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The Langoliers

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The Langoliers

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Willem Dafoe
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 No. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's unforgettable novella - first included in his 1990, award-winning collection Four Past Midnight and made into a highly acclaimed miniseries - about a terrifying plane ride into a most unfriendly sky is now available as a stand-alone publication.

The flight attendants were gone; almost all the passengers were gone; Brian Engle was willing to bet the 767's two-man cockpit crew was also gone. He believed Flight 29 was heading east on automatic pilot.

On a red-eye flight from L. A. to Boston, ten passengers wake up to discover everyone else has disappeared. Brian Engle, a trained pilot, remembers something about a strange aurora borealis and turbulence reports over the desert. Now he has to try to land the plane.

But the safe haven of Bangor airport is not what it seems. It's eerily empty. The clocks have stopped. The food and drink is tasteless. The fuel doesn't burn. And the sound, like 'radio static', is getting closer. Craig Toomy, an investment banker, believes he knows what's coming. The Langoliers. Which means time is, quite literally, running out . . .

A spine-tingling, propulsive novella, The Langoliers is a brilliant listen from the masterful Stephen King.

(P) 2016 Simon & Schuster Audio©1990 Stephen King Anthologies & Short Stories Fantasy Genre Fiction Horror Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Short Stories Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Paranormal Fiction Aviation Scary Exciting

Critic Reviews

The Langoliers is . . . harrowing. . . . It's a great idea, with the execution both grounded and terrifying
An accomplished storyteller . . . incredible imagination
King has an uncanny knack of finding horror in the midst of the commonplace
All stars
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Willem Dafoe did an amazing job of narrating a story I love.
Character narration was great. Music added to the suspense.
Rrrrrriiiiiippppp

Fabulous.

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Greatest Read From Stephen King
I Recommend This..And Having Willem Defoe As The Narrator Is Amazing .

The Langolliers

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Felt like this was recorded in the 70’s with the background music choices. Enjoyable story

Quick tale

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Fantastic story by King but as much as I love Willem Dafoe as an actor, his accents were terrible (was Nick Hopewell English or Australian, Dafoe couldn't decide) and his female voices made me cringe. His occasional strange pronunciations threw me off as well (saying gas as garse wtf?)
And no listener ever has thought "you know what's missing from this book? Cheesy background music".

Other than that, the actual story is enjoyable.

Usual King brilliance but ditch the music.

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I really enjoyed the story, but I found the music to be quite annoying.

loved it.

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