'Salem's Lot is a horror novel by Stephen King, written in 1975. It was King's second published novel, and of all his early works, this novel has had the biggest influence on his later works. The book was adapted into a 1979 TV movie of the same name. A sequel to that movie, A Return to 'Salem's Lot, was made in 1987. A TV movie based more closely on the novel than the original film was made in 2004. Horror fiction is, broadly, fiction intended to scare, unsettle or horrify the reader. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is a prolific American author best known for his horror novels. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... A television movie (also TV movie, TV-movie, made-for-TV movie, etc. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Previously, King had written a short story called "Jerusalem's Lot". The theme is different, however: the story is a pastiche of H.P. Lovecraft. H. P. Lovecraft Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890–March 15, 1937) was an American author of fantasy and horror fiction, noted for giving horror stories a science fiction framework. ...

King wrote a follow-up short story about vampires in 'Salem's Lot called "One for the Road". Both "Jerusalem's Lot" and "One for the Road" are published in the collection Night Shift. Night Shift (1978) is the first collection of short stories by Stephen King. ...

Plot

'Salem's Lot tells the tale of Ben Mears, a writer who comes back to his home town, the fictional town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine (or "'salem's Lot", as the locals call it). He is there to see The Marsten House, an old house that has given him nightmares for years because of a bad experience with it as a child. As it turns out, the house has been bought by a Mr. Barlow, who seems very suspicious to Ben. Over the course of the book, the town is slowly taken over by vampires, while Ben and a few people he meets in the town try to figure out what Barlow is up to and try to stop the vampires from taking over. State nickname: The Pine Tree State Other U.S. States Capital Augusta Largest city Portland Governor John Baldacci Official languages None Area 86,542 km² (39th)  - Land 80,005 km²  - Water 11,724 km² (13. ... Count Orlok from Nosferatu A vampire is a mythical or folkloric creature said to subsist on human and/or animal blood often having magical powers and the ability to transform. ...

Legacy

'Salem's Lot was the first of King's books to have a huge cast of characters, a trait that would appear again in later books such as The Stand. The town of Jerusalem's Lot would also serve as a prototype for later fictional towns of King's writing, namely Castle Rock, Maine and Derry, Maine. The Stand is an apocalyptic novel by Stephen King. ... 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. ...

King reused the character Father Callahan, the local priest whose faith falters in the presence of Barlow, in his The Dark Tower series. He appears in Wolves of the Calla, Song of Susannah, and The Dark Tower. The Dark Tower is a fantasy fiction, science fantasy, horror, and western themed series of novels by the American writer Stephen King. ... Categories: Articles that need to be wikified | Wikipedia articles needing style editing | Literature stubs | 2003 books | The Dark Tower ... Song of Susannah is the second-to-last book in Stephen Kings Dark Tower series. ... The Dark Tower is the seventh, and final, novel in Stephen Kings Dark Tower series. ...

ISBN numbers

• ISBN 0606024344 (prebound, 1990)
• ISBN 0385007515 (hardcover, 1990)
• ISBN 0816156867 (library binding, 1994, Large Type Edition)
• ISBN 0671039741 (mass market paperback, 1999)
• ISBN 067103975X (paperback, 2000)

A Prebound book is a book that was previously bound and has been rebound with a library quality hardcover binding. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) book is bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with cloth or heavy paper) and a stitched spine. ... Library binding refers to the hardcover binding of serials and paperback books intended for the rigors of library use. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Categories: Stub | Books ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Paperback may refer to a kind of book binding by which papers are simply folded without cloth or leather and bound - usually with glue rather than stitches or staples - into a thick paper cover; or to a book with this type of binding. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• List of fictional cities
• List of Stephen King films

This list is of fictional cities: villages, towns, and cities that do not exist in the world we know. ... This is a list of films based on work by Stephen King (including the Richard Bachman titles): 1970s 1976 Carrie 1979 Salems Lot 1980s 1980 The Shining 1982 Creepshow (consists of five short films: Fathers Day, The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill, Something to Tide You Over, The...

External links

• Salem's Lot (1979) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079844/) at the Internet Movie Database
• A Return to 'Salem's Lot (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093855/) at the Internet Movie Database
• 'Salem's Lot (2004) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0355987/) at the Internet Movie Database