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Just finished reading NIGHTMARES AND DREAMSCAPES by STEPHEN KING. I read this book while listening to the 24 stories on 3 separate Auudible books. This wonderful collection of short stories was #39 in my bookclub THE 2ND ROUND OF STEPHEN KING. Short stories and their narrators include:VOLUME 1:SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN, read by Whoopie Goldberg. CROUCH END, read by Tim Curry. RAINY SEASON, read by Yeardley Smith. DOLAN'S CADILLAC, read by Rob Lowe. THE HOUSE ON MAPLE STREET, read by Tabitha Kin...
Not his best, but there's some gems in here. The stand-outs to me are Suffer the Children, Crouch End, Rainy Season, and Dolan's Cadillac.
This was a pretty good book. I liked most of the stories and enjoyed listening to them. An interesting set of stories and voices. Great for passing time or just something to read. Some get to you and some are just for fun. Good luck.
I really do enjoy Stephen King, but this was not his best work. Most of the stories ended up falling flat for me, instead of absorbing me in his usually interesting plots. There were a couple very well-done stories, but that's not enough to make the entire audiobook worthwhile.Writing aside, the narration was all over the place. Whoopi Goldberg, Tim Curry and Rob Lowe provided excellent narration. It made the stories much more interesting to listen to and provided a proper emotional aspect to th...
King’s foreword was my favorite story.
Dolan's Cadillac - 3 starsThe End of the Whole Mess - 4 starsSuffer the Little Children - 4 starsThe Night Flier - 5 starsPopsy - 5 starsIt Grows on You - 3 starsChattery Teeth - 2 starsDedication - 4 starsThe Moving Finger - 3 starsSneakers - 5 starsYou Know They Got a Hell of a Band - 4 starsHome Delivery - 5 starsRainy Season - 4 stars (read by Yeardly Smith/voice of Lisa Simpson) sounded almost surrealMy Pretty Pony - 5 starsThe Ten O'Clock People - 5 starsCrouch End - 2 stars (my least favo...
Not a bad read...the baseball part at the end was quite tedious. But I read the whole book 30 years ago and decided to reread...as well as listen to audible. Pretty good performances....
I have the hardcover of the book Nightmares & Dreamscapes, which I read when it first came out. I devour Stephen King books.I loved this audio narration of about 1/3 of the collection of short stories. My favorites were probably Couch End read by Tim Curry and Suffer the Children read by Whoopi Goldberg. I also love the story when a husband, who is a third grade school teacher, sets out to destroy the gangster that killed his wife. This one is called DOLAN'S CADILLAC, read by Rob Lowe. This is j...
I enjoy most of King's short story collections. There are a few added in to the collections that are not good, but most are enjoyable. I enjoyed this collection. The only downside was the story Narrator, Yeardly Smith aka Lisa Simpson. The last story in this volume is a baseball story. If you're a baseball fan, you might enjoy the reading/listening to it, myself not so much. It was a Little League story, fun but I'm a hockey person.
This is for the audio, which is separated into three books. "Suffer the Little Children", as read by Whoopi Goldberg, gets three stars for rehashing that old Invasion of the Body Snatchers plot horror authors are so fond of."Crouch End", as read by Tim Curry, is one of the best audiobook performances I've heard, and the story deserves every single star I can give it because it's creepy-good. "Rainy Season", as read by Lisa Simpson... I mean, Yeardley Smith, gets four stars for being weird enough...
I find that I enjoy over half of the short stories in the first section of this book. I look forward to reading the other 2 sections.
As usual I can tolerate tbe audiobook but can't read paoerback or hardback.
I know better, I know better, I know better. Damn it I know better than to read short stories. They are so boring, pointless and worthless. I picked up three volumes of Nightmares and Dreamscapes in a used bookstore for $1 each and now I know why they are in perfect condition because no one could get past the first set. UGH. I was able to get through the first five but even listening to this in the car, I cannot force myself to listen to anymore of this crap. Stephen King writes monster-sized bo...
Interesting stories. Love Tim Curry as a narrator!
3.25 stars
Really good. Suffer the Little Children was my favorite story in the whole 897 page book.
Meh…stories were either gross or stupid, not scary. Not King’s best. The only real conclusion I came to was that Tim Curry should narrate everything.
This one had the baseball poem but also had Tim Curry reading Crouch End... it had Unmey's but it also had Tabby reading Maple St... mixed bag and a mystery
This is a solid collection championed behind 1st person narrative Dolan's Cadillac (5 stars) which is an absolutely fabulous, near perfect story. :::tractor beam:: sucked me right in. The next batch of favorites behind DC is Crouch End, Suffer the Little Children and Umney's Last Case (4 stars).The remaining titles are good and capture King's weirdness that I know all of King's Constant Readers will appreciate.The narration is pretty solid all around, but you can't NOT give mad props to Tim Curr...
