![]() ![]() ![]() So he hits on the scary idea that pretty much anybody around you could be a vampire. They're from Europe, and their hair is slicked back.īut even though King loves the oldies and goodies, he still wants to be up to date. The monsters here are vampires, and King's vampires have all the characteristics you'd expect from vampires: they don't like garlic, they hate crosses, and they need permission to enter a house. His monsters don't just eat one person, or two, or three. 'Salem's Lot is a landmark on King's path to take up his crown as the king of the monstrous, and he does it in high style. King was popular and going places, but you couldn't yet bury a fleet of overweight whales under copies of the novels he'd sold. His first, Carrie (1974), did well, but still, it was early days. Okay, when King published 'Salem's Lot back in 1975, he wasn't quite as well known for monsters eating you as he was to become. ![]() When a Stephen King monster eats you, you stay eaten. And the great state of Maine's very own Stephen King is the most popular creator of stories about monsters eating you in all of explored space. But this isn't just any book about monsters eating you: it's a book by Stephen King about monsters eating you. ![]() 'Salem's Lotis about monsters eating you. ![]()
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