An edition of The Dead Zone (1979)

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An edition of The Dead Zone (1979)

The dead zone

  • 4.2 (37 ratings) ·
  • 366 Want to read
  • 16 Currently reading
  • 93 Have read

The Dead Zone is a science fiction thriller novel by Stephen King published in 1979. The story follows Johnny Smith, who awakens from a coma of nearly five years and, apparently as a result of brain damage, now experiences clairvoyant and precognitive visions triggered by touch. When some information is blocked from his perception, Johnny refers to that information as being trapped in the part of his brain that is permanently damaged, "the dead zone." The novel also follows a serial killer in Castle Rock, and the life of rising politician Greg Stillson, both of whom are evils Johnny must eventually face.

Though earlier King books were successful, The Dead Zone was the first of his novels to rank among the ten best-selling novels of the year in the United States. The book was nominated for the Locus Award in 1980 and was dedicated to King's son Owen. The Dead Zone is the first story by King to feature the fictional town of Castle Rock, which serves as the setting for several later stories and is referenced in others. The TV series Castle Rock takes place in this fictional town and makes references to the Strangler whom Johnny helped track down in The Dead Zone.

The Dead Zone is King's seventh novel and the fifth under his own name. The book spawned a 1983 film adaptation as well as a television series.

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English
Pages
402

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Dead Zone
2024, Pocket Books
in English
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La zona muerta
May 20, 2021, DEBOLSILLO
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La zona muerta
May 20, 2021, DEBOLSILLO
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Dead Zone
Oct 18, 2020, PS Publishing
hardcover
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Si wang jin di
2018, Huang guan wen hua chu ban you xian gong si
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The Dead Zone
2018-08, Gallery Books
paperback in English - Gallery Books trade paperback edition (13)
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The dead zone
2017
sound recording / in English - Unabridged.
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The Dead Zone
2017 04, Simon & Schuster Audio
Digital Audio in English
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Dead Zone
2016, Hodder & Stoughton
in English
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The Dead Zone
2016, Pocket Books
mass market paperback in English
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Dead Zone
2016, Scribner
in English
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Cagri
Nov 01, 2015, Altin Kitaplar
paperback
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Martwa strefa
2013, Prószyński Media
in Polish
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Mertvaya zona
Jun 06, 2013, AST
hardcover
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Dead Zone
2011, Hodder & Stoughton
in English
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Dead Zone
2010, Hodder & Stoughton
in English
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The Dead Zone
2009, Penguin USA, Inc.
Electronic resource in English
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The Dead Zone
Jul 02, 2008, Hodder Paperback
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Mertvaya zona
2006, AST
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The Dead Zone
May 31, 2006, Hodder And Stoughton Ltd.
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Dodelijk Dilemma
2006-11, Luitingh
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Martwa Strefa
2004, Prószyński i S-ka
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The Dead Zone (Signet)
January 6, 2004, Signet
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Dodelijk dilemma
2002, Poema Pocket
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Dead zone (l'accident)
2002, Librairie Générale Française
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La zona morta
2001-09, Sperling paperback
Mass Market Paperback in Italian - 10. ed.
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LA Zona Muerta
December 2001, Plaza & Janes Editories Sa
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2001, Bell
in Modern Greek
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Dead Zone
2000, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
in English
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The Dead Zone
2000, Warner Books
in English
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The Dead Zone
October 1999, Tandem Library
School & Library Binding in English
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La zona muerta
1998, Plaza & Janés
Paperback in Spanish - 4th edition
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La Zone Morta
December 31, 1998, Feltrinelli
Paperback
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Streta smierci
1998, Prima
in Polish
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Dead Zone
1998, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
in English
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死亡區域
1998, Zhuhai chu ban she
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1997, AST, Mir
in Russian
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La zona morta
Oct 25, 1994, Sperling & Kupfer
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L'accident: Dead Zone
1994-06, France Loisirs
Hardcover in French
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The Dead Zone
Dec 18, 1994, Demco Media
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The dead zone
1994, Plume
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L'accident
1993, JC Lattes
in French
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La zona muerta
1993, RBA Libros
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Мёртвая зона
1993, Poligrafservis
Hardcover in Russian
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The dead zone
1993, G.K. Hall
in English
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The dead zone
1992, Warner Books
in English
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The Dead Zone: Das Attentat
1990, Heyne
Taschenbuch in German - 10. Auflage
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Dead Zone: Das Attentat
1989, Heyne
in German
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Mertvaja zona: roman.
1987, Molodaja Gvardija
in Russian - (New edition).
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La zona muerta
1985, Ediciones Orbis, S.A.
Hardcover
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La zona muerta
1985, Plaza & Janés
in Spanish
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Dead zone: (l'accident)
1984, J. C. Lattes
in French
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Dead Zone
August 29, 1984, Livre de Poche
Mass Market Paperback in French
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The Dead Zone (Signet)
August 1, 1983, Signet
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Dead Zone
June 1983, Ulverscroft Large Print
Hardcover in English - Largeprint edition
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The Dead Zone
August 1, 1983, Signet
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L accident
1983, Lattès
in French
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The Dead Zone
1983?, New American Library
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The Dead Zone
August 1, 1983, Signet
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The Dead Zone
Sep 01, 1981, Viking Pr
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La zona muerta
1980, Editorial Pomaire
in Spanish
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The Dead Zone
1980-08, New American Library
Mass Market Paperback in English - 1st Signet printing (10)
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The Dead Zone
1980-08-01, Signet
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Dead Zone
1980, Penguin Publishing Group
in English
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The Dead Zone
Aug 01, 1980, Perfection Learning
library binding
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The Dead Zone
1980, New American Library
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The dead zone.
1980, New American Library
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The Dead Zone
1980, Paw Prints
library binding in English
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The dead zone
1980, New American Library
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The Dead Zone
1980-08, New American Library
Mass Market Paperback in English - 1st Signet printing (1)
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The dead zone
1980, Signet
in English
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The Dead Zone
1980, New American Library
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The dead zone.
1980, Futura
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The Dead Zone
1980, New American Library
in English
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Martwa Strefa
Apr 13, 1979, Proszynski
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Cagri.
1979, Altin Kitaplar Yayinevi
in Turkish
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The Dead Zone
1979, Viking Press
in English
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THE DEAD ZONE
1979, Viking Press
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The dead zone
1979, Signet
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The dead zone
1979, Book Club Associates
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The Dead Zone
1979, Viking Press
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The dead zone
1979, Viking Press
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The dead zone
1979, Macdonald and Jane's
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La zona muerta / The Dead Zone
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Edition Notes

"A Signet book"

Published in
New York

Classifications

Library of Congress
Fiction

The Physical Object

Pagination
402 p. ;
Number of pages
402

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22005148M
ISBN 10
0451093380, 0451139720

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