Deadzoners ebook

The authors use complementary perspectives to examine what it means when we speak and think of death as it is conceived in cultural media and as it is constructed by and circulates between patients, health professionals, and supportive family members and friends. Layering analysis with evocative narrative and an intimate tone, with characters, plot, and action that reflect the voices and experiences of all project participants, including the authors' own, Davis and Crane reflect on what it means to pass away.

Their medical humanities approach bridges health communication, cultural studies, and the arts to inform medical ethics and care. Jack and Aubrey are small-town high school students. There was no reason for their paths ever to cross. But now a mysterious virus is spreading throughout America, infecting teenagers with impossible superpowers—and all teens are being rounded up, dragged to government testing facilities, and drafted into the army to fight terrorism.

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Format ebook. Author David L. Publisher Oxford University Press. Release 22 January Subjects Science Nonfiction. Search for a digital library with this title Search by city, ZIP code, or library name Learn more about precise location detection. View more libraries Dead zones are on the rise Human activity has caused an increase in uninhabitable, oxygen-poor zones—also known as "dead zones"—in our waters.

Oxygen is the third most abundant element in the universe, and it is a necessity for nearly all life on Earth. I thought that a human life should always be considered with dignity. That sometimes doesn't happen with our hero. I use the term "hero" in the Greek sense of tragedy. Please read this book if you haven't yet.

It's far better than recent King books. I tried, on another si The Dead Zone is a brilliant book. I tried, on another site to ask for underrated King books. The Dead Zone was part of this recommendation. Everyone knew except for me.

So, yeah. View all 26 comments. In my own personal opinion, this is the best story Stephen King has ever written. Not the most frightening, not the most thrilling, no: but this novel has true literary merit. And a tragic hero not a mere "protagonist, mind you who really qualifies for the title. John Smith his name immediately marks him out as the "common man" is blessed and cursed with second sight.

It began as a minor ability due to a skating accident in his childhood; but when he wins big time at the roulette wheel in a v In my own personal opinion, this is the best story Stephen King has ever written. It began as a minor ability due to a skating accident in his childhood; but when he wins big time at the roulette wheel in a village carnival, this "gift" proves to be his undoing. Because while coming home late from the carnival, the taxi John is travelling in meets with a horrific accident, and he is precipitated into a four-year coma.

While he is asleep, John loses his career, girlfriend, everything. He wakes up a pauper in material terms, but endowed with the full-fledged version of his latent childhood gift. And thus begins the career of John Smith, the clairvoyant.

As he moves from discovery to horrific discovery, the amount of darkness he unearths in human souls pushes John further and further down into a sort of spiritual abyss. There seems to no purpose to his tragic life, until he meets Greg Stillson, prospective presidential candidate. A casual handshake allows John Smith a look into the cesspit that is the soul of the future president of the USA: and suddenly, he finds that there is something he has to do.

Finish of Stillson, before he finishes of civilisation as we know it But it is not supernatural, oh no: John's supernatural power is benign. The horror is in what that power unearths. Yes, Greg Stillson is the boogeyman in this story. One must pay homage to Stephen King's gift of seeing into the future. At the time the novel was written, people would have laughed at the idea that a secular democracy would elect a blackguard like Stillson into office. I would humbly suggest that events of the past two decades have convinced me otherwise.

This is one of the most meticulously crafted books that I have read. John's and Greg's careers start simultaneously, sure to meet at some point of time: yet King weaves the narrative so expertly that when the meeting finally takes place, there is no sense of the let-down of predestination. And the denouement like in The last chapter, "Notes from the Dead Zone", is one of the most beautiful passages of prose in my experience.

Stephen King rises almost to the level of a poet here, the way the words flow. Five stars, all the way. View all 15 comments. Sep 19, Leo. Fantastic book. Sixth sense. Teacher in an accident. Visions of the future. Great film too starring Christopher Walken.

He asks him, being that he is a Jew, if he could go back in time and get close to Adolf Hitler Would he kill him? Herbert Lom replies that he is a doctor and his job is to save lives And finished by saying he would kill the son of a bitch! Classic Stephen King! Imagine if you could go Fantastic book. Imagine if you could go back in time like, his other book, and take out a despot, or foil an assassination. The repercussions today would be Anyhow, the world would be a different place today.

Even just one simple thing, changed in the past would have such an impact today. Ripples in the pond of time. I still love current day King of course, but these early books are so powerful - he truly is firing on all cylinders in The Dead Zone. When I first read The Dead Zone years ago I was hungry for horror and so was left feeling a little disappointed.

This time around, having matured as a reader in general I was able to appreciate this one for what it is - an incredible novel that touches on love, lost chances and obligations.

Johnny Smith is in a car accident, which leaves him in a coma for over 4 years. When he awakes he has gained psychic abilities - he is able to see the past, present and future of those he touches.

