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I have recently found the wonderful world of audio books and I listen to them in my car, I find it is a great way to catch up on books I don't have time to sit and read or one's I'm collecting and don't want to open. I just finished listiening to this and all I can say is WOW! "The Stand" has always been one of my favorite books and this is right up there with it.... "Under the Dome" is a panorama of interlocking stories that take place in the small community of Chester’s Mill, Maine, where one day a transparent dome over 30,000 feet high and presumably as deep suddenly and unaccountably appears over the town cutting it off from any other place. Soon after the dome appears, the ground becomes littered with dead birds who have flown into the clear dome at full force. Before long it is discovered that not even planes, cars, missiles or anything solid is able to break through. Residents and visitors alike realize they are stuck indefinitely inside the walls of the dome with only a small water and air supply. The tale focuses around the people of the town rather than the where or why this dome appreared but all questions will be answered eventually. Similar to the "The Stand" in that it is an apocalypic tale between good and evil with some characters that you will love and others that are so completely evil you will dread what they are going to do next. Don't pass this one by, it is AWESOME and destined to be another great read in American literature.Read full review
At 1038 pages this book at first appears daunting at best. The average reader will probably have a difficult time even thinking about picking this book up and that would be a mistake. Not since The Stand has the master story teller, Stephen King put together a plot twisted, character laden book that is not only difficult to put down, but so easy to follow. The book takes place in Chester's Mill, a small town in Maine that is one day put 'Under the Dome' but the true story is the people, and there are a lot of them, so many that King put a list of the cast of characters in the book to help the reader keep track of who everyone is. The book is full of suspense and full of character twists. You get caught up in the lives of each and every character. Any true King fan will love this book and if you have never read a Stephen King book this is a great one to start with. Get this book at any price, it is well worth the money and the time involved in reading it.Read full review
I bought this so I would get an idea of what it was about before the 13 wk Mini Series came out on television. The audio book is interesting and I've enjoyed it a lot. What I don't like about this product is when I put it into my CD player in the car I can't stop it and start it again without going to the beginning of the chapter, of course this is probably not the CD's fault, I'm still learning about the MP3 CD's and just CD's in general, I'm not that old but I'm old school I'm use to tapes, CD's are easier and clearer but it does take getting use to, at least for me. I really can't compare it to other products like this because this is my first one.
"Under the Dome" is Stephen King's best story line in years. It's reminiscent of the strong, multi-character, inter-woven stories that King developed for masterpieces like "It" and "The Stand" a couple decades ago. "Under the Dome" requires patience. It is a big text and takes some time for characters to develop. Listening to it on audiobook in the evenings helps with that concentration level. The orator does a fine job keeping the listener captivated. This is my first experience with a fiction audiobook. I always thought I would be a reader. I might've been wrong.
Great beginning~~~lets start there...a fast-paced, pace-setting unusual beginning for King...and it will be nice to see how it all turns out but if you noticed that "The Stand" "Cell" and "Buick8" all have to do with the arrival of evil through some katacalysmic day, u will be reminded that the "Under" saga does much of the same. Overall, it is a good book (hardcover or audio) and if you are a King collector, you will like it! B+
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