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Encyclopedia > From a Buick 8
From a Buick 8
Author Stephen King
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Horror novel
Publisher Charles Scribner's Sons Simon & Schuster
Publication date September 24, 2002
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 512 pp (first edition, hardback) & 356 pp (UK hardback)
ISBN ISBN 0-7432-2847-2 (first edition, hardback) & ISBN 0-7432-1137-5 (UK hardback)

From a Buick 8 is a novel by horror writer Stephen King. Published on September 24, 2002, this is the second novel by Stephen King to feature a supernatural car (the first one being Christine, which like this novel is set in Pennsylvania); King's short story "Trucks" also involved paranormal events involving vehicles. According to the book sleeve: "From a Buick 8 is a novel about our fascination with deadly things, about our insistence on answers when there are none, about terror and courage in the face of the unknowable." The title comes from Bob Dylan's song "From a Buick 6". Award winning independent publisher Cemetery Dance Publications published a signed Limited Edition of the book which now resells for $500 or more on eBay. For other persons named Stephen King, see Stephen King (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Country (disambiguation). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Horror fiction is, broadly, fiction intended to scare, unsettle or horrify the reader. ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... Charles Scribners Sons is a publisher that was founded in 1846 at the Brick Church Chapel on New Yorks Park Row. ... Jean-François Millet Le Semeur (The Sower) Simon & Schuster logo, circa 1961. ... Hardcover books A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) is a book bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with cloth, heavy paper, or sometimes leather). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... ISBN redirects here. ... This article is about the literary concept. ... “Horror story” redirects here. ... For other persons named Stephen King, see Stephen King (disambiguation). ... is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... This article is about the novel by Stephen King. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Trucks is a short story by Stephen King. ... This article is about the recording artist. ... Highway 61 Revisited is Bob Dylans sixth studio album, released in 1965 by Columbia Records. ... Cemetery Dance Publications is a specialty press publisher of horror and dark suspense. ...


Stephen King says that he was inspired to write this book on a car trip he took in 1999. During the trip he stopped at a gas station in western Pennsylvania. While looking around he slipped and almost fell into a stream of water. The thought that he might not have been discovered until a much later time led him to the plot of the story. In the novel King describes a fatal automobile accident, and coincidentally King himself was the victim of a bad accident that almost killed him late in 1999. However, he said that he did not change any of the details in the novel to match his accident. This article is about the year. ...

Contents

Plot summary

The novel is a series of recollections by the members of Troop D, a police barracks in western Pennsylvania. After Curt Wilcox, a well-liked member of Troop D, is killed by a drunk driver, his son Ned begins to visit Troop D. The cops, the dispatcher and the custodian quickly take a liking to him, and soon begin telling him about the "Buick 8" of the title. It is in some sense a ghost story in the way that the novel is about a group of people telling an old but unsettling tale. And while the Buick 8 is not a traditional ghost, it is indeed not of their world. A ghost story may be any piece of fiction, or drama, that includes a ghost, or simply takes as a premise the possibility of ghosts or the belief of some character(s) in them. ...


The Buick 8 resembles a vintage 1954 Buick Roadmaster, and was left at a gas station by a mysterious man dressed in black, who disappeared soon after leaving the car to be refueled. Given the appearance of the man, dressed in all black clothes, one might assume he is possibly Randall Flagg, the name of the "Evil" force in The Stand, or an agent of the Tower, similar to the Low Men, given the description of his face. The "car" is later held by the Troop D police of rural Pennsylvania in one of their sheds. The car, they discover, is not a car at all. It appears to be a Buick, but the steering wheel doesn't move, the dashboard instruments are unmovable props, the car heals itself when scratched or dented, and all dirt and debris disappear from it. Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Roadmaster was an automobile built by the Buick division of General Motors. ... Randall Flagg. ... The Stand is a post-apocalyptic Horror/Science Fiction novel by Stephen King originally published in 1978. ... For other uses, see The Dark Tower. ...


