The Dead Zone (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Stephen King
- First Published: 1979
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—extrasensory powers
- Time of Work: 1953-1979
- Setting: Fictional Cleaves Mills and Castle Rock, Maine, and other New England sites
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Extrasensory perception or powers, New England, Politicians, Mass murderers or serial killers, Maine
- Locales: New England, Maine
The Plot
Skating on the ice of Runaround Pond in Durham, Maine, in 1953, six-year-old Johnny Smith is knocked senseless when Chuck Spier, an older, heavier, hockey player, accidentally crashes into him. As Spier tends to Johnny, semiconscious Johnny warns him to stay away from black ice. Awakening with only a headache, Johnny forgets the incident. Shortly afterward, while Chuck is jump-starting his car, his battery explodes, blinding him in one eye. Although Johnny is unaware of it for years, this was the first manifestation of his parapsychic powers, powers that provide the...
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