It : a novel / Stephen King.
"A landmark in American literature" (Chicago Sun-Times)--Stephen King's #1 national bestseller about seven adults who return to their hometown to confront a nightmare they had first stumbled on as teenagers...an evil without a name: It.Welcome to Derry, Maine. It's a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real. They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But the promise they made twenty-eight years ago calls them reunite in the same place where, as teenagers, they battled an evil creature that preyed on the city's children. Now, children are being murdered again and their repressed memories of that terrifying summer return as they prepare to once again battle the monster lurking in Derry's sewers. Readers of Stephen King know that Derry, Maine, is a place with a deep, dark hold on the author. It reappears in many of his books, including Bag of Bones, Hearts in Atlantis, and 11/22/63. But it all starts with It. "Stephen King's most mature work" (St. Petersburg Times), "It will overwhelm you... to be read in a well-lit room only" (Los Angeles Times).
Record details
- ISBN: 9781501141232
- ISBN: 1501141236
- Physical Description: 1 online resource.
- Edition: First Scribner trade paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2016.
- Copyright: ©1980
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | 1: The shadow before -- After the flood (1957) -- After the festival (1984) -- Six phone calls (1985) -- 2: June of 1958 -- Ben Hanscomb takes a fall -- Bill Denbrough beats the devil (I) -- One of the missing: a tale from the Summer of '58 -- The dam in the Barrens -- Georgie's room and the house on Neibolt Street -- Cleaning up -- 3: Grownups -- The reunion -- Walking tours -- Three uninvited guests -- 4: July of 1958 -- The apocalyptic rockfight -- The album -- The smoke-hole -- Eddie's bad break -- Another one of the missing: the death of Patrick Hockstetter -- The bullseye -- 5: The ritual of Chüd -- In the watches of the night -- The circle closes -- Under the city -- The ritual of Chüd -- Out -- Epilogue: Bill Denbrough beats the devil (II). |
Source of Description Note: | Online resource; title from READ title page (OverDrive, viewed January 25, 2016). |
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Genre: | Electronic books. Fiction. |
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- Baker & Taylor
They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they were grown-up men and women who had gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But none of them could withstand the force that drew them back to Derry, Maine to face the nightmare without an end, and the evil without a name. - Baker & Taylor
It began--and ended--in 1958 when seven children searched in the drains beneath Derry for an evil creature, but in 1985, Mike, once one of those children, makes six phone calls and disinters an unremembered promise that sets off the ultimate terror. - Simon and Schuster
It: Chapter Twoânow a major motion picture!
Stephen Kingâs terrifying, classic #1 New York Times bestseller, âa landmark in American literatureâ (Chicago Sun-Times)âabout seven adults who return to their hometown to confront a nightmare they had first stumbled on as teenagers…an evil without a name: It.
Welcome to Derry, Maine. Itâs a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real.
They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But the promise they made twenty-eight years ago calls them reunite in the same place where, as teenagers, they battled an evil creature that preyed on the cityâs children. Now, children are being murdered again and their repressed memories of that terrifying summer return as they prepare to once again battle the monster lurking in Derryâs sewers.
Readers of Stephen King know that Derry, Maine, is a place with a deep, dark hold on the author. It reappears in many of his books, including Bag of Bones, Hearts in Atlantis, and 11/22/63. But it all starts with It.
âStephen Kingâs most mature workâ (St. Petersburg Times), âIt will overwhelm you…to be read in a well-lit room onlyâ (Los Angeles Times).