Sandy Dearborn, now Sergeant Commanding of Troop D, is the main narrator of the book, and tells the story to Ned, discussing various things that have happened with the car, and his father's fascination with it. The car will frequently give off what they dub "light quakes," or large flashes of purple light over an extended period of time, and will occasionally "give birth" to strange plants and creatures that aren't anything like what they've seen in their world. Two people have disappeared in the vicinity of the car - a fellow trooper called Ennis and an escaped lowlife named Brian Lippy they picked up for drunk driving and being under the influence of angel dust. It is later evidenced in the book that perhaps one thing the Buick was was a portal, between our world and another. For other uses, see Under the influence. ... “Angel Dust” redirects here. ...


After hearing the story of the Buick and how it has been kept secret for Troop D for so long, Ned becomes convinced that the car was somehow related to the death of his father in a seemingly random road accident. After all, the gas station attendant who first reported the Buick sitting in front of the station was the same man who, years later, would kill his father. Ned is determined to destroy the Buick, but before he can Sandy Dearborn realizes that the Buick, in fact, wants to take Ned into the world it controls as a sacrifice of sorts. Marcus Aurelius and members of the Imperial family offer sacrifice in gratitude for success against Germanic tribes: contemporary bas-relief, Capitoline Museum, Rome For other uses, see Sacrifice (disambiguation). ...


Sandy returns to the shed to find Ned sitting in it, and just as he pulls Ned out the Buick transforms into a portal, trying to draw both Ned and Sandy inside of it. The rest of the staff arrive on the feeling something bad may happen, all of them helping recall the story of the Buick's origin at their station, and manage to pull Ned and Sandy free, but not before Sandy glimpses into the world on the other side of the Buick. He sees Lippy's swastika necklace and cowboy boot, along with Ennis's Stetson and Ruger. This article is about the symbol. ...


The book closes with Ned joining the police force after dropping out of college, and he pulls Sandy over to Shed B, where the Buick is stored. The Buick's window is cracked, and Ned believes that the Buick will one day fall apart, having expended the last of its energy in that final show.


Major themes

The main theme of the book is that there will always be things in this world that we will never fully understand. The most obvious example of this is the Buick itself. We never learn where it came from, who the mysterious man that dropped it off was, or why it was even sent here in the first place. In the text, Sandy likens it to God - no one will ever know his plans, no one can ever make sense of them. Ned becomes frustrated as he learns the tale, as he wants explanations, and Sandy explains to him and to us in the narrative that there are no answers when it comes to the Buick. Even Curt Wilcox, Ned's Father who was so fascinated with the Buick, comes to give up on trying to pry the answers from it. In literature, a theme is a broad idea in a story, or a message or lesson conveyed by a work. ... This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ...


Another theme is the passage of legacy from father to son. Curt latches onto the Buick in a way that none of the other Troopers do. He focuses on it, tries to learn from it. His son Ned feels the same, which is why he makes the attempt to destroy it. When Ned reveals that he believes that the Buick will one day fall apart, Sandy comments that Ned looks truly happy to him for the first time. What the father started, the son finished. Look up legacy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...


Film, TV or theatrical adaptations

There is talk of a movie adaptation of this book. At the helm is veteran director Tobe Hooper, who also directed two other Stephen King adaptations, Salem's Lot and The Mangler. The screenplay is written by Richard Chizmar, founder of Cemetery Dance Publications, and Johnathon Schaech, star of the Tom Hanks film, That Thing You Do. Chesapeake Films is set to release it as their first production. Tobe Hooper (born Tobias Paul Hooper on January 25, 1943) is an American television and film director best known for his work in the horror film genre, including Lifeforce, Poltergeist, Toolbox Murders and the cult classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). ... Salems Lot is a horror novel by Stephen King, written in 1975. ... The Mangler is a short horror story by Stephen King. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Cemetery Dance Publications is a specialty press publisher of horror and dark suspense. ... Johnathon Schaech (born September 10, 1969 in Edgewood, Maryland) is an American actor, writer, director and producer. ... Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American two-time Academy Award-winning film actor, Emmy-winning director, voice-over artist, writer, and movie producer. ... That Thing You Do! is the name of a 1996 film, written and directed by Tom Hanks. ... Richard Chizmar and Johnathon Schaech are the founders of Chesapeake Films. ...


