Wizard and glass - Stephen King [0]
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WIZARD AND GLASS
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Copyright © 2003 by Stephen King
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ALSO BY STEPHEN KING
NOVELS
Carrie
’Salem’s Lot
The Shining
The Stand
The Dead Zone
Firestarter
Cujo
THE DARK TOWER I:
The Gunslinger
Christine
Pet Sematary
Cycle of the Werewolf
The Talisman (with Peter Straub)
It
The Eyes of the Dragon
Misery
The Tommyknockers
THE DARK TOWER II:
The Drawing of the Three
THE DARK TOWER III:
The Waste Lands
The Dark Half
Needful Things
Gerald’s Game
Dolores Claiborne
Insomnia
Rose Madder
Desperation
The Green Mile
THE DARK TOWER IV:
Wizard and Glass
Bag of Bones
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Dreamcatcher
Black House (with Peter Straub)
From a Buick 8
AS RICHARD BACHMAN
Rage
The Long Walk
Roadwork
The Running Man
Thinner
The Regulators
COLLECTIONS
Night Shift
Different Seasons
Skeleton Crew
Four Past Midnight
Nightmares and Dreamscapes
Hearts in Atlantis
Everything’s Eventual
NONFICTION
Danse Macabre
On Writing
SCREENPLAYS
Creepshow
Cat’s Eye
Silver Bullet
Maximum Overdrive
Pet Sematary
Golden Years
Sleepwalkers
The Stand
The Shining
Rose Red
Storm of the Century
This book is dedicated to Julie Eugley and Marsha DeFilippo. They answer the mail, and most of the mail for the last couple of years has been about Roland of Gilead—the gunslinger.
Basically, Julie and Marsha nagged me back to the word processor. Julie, you nagged the most effectively, so your name comes first.
Contents
INTRODUCTION ON BEING NINETEEN (AND A FEW OTHER THINGS)
ARGUMENT
PROLOGUE BLAINE
PART ONE RIDDLES
CHAPTER I BENEATH THE DEMON MOON (I)
CHAPTER II THE FALLS OF THE HOUNDS
CHAPTER III THE FAIR-DAY GOOSE
CHAPTER IV TOPEKA
CHAPTER V TURNPIKIN’
PART TWO SUSAN
CHAPTER I BENEATH THE KISSING MOON
CHAPTER II PROVING HONESTY
CHAPTER III A MEETING ON THE ROAD
CHAPTER IV LONG AFTER MOONSET
CHAPTER V WELCOME TO TOWN
CHAPTER VI SHEEMIE
CHAPTER VII ON THE DROP
CHAPTER VIII BENEATH THE PEDDLER’S MOON
CHAPTER IX CITGO
CHAPTER X BIRD AND BEAR AND HARE AND FISH
INTERLUDE KANSAS, SOMEWHERE, SOMEWHEN
PART THREE COME, REAP
CHAPTER I BENEATH THE HUNTRESS MOON
CHAPTER II THE GIRL AT THE WINDOW
CHAPTER III PLAYING CASTLES
CHAPTER IV ROLAND AND CUTHBERT
CHAPTER V WIZARD’S RAINBOW
CHAPTER VI CLOSING THE YEAR
CHAPTER VII TAKING THE BALL
CHAPTER VIII THE ASHES
CHAPTER IX REAPING
CHAPTER X BENEATH THE DEMON MOON (II)
PART FOUR ALL GOD’S CHILLUN GOT SHOES
CHAPTER I KANSAS IN THE MORNING
CHAPTER II SHOES IN THE ROAD
CHAPTER III THE WIZARD
CHAPTER IV THE GLASS
CHAPTER V THE PATH OF THE BEAM
AFTERWORD