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Original Title:	Cell
ISBN:	1416524517 (ISBN13: 9781416524519)
Edition Language:	English URL https://www.stephenking.com/library/novel/cell.html
Characters:	Johnny, Clayton Riddell, Tom McCourt, Alice Maxwell, Jordan, American Law Enforcement, Charles Ardai
Setting:	United States of America Maine(United States) Massachusetts(United States)

Cell Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 449 pages

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Title	:	Cell
Author	:	Stephen King
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 449 pages
Published	:	December 2006 by Pocket Star Books (first published 2006)
Categories	:	Horror. Fiction. Zombies

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Literary critics can moan all they want about Stephen King's "penny dreadful" oeuvre, but his mastery at the craft of storytelling is indisputable. King writes his novels like a seduction, the story unfolding delicately and deliberately. As any Stephen King fan knows, his coy expository chapters often take up the first hundred pages or more. In Cell, however, the reader is brutally dragged into the main action--unspeakable, senseless violence--within the first seven pages. Cell is by far King's most brutal, transgressive work to date. Many have compared Cell to his earlier epic, The Stand. On the surface, the novels are quite similar: an apocolyptic event threatens the very existence of the human race as a band of survivors struggle to come to terms with the carnage and avert further catastrophe. Cell, however, is the far more mature novel of the pair. The Stand was, in many ways, a novel by an idealistic youth, whereas Cell is filled with the trenchant and world-weary observations of an adult. The subtext is laden with so much chillingly apt futurist rhetoric that it is as though the author had Marshall McLuhan whispering plot devices and metaphors into his ear as he labored over his typewriter. King manages to explore several of the major sociocultural conflicts of our time, most persuasively the end of the era of individualism and the rise of collectivism, here symptomatic of heavy reliance on technology. Whereas many dystopian novels are almost comically blunt when expounding upon the dangers of collectivism, King's horrific plot and action give his metaphors a sort of subtlety that renders his subtext much more graceful and easier to stomach than the work of Ayn Rand. As the epigraphs indicate, it is also a meditation on the intrinsic violence of the human race. King clearly feels as though the world is out of control and wants to find out why. His preferred genre, horror, is an excellent one with which to consider the depravaties of modern life. The Stand was a novel that, if not upbeat, was at least optimistic--a reflection of the times in which it was written. There was also violence, but it had its own biblical logic, if violence can ever be called logical. In Cell, the violence is senseless, oppressive, and omnipresent. There seems to be little promise for a better world... at least not one inhabited by human beings. Many reviewers took issue with the unresolved ending. Considering the subtext of the novel, however, the reader will find that the ending's abruptness actually informs the sense that Cell, besides being an excellent horror yarn, is a meticulously painted portrait of the horrors of global culture. The many crises of our time are still developing and mutating. The end is not yet, it seems, in sight.

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"These people are popping up everywhere. Some only commit suicide. Many others attack." King's foray into the zombie novel features a more traditionally defined zombie: a living person who is given a command, and then becomes a mindless, er, well . . . zombie. No flesh-eating here - King's zombies prefer veggies and Twinkies. And what, pray tell, is the command that turned them into violence prone fans of elevator music? Why, a little message sent on their cell phones, that's what."It was the



I would give this one 31/2 stars. I've read better and worse by King. Not very scary, interesting idea and take on a kind of Zombie like Apocalypse. Great book to read while waiting for a plane. ;-)

Vintage King, feels like "The Stand light version". OK book, recommended as a quick read and/or for the nostalgia...

DNF-60%I have tried reading this book for no shit.. over a month, at 60%, I just can't anymore, life is too short and there are so many books out there for me to read and love. I'm bored and frustrated. The start was really strong and drew me in but then it just went downhill from there. This is pretty much a zombie apocalypse novel with the course being cell phones. Like I said the start was strong, but then it just got weird, slow and boring. Zombies with supernatural powers? Generally, I like

4.5Once again Mr. King shows why he is a master. I wouldn't rank this one among his best, but that is because he has done so many masterpieces that it is hard to compete. But I still thought this was a great book. King used some basic concepts; cell phone usage, zombies, and yet he presented a tale that was unique and creative. This one was short compared to his average novels and because of his entertaining, free-flowing script, this was another one of those books that was a breeze to read. I

While this isnt one of my top favourite King books, it is a thoroughly enjoyable read nonetheless! I find its one of those candy reads, its easy and entertaining and doesnt require you to think too deeply. I like the whole idea, I really enjoyed seeing Kings spin on zombies! What made me enjoy it less than other King stories is that I didnt fall in love with any of the characters. I did enjoy them but nothing about them really spoke to me and the story left me wanting more on that level.