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Stephen King bibliography
Novels Carrie (1974) • ’Salem's Lot (1975) • The Shining (1977) • The Stand (1978) • The Dead Zone (1979) • Firestarter (1980) • Cujo (1981) • Christine (1983) • Pet Sematary (1983) • Cycle of the Werewolf (1983) • The Talisman (1984; with Peter Straub) • It (1986) • The Eyes of the Dragon (1987) • Misery (1987) • The Tommyknockers (1987) • The Dark Half (1989) • Needful Things (1991) • Gerald's Game (1992) • Dolores Claiborne (1993) • Insomnia (1994) • Rose Madder (1995) • The Green Mile (1996) • Desperation (1996) • Bag of Bones (1998) • The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (1999) • Dreamcatcher (2001) • Black House (2001; with Peter Straub) • From a Buick 8 (2002) • The Colorado Kid (2005) • Cell (2006) • Lisey's Story (2006) • Duma Key (2008)
The Dark Tower
series		 I: The Gunslinger (1982) • II: The Drawing of the Three (1987) • III: The Waste Lands (1991) • IV: Wizard and Glass (1997) • V: Wolves of the Calla (2003) • VI: Song of Susannah (2004) • VII: The Dark Tower (2004)
The Bachman Books Rage (1977) • The Long Walk (1979) • Roadwork (1981) • The Running Man (1982) • Thinner (1984) • The Regulators (1996) • Blaze (2007)
Short fiction
collections		 Night Shift (1978) • Different Seasons (1982) • Skeleton Crew (1985) • Four Past Midnight (1990) • Nightmares & Dreamscapes (1993) • Hearts in Atlantis (1999) • Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales (2002)
Non-fiction Danse Macabre (1981) • Nightmares in the Sky (1988) • On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (2000) • Secret Windows (2000) • Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season (2005; with Stewart O'Nan)
e-books Riding the Bullet (1999) • The Plant (2000; unfinished)
Screenplays Creepshow (1982) • Cat's Eye (1985) • Silver Bullet (1985) • Maximum Overdrive (1986; also director) • Pet Sematary (1989) • Sleepwalkers (1992) • The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (2003)
Teleplays Sorry, Right Number (1988) • Golden Years (1991) • The Stand (1994) • The Shining (1997) • Storm of the Century (1999) • Rose Red (2002) • Desperation (2006)
Stage play Ghost Brothers of Darkland County (2007; with John Mellencamp)
Miscellaneous Kingdom Hospital (2004) • The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born‎ (2007)
Related articles Richard Bachman • Tabitha King • Joe Hill • Owen King • Bryan Smith • Peter Straub • Rock Bottom Remainders • Dollar Baby • Media based on Stephen King works • Castle Rock, Maine • Derry, Maine
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Wizard and Glass is the fourth book in the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. ... Wolves of the Calla is the fifth book in Stephen Kings The Dark Tower series. ... Song of Susannah is the sixth and penultimate novel in Stephen Kings Dark Tower series. ... The Dark Tower is the seventh and final book of novelist Stephen Kings Dark Tower series, published September 21, 2004 (Kings birthday) by Donald M. Grant Publishers, and illustrated by Michael Whelan. ... The Bachman Books is a collection of novels by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. ... For the film sequel to Carrie, see The Rage: Carrie 2 Rage (originally titled Getting It On) is the first novel by Stephen King published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. ... For the forced relocation of Native Americans to eastern New Mexico, see Long Walk of the Navajo. ... Roadwork is a novel by Stephen King, published in 1981 under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. ... The Running Man (1982) is a science fiction novel by Stephen King, written under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman. ... Thinner is a 1984 novel by Stephen King, published under his pseudonym, Richard Bachman. ... The Regulators is a novel by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. ... Blaze is a novel written by Stephen King under the name Richard Bachman. ... Night Shift is the first anthology of short stories by Stephen King, first published in 1978. ... Different Seasons (1982) is a novella collection by Stephen King containing the following stories: Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (subtitled: Hope Springs Eternal) Apt Pupil (subtitled: Summer of Corruption) The Body (subtitled: Fall From Innocence) The Breathing Method (subtitled: A Winters Tale) Three movies, The Shawshank Redemption (based on... Skeleton Crew (1985) is the second published anthology of short stories by Stephen King. ... Four Past Midnight is a collection of four novellas by Stephen King. ... Nightmares & Dreamscapes is a short story collection by Stephen King published in 1993. ... Hearts in Atlantis (1999), is a fictional work by Stephen King. ... Danse Macabre is a nonfiction book by Stephen King on horror fiction and United States pop culture. ... A Book with Text by King and Photos by F-Stop Fitzgerald, published in 1988 This was a coffee table photo book. ... On Writing. ... Á if i was going to help you you would not need it because you so surepass my intellgents ... Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season (also known as Faithful) is a book co-written by Stephen King and Stewart ONan. ... Stewart ONan (born February 4, 1961) is an American author, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... Riding the Bullet (2000) is a novella by Stephen King. ... The Plant is a fiction novel published in 2000 by Stephen King. ... Creepshow is a classic 1982 anthology horror movie directed by George A. Romero (of Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead fame), and written by Stephen King (The Shining, Misery, The Stand). ... Cats Eye (also known as Stephen Kings Cats Eye) is a 1985 horror film directed by Lewis Teague and written by Stephen King. ... Silver Bullet is a 1985 film based on the Stephen King novella Cycle of the Werewolf. ... Maximum Overdrive is a 1986 tongue-in-cheek horror film, written and directed by horror novelist Stephen King. ... Pet Sematary (sometimes referred to as Stephen Kings Pet Sematary) is a 1989 horror film adaptation of the Stephen King novel of the same name. ... Sleepwalkers is a 1992 American horror film based on an unpublished Stephen King novel and adapted by Mick Garris. ... The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer is a 2003 television miniseries prequel to the film Rose Red (2002). ... Sorry, Right Number is a teleplay written by author Stephen King for an episode of the horror anthology TV series Tales From The Darkside. ... Golden Years is a Stephen King miniseries that aired in seven parts on CBS in 1991. ... The Stand is a 1994 television miniseries based on the novel The Stand by Stephen King. ... For the 1980 film see The Shining (film). ... This article is about the TV miniseries. ... Rose Red is a 2002 horror movie with mystery and thriller elements, based on a plot written by Stephen King. ... Desperation. ... Ghost Brothers Of Darkland County is an upcoming musical written by novelist Stephen King with music by rock legend John Mellencamp. ... John Mellencamp, also known as John Cougar and John Cougar Mellencamp, (born October 7, 1951) is best known for being an American rock singer-songwriter. ... Stephen Kings Kingdom Hospital was a thirteen-episode miniseries based on Lars von Triers Riget, which was developed by horror writer Stephen King in 2004 for American television. ... Richard Bachmans author photo. ... Tabitha King (born Tabitha Spruce on March 24, 1949) is an American author, the wife of author Stephen King, and the mother of three children, two of whom are also published authors. ... Joe Hill (born 1971 as Joseph Hillstrom King) is an American writer of horror fiction. ... This page may meet Wikipedia’s criteria for speedy deletion. ... Bryan Smith. ... Peter Straub at the University of South Florida on February 15, 2007 Peter Francis Straub, born March 2, 1943 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a writer of fiction and poetry, best known as a prolific horror author. ... The Rock Bottom Remainders is a rock & roll band consisting of published writers, most of them both amateur musicians and popular English-language book, magazine, and newspaper authors. ... The Dollar Baby (also sometimes referred to as the Dollar Deal) is a term coined by best-selling author Stephen King in reference to a select group of student and aspiring filmmakers for whom he has granted permission to adapt one of his short stories for the sole consideration of... This is a list of media based on work by Stephen King (including the Richard Bachman titles): // 1976 Carrie 1979 Salems Lot (TV miniseries) 1980 The Shining 1982 Creepshow (consists of five short films: Fathers Day, The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill, Something to Tide You Over, The... Castle Rock, Maine is a fictional town used by Stephen King as the setting for a number of his novels, novellas, and short stories. ... Derry, Maine is a fictional town used by Stephen King as the setting for a number of his novels, novellas, and short stories. ... For other uses, see The Dark Tower. ... For other persons named Stephen King, see Stephen King (disambiguation). ... The Gunslinger is a novel by American author Stephen King, and is the first volume in the Dark Tower series, which King considers to be his magnum opus. ... The Drawing of the Three is the second book in the Dark Tower series written by Stephen King in 1970 and published by Donald M. Grant, Publisher in 1987. ... The Waste Lands is book III of the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. ... Wizard and Glass is the fourth book in the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. ... Wolves of the Calla is the fifth book in Stephen Kings The Dark Tower series. ... Song of Susannah is the sixth and penultimate novel in Stephen Kings Dark Tower series. ... The Dark Tower is the seventh and final book of novelist Stephen Kings Dark Tower series, published September 21, 2004 (Kings birthday) by Donald M. Grant Publishers, and illustrated by Michael Whelan. ...