We all talk about Sadie and Jake, and Roland and Susan They are on the brink of falling in love at the beginning of the book before Johnny has his accident.

We get such a short time seeing them together, but it is impactful and you just ACHE for them to be together. I love Johnny as a character - he has a great sense of humour and I just found him to be so damn likeable.

Which makes it even more heartbreaking as he is dealt blow after blow. It hurt my heart. The Dead Zone is more of a drama than a horror, with some science fiction elements thrown in, but what is truly terrifying are the parallels that can be drawn between Greg Stillson, the politician that Johnny forsees causing a nuclear war, and Donald Trump. The similarities are so eerie! I am so glad that I decided to reread this one, as it has become a new favourite.

View all 4 comments. Oct 30, Ahmad Sharabiani rated it really liked it Shelves: fiction , horror , united-states , 20th-century , literature. It concerns Johnny Smith, who is injured in an accident and remains in a coma for nearly five years.

Upon emergence, he exhibits clairvoyance and precognition with limitations, apparently because of a "dead zone," an area of his brain that suffered permanent damage as the result of his accident. The prologue introduces the two main characters. In , a young boy named John Smith is knocked unconscious while ice-skating, When recovering, he mumbles a strange message "Don't jump it no more" to an adult on the scene. The knot on Johnny's head fades after a few days, and he thinks no more of it.

A few months later, the adult is seriously injured while he tries to jump start a car. Two years later, during an unconnected incident in Iowa, a young door to door Bible salesman, Greg Stillson, who suffers emotional issues and dreaming of greatness, vindictively kicks an aggressive dog to death.

By , Johnny is now a high school teacher in eastern Maine. After visiting a county fair with his girlfriend, Sarah, and eerily winning repeatedly at the wheel of fortune, Johnny is involved in a car accident on his way home which lands him in a coma for four and a half years.

Upon waking, Johnny finds that he has suffered neural injury, but when he touches people and objects, he is able to tell them things that they did not know. For example, he knows that a nurse's son would have successful surgery; states that his doctor's mother, long believed dead, is living in Carmel, California; warns his physical therapist that her house is about to burn down; tells Sarah that her lost wedding ring is in her suitcase pocket; and later recounts the story behind a St.

Christopher medallion that is owned by a skeptical reporter. View all 6 comments. Sep 21, Ginger rated it it was amazing Shelves: , horror. It was published in and I finally got to it in Better late then never?! The Dead Zone has politics, a serial killer, and star-crossed lovers. I ended up loving Johnny Smith by the end and all the characters were fantastic, even the ones that you hated.

Years ago, I watched the movie staring Christopher Walken that was made in I was a bit surprised by some of the differences in the book vs movie. The movies usually don't compare and I can only think of a few examples that did a fantastic job with one of King 's books. Some thoughts after reading the book. Yep, that about sums it up. Yeah, I'm really glad I finally showed up at the party! I loved everything about this book and was not disappointed!

View all 22 comments. Nov 10, R. Gold rated it really liked it. Okay here we go Mr. John Smith. I know you have this strange ability to see into the future but did you see this review coming? Well, did ya? You feeling lucky John? Cause I sure as hell am after reading this. I'm not as sad to finish it as I was the dark tower series because i poured so much emotion into finishing those damn books but this was quite an enjoyable read; one I could really sink my teeth into when given a full day to do so.

The development of John, his relationship with his famil Okay here we go Mr. In fact, it was more entertaining than the ultimate climax of the text, which dealt with the question of "if you could stop Hitler before he rose to power would ya? Rather than making him a superhero, his gift became more a question of mankind and morality. Just another lovely King book that makes him the legendary author he is.

An incredible run of good luck with a Wheel of Fortune game at a county fair is the start of things spinning out of control for John Smith. He is about to lose five years of his life in a horrible way. When he returns, everything has changed. Fate and predestination play their parts. The stink of burning rubber persists, and there is a dead zone inside his brain. I'll lay it right down on the table for you.

More frightening to me than any monster are religious fanatics. There is one in An incredible run of good luck with a Wheel of Fortune game at a county fair is the start of things spinning out of control for John Smith.

There is one in here who will give you a run for the money. Eyes shining with a crazed light, she gibbers maniacally, spewing dire warnings of hellfire, and spraying spittle far and wide in her self-righteous fervor. Bring in the clowns, even the spiders, if you must. They are nothing compared to the nut job inside these pages. Originally published in , it was a stroll down memory lane for me with reference to thirteen cent stamps, those old rabbit ears antennas augmented with the aluminum foil, and Walter Cronkite closing out the evening news with his signature "And that's the way it is.

