Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan share their enthusiasm for
Stephen King''s thriller, Under the Dome. This pair of reviewers
knows a thing or two about the art of crafting a great thriller.
Del Toro is the Oscar-nominated director of international
blockbuster films, including Pan''s Labyrinth and Hellboy. Hogan is
the author of several acclaimed novels, including The Standoff and
Prince of Thieves, which won the International Association of Crime
Writer''s Dashiell Hammett Award in 2005. T
內容簡介：
On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester''s Mill,
Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the
rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it
and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener''s hand is
severed as "the dome" comes down on it, people running errands in
the neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars
explode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it
came from, and when -- or if -- it will go away.
Dale Barbara, Iraq vet and now a short-order cook, finds
himself teamed with a few intrepid citizens -- town newspaper owner
Julia Shumway, a physician''s assistant at the hospital, a
select-woman, and three brave kids. Against them stands Big Jim
Rennie, a politician who will stop at nothing -- even murder -- to
hold the reins of power, and his son, who is keeping a horrible
secret in a dark pantry. But their main adversary is the Dome
itself. Because time isn''t just short. It''s running out.
關於作者：
Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of
them worldwide bestsellers. His novel 112263 was named a top ten
book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los
Angeles Times Book Prize for MysteryThriller as well as the Best
Hardcover Book Award from the International Thriller Writers
Association. He is the recipient of the 2003 National Book
Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American
Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha
King.
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The Story Behind the Cover
The jacket concept for Under the Dome originated as an ambitious
idea from the mind of Stephen King. The artwork is a combination of
photographs, illustration and 3-D rendering. This is a departure
from the direction of King''s most recent illustrated covers.
In order to achieve the arresting image for this jacket, Scribner
art director Rex Bonomelli had to seek out artists who could do a
convincing job of creating a realistic portrayal of the town of
Chester''s Mill, the setting of the novel. Bonomelli found the
perfect team of digital artists, based in South America and New
York, whose cutting edge work had previously been devoted to
advertisement campaigns. This was their first book jacket and an
exciting venture for them. "They are used to working with the
demands of corporate clients," says Bonomelli. "We gave them
freedom and are thrilled with what they came up with."
The CGI computer generated imagery enhanced image looks more
like something made for the big screen than for the page and is
sure to make a lasting impact on King fans.
Meet the Characters
Dale Barbara
Barbie, a drifter, ex-army, walks with a burden of guilt from the
time he spent in Iraq. Working as a short-order cook at Sweetbriar
Rose is the closest thing he’s had to a family life. When his old
commander, Colonel Cox, calls from outside, Barbie''s burden becomes
the town itself.
Julia Shumway
The attractive Editor and Publisher of the local town newspaper,
The Chester''s Mill Democrat, Julia is self-assured and Republican
to the core, but she is drawn to Barbie and discovers, when it
matters most, that her most vulnerable moment might be her most
liberating.
Jim Rennie, Sr.
"Big Jim." A used car dealer with a fierce smile and no warmth,
he''d given his heart to Jesus at age sixteen and had little left
for his customers, his neighbors, or his dying wife and
deteriorating son. The town''s Second Selectman, he’s used to having
things his way. He walks like a man who has spent his life kicking
ass.
Joseph McClatchey
Scarecrow Joe, a 13-year-old also known as "King of the Geeks"
and "Skeletor, a bona fide brain whose backpack bears the legend
"fight the powers that be." He’s smarter than anyone, and proves it
in a crisis.
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