Prequels: The Little Sisters of Eluria · The Gunslinger Born · The Long Road Home The Little Sisters of Eluria, Art by Erik Wilson. ...

Ka-tets

Roland Deschain · Jake Chambers · Eddie Dean · Susannah Dean · Oy · Father Callahan The Dark Tower is a fantasy fiction, science fantasy, horror, and western themed series of novels by the American writer Stephen King. ... Roland Deschain as depicted on the cover of The Dark Tower VII. Art by Michael Whelan . ... Jake Chambers captured by Gasher in Lud. ... Eddie Dean is a fictional main character of Stephen Kings The Dark Tower series of novels. ... Susannah Dean (also referred to as Odetta Holmes and Detta Walker) is a fictional character from Stephen Kings The Dark Tower series. ... Oy of Mid-World is a primary character in Stephen Kings magnum opus, The Dark Tower. ... Father Callahan from Wolves of the Calla. ...


Cuthbert Allgood · Alain Johns · Jamie De Curry Cuthbert Allgood is a fictional character from Stephen Kings The Dark Tower series. ... Alain Johns is a character in Stephen Kings epic series of Dark Tower novels. ... Jamie De Curry is a character and gunslinger in Stephen Kings The Dark Tower series. ...

The Red

Crimson King · Randall Flagg · John Farson · Dandelo · Mordred Deschain · Rhea of the Cöos · Eldred Jonas The following terms are used in The Dark Tower, a series of books by Stephen King. ... For the similarly-named progressive rock band, see King Crimson. ... Randall Flagg. ... John Farson, The Good Man, was a leader of a revolution in the land of Gilead from Stephen Kings The Dark Tower series. ... Dandelo is a fictional character from The Dark Tower, the seventh book in Stephen Kings Dark Tower Series. ... Mordred. ... Rhea of the Coos is a witch mentioned several times in the fictional Dark Tower series by Stephen King. ... Eldred Jonas is a fictional character from the novel Wizard and Glass by Stephen King. ...

Other characters

Patrick Danville · Stephen King · Bryan Smith · Sheemie Ruiz · Shardik · Blaine the Mono · Calvin Tower · Dinky Earnshaw · Andrew Quick · Pimli Prentiss · Finli O'Tego · Susan Delgado · Steven Deschain · Cort // Main article: Roland Deschain Roland Deschain, son of Steven Deschain, was born in the Land of Gilead. ... Patrick Danville as an adult. ... For other persons named Stephen King, see Stephen King (disambiguation). ... Bryan Smith. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Shardik is a character encountered by Roland and his ka-tet during the novel The Waste Lands, book three of Stephen Kings epic fantasy series, The Dark Tower. ... Blaine the Mono is a demented monorail train appearing in the third and fourth books of Stephen Kings Dark Tower series. ... Calvin Tower is a character in the Dark Tower books by Stephen King. ... Dinky Earnshaw is a fictional character appearing in Stephen Kings Dark Tower series and short story Everythings Eventual. Dinky is a powerful psychic, also known as a Breaker. ... Andrew Quick, known as the Tick-Tock Man to his followers, is a fictional character created by writer Stephen King appearing in The Dark Tower series. ... Pimli Prentiss is a character in Stephen Kings The Dark Tower series. ... Finli OTego in a scene from The Dark Tower VII. Art by Michael Whelan. ... Spoiler warning: // [edit] Protagonists [edit] Ka-tet of the Nineteen and Ninety-nine [edit] Roland Deschain Main article: Roland Deschain Roland Deschain by Phil Hale for Dark Tower II: Drawing of The Three Roland Deschain, son of Steven Deschain, was born in the fictional Land of Gilead. ... Stephen Deschain is the father of Roland Deschain, the main protaganist in Stephen Kings The Dark Tower book series. ... // Main article: Roland Deschain Roland Deschain, son of Steven Deschain, was born in the Land of Gilead. ...

