcks blir kvinnorna livsfarliga. Och medan de sover befinner de sig på en helt annan plats. I en småstad i Appalacherna kämpar sheriff Lila Norcross för att hålla sig vaken medan männens ociviliserade sidor tar över allt mer. I jakten på botemedel utspelas en kamp på liv och död.

No las despiertes. En esta espectacular colaboración entre padre e hijo, Stephen King y Owen King nos ofrecen la historia más arriesgada de cuantas han contado hasta ahora: ¿qué pasaría si las mujeres abandonaran este mundo? En un futuro tan real y cercano que podría ser hoy, cuando las mujeres se duermen, brota de su cuerpo una especie de capullo que las aísla del exterior. Si las despiertan, las molestan o tocan el capullo que las envuelve, reaccionan con una violencia extrema. Y durante el sueño se evaden a otro mundo. Los hombres, por su parte, quedan abandonados a sus instintos primarios. La misteriosa Evie, sin embargo, es inmune a esta bendición o castigo del trastorno del sueño. ¿Se trata de una anomalía médica que hay que estudiar? O ¿es un demonio al que hay que liquidar? Una fábula del siglo XXI sobre la posibilidad de un mundo exclusivamente femenino más pacífico y más justo que resulta especialmente relevante hoy en día. Reseña: «La novela nos aboca a una batalla épica (...) con brillantes incursiones en territorios que el padre de los King puede justamente reclamar como propios: el insomnio, la tensión con que responde a la violencia una sociedad aislada, la propia idea dela propagación de una pandemia... (...): puro King en sus mejores pasajes.» Enrique de Hériz, El Periódico de Cataluña En los blogs... «Lo que destaca en esta versión particular es su brillantez. En un futuro tan real y cercano que podría ser hoy, y con una fantasía espectacular, que en todo momento se apoya en la lógica y en la reflexión, los autores convierten la idea de que las mujeres abandonen el mundo paracrear otro en un cuento conmovedor, en una aventura emocionante a veces violenta y a veces tierna.» Blog Todo literatura «La historia en definitiva es una parábola sobre la posibilidad de un mundo exclusivamente femenino, más pacífico y más justo.» Blog Literatura noticias «Los autores convierten la idea de que las mujeres abandonen el mundo para crear otro en un cuento conmovedor, en una aventura emocionante a veces violenta y a veces tierna.» Blog Las lecturas de Guillermo «Una historia llena de terror que nos hace pensar y plantearnos muchas cosas, sobre todo, si eres mujer, qué habrías hecho tú si estuvieras en el lugar de las protagonistas y, si eres hombre, cuál habría sido tu manera de intentar solucionar la tragedia.» Blog El mundo de Naya «La plumade los autores es exquisita, este par ha sabido mezclar su narrativa de forma magistral.» Blog Atrapada en unas hojas de papel «La novela es una sátira brutal sobre los hombres, pero también sobre los recortes en servicios sociales o sobre el papel de los medios de comunicación.» Zenda libros