View all 28 comments. May 11, Dan Schwent rated it liked it Shelves: , horror. Johnny Smith wakes from a coma with the psychic ability to read a person when he touches them. Will he use this ability for good or for selfish reasons? And what's the deal with this Greg Stillson character that's swiftly becoming a heavy hitter in the political realm?

Sometime in early , I resolved to read some of the Stephen King books I missed during my binge around the turn of the century. The Johnny Smith wakes from a coma with the psychic ability to read a person when he touches them.

The Dead Zone has a simple enough premise: Johnny Smith returns from a coma with clairvoyance. What King does is turn it into a story of a man deciding how to use those abilities, whether or not to play God. And he does it fairly well. Some of Stephen King's books are so overwritten that I think if I was in an elevator with Stephen King and asked him what time it was, he would tell me how to build a clock.

Not so with the Dead Zone. MacDonald rather than the author no editor could tame. It reads more like a crime book than King's later works. Mostly, it's a man trying to play with the hand he's been dealt. It's a pretty gripping read but it's not one of my favorite King books. I like the story but the only characters I felt any kind of attachment to were Johnny and his father.

I was surprised by the ending, though, but I guess I shouldn't have. Stephen King was just getting started tearing the guts out of his readers at this point. One thing I'm not sure if I liked or not: One of the characters references a book called Carrie. I think it does. On the other hand, it also mentions Castle Rock.

Does Carrie not take place in the universe as most of King's other books? Things to ponder The Dead Zone is a good early Stephen King book and probably the best book I've ever read that was turned into a movie starring Christopher Walken. That's about all I have to say about that. View all 25 comments.

I've read some of Stephen King 's titles but nowhere near enough, so I have made it a personal goal to read little by little until I get caught up This genius of a man has written a lot of books! I chose The Dead Zone for my next King novel simply because of the recently released audiobook. It's narrated by James Franco!! I absolutely adore him. Not only did he do a superb job in his narration in th I've read some of Stephen King 's titles but nowhere near enough, so I have made it a personal goal to read little by little until I get caught up Not only did he do a superb job in his narration in this audiobook, but King did a superb job in his writing of it.

I loved this book and not only because of Franco. I found King's storytelling intoxicating. I have always enjoyed the books I have read by King but I have never felt as invested in a main character until The Dead Zone. Johnny is a well-written and complicated character, the many integrated situations he intervenes in are engaging, mysterious, and thrilling, and this fictional character written in the 70's who can foresee the future appears to have predicted America's current political dynamic, almost 40 years later.

I don't discuss politics on social media and will always respect and support whoever holds the office of president, but I have to admit this element was more than a bit eerie. If you like King, Franco, the existing adaptations of this book, or just want to see what all the buzz is about politically speaking , I strongly recommend checking out The Dead Zone! One percent are saints, and one percent are assholes. The other three percent are people who do what they say they can do.

View all 20 comments. Apr 01, Vince rated it it was amazing. Oh boy, good old uncle Stevie King does it again. I was suffering from one of my many reading slumps and decided that a Stephen King novel would hopefully pull me out of it. It did. Like all great Stephen King novels it's well-written, fast paced with no filler he sometimes has a lot of filler in other novels but not in this one and characters that you genuinely care about. The novel's main character is a man with the prosaic name of John Smith but he's far from ordinary.

I won't say why becau Oh boy, good old uncle Stevie King does it again. I won't say why because I feel the mystery of the novel should be uncovered by the reader.

Highest possible recommendation from me. Thanks, uncle Stevie. View all 3 comments. For Goodreads: 2. I think I dislike this book a little more every time I read it. The Dead Zone is, for the most part, boring setups that lead to lackluster climaxes, if they can be called climaxes at all. Maybe "payoffs" would be a better word But I think what I dislike the most about this book is all the political mumbo jumbo. I simply don't give a shit about politics, and this book is full of it. If Johnny Smith isn't thinking about how shitty he has it, he's ruminating on the poli For Goodreads: 2.

If Johnny Smith isn't thinking about how shitty he has it, he's ruminating on the political climate. This is purely subjective, of course, because if you dig your stories dredged in government, battered in legislature, and fried in policy then this book is definitely for you. Honestly, The Dead Zone never had a chance. Not this time around at least.

Especially coming off my reread of King's exceptional third outing, The Shining. In case you're wondering, I skipped The Stand because I just reread it last year. I suppose The Dead Zone is a perfect example of that old saying: They can't all be winners. King came out the gate with five fantastic novels. He was bound to lay a stinker on the world eventually. I do enjoy the first or so pages of this book, but everything's downhill from there.

King had some terrific characters, but it seems as if he didn't really know what do with them once they were established. It's funny, because the book feels more like a collection of interconnected short stories than it does a novel.

Notes on the film and television adaptations: I love Christopher Walken. He's one of my favorite actors. But I've never been able to finish the film adaptation of this book. It bores me to sleep every time.