Races

Slow mutants · Old Ones · Grays · Taheen · Can-toi Slow mutants are an offshoot of humanity in the post-apocalyptic world of Stephen Kings Dark Tower series. ... Old One is a term used to refer periphrastically to God or a deity. ... The Grays are inhabitants of the city Lud in Stephen Kings Dark Tower series. ... The Taheen are fictional human like creatures in proportion, but have animal characteristics. ... The Can-Toi are fictional creatures from Stephen Kings Dark Tower series and related works. ...

Places

All-World · Devar-Toi · Lud · Calla Bryn Sturgis The Dark Tower series of novels, by Stephen King, contain references to numerous locations. ... All-World is the world/universe (see: parallel universe) also known as Keystone Tower. The only known referance to such a place is found in Stephen Kings The Dark Tower (series). ... Devar-toi is a screamo band from Charlotte, North Carolina that began in 2002. ... Lud is a fictional city in Stephen Kings Dark Tower series and mentioned in his Rose Madder. ... Calla Bryn Sturgis is the fictional locale of the first major battle that Roland Deschains ka-tet faces on their journey to the Dark Tower, in Stephen Kings epic series. ...

Organizations

North Central Positronics · Sombra Corporation · Tet Corporation North Central Positronics is a fictional corporation in Stephen Kings Dark Tower series. ... Spoiler warning: Sombra Corporation is a megacorporation in The Dark Tower (series) by Stephen King. ... In the Dark Tower series of novels by Steven King, the Tet Corporation was founded by Roland Deschain and his ka-tet to prevent the destruction of The Rose (in the Dark Tower series) by stopping the Sombra Corporation from purchasing the vacant lot on which the rose grew. ...

Related books

'Salem's Lot · The Stand · The Talisman · Skeleton Crew · It · The Eyes of the Dragon · Insomnia · Rose Madder · Desperation · The Regulators · Bag of Bones · Hearts in Atlantis · Black House · Everything's Eventual · From a Buick 8 Salems Lot is a horror novel by Stephen King, written in 1975. ... The Stand is a post-apocalyptic Horror/Science Fiction novel by Stephen King originally published in 1978. ... The Talisman is a 1984 fantasy novel by Stephen King and Peter Straub. ... Skeleton Crew (1985) is the second published anthology of short stories by Stephen King. ... It is a horror novel by Stephen King, published in 1986. ... The Eyes of the Dragon is a book by Stephen King published in 1987. ... Insomnia is a novel written by Stephen King and first published in 1994. ... Rose Madder is a 1995 novel by Stephen King. ... Desperation. ... The Regulators is a novel by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. ... Bag of Bones is a 1998 novel by Stephen King. ... Hearts in Atlantis (1999), is a fictional work by Stephen King. ... Black House is a novel by horror writers Stephen King and Peter Straub. ...

Glossary

Ka · Slo-Trans The following terms are used in The Dark Tower, a series of books by Stephen King. ... Ka is the force that leads all living (and unliving) creatures, it is the equivilant of destiny, yet not. ... Slo-Trans is a fictional engine in Stephen Kings The Dark Tower series. ...


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From a Buick 8 by Stephen King (269 words)
Buick 8’s story is told through both flashbacks and present day occurrences much like King’s Delores Claiborne, although it’s more definite when King is asking his readers to switch time frames in From a Buick 8.
As Ned becomes increasingly familiar with the story of the Buick 8, he begins to connect the death of his father with the otherworldly characteristics of the automobile.
Intent on discovering the truth behind the Buick 8 and, as such, the truth behind the death of his father, Ned makes his way to the shed within the barracks that houses the Buick 8 and decides to climb in.
Buick Straight-8 engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (135 words)
However, unlike most other car makers at the time, the Buick engine was an overhead valve design.
The engine was sold in different displacements depending on the model of car and the year.
The last year for Buick's straight-8 was 1953, when the new V8 took over.
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