The Lawnmower Man and Other Stories From Night Shift

De: Stephen King

Narrado por: John Glover

Duración: 3 h y 53 m

Resumen del Editor

Playing upon our most primal fears, Stephen King draws us into his sinister world - a place where sane men and women see their lives shattered, their realities distorted and destroyed. Now, listeners can probe even deeper into the mind of the master storyteller of the macabre, with this third unabridged production of 5 classic short stories, from King's best selling collection, Night Shift.

Harold Parkette disposes of his lawnmower after his neighbor's cat dies a gruesome death. But the "Lawnmower Man" he hires to do the job proves more than Harold bargained for. A police officer begins to suspect that a series of grisly industrial accidents is no coincidence in "The Mangler." At "Quitter's Inc." a smoker soon discovers that they'll truly stop at nothing to make sure their customers kick the habit. A betrayed husband goes out on "The Ledge" when he takes vengeance into his own hands. And in "Sometimes They Come Back," the concept of alumni is given new meaning when a high school teacher, haunted by the past, is assigned 3 new students who seem eerily familiar.

©1976 Stephen King (P)1995 Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, A Division of Random House, Inc.

One of my Favorite King collections

I never get tired of listening to these chilling tales. The eerie sound design & excellent narration from John Glover always draws me in

Awesome!!! See the where the worlds greatest story teller started out.

Amazing in every way. The stories are excellent. After reading much Stephen King you realize how much he's restraining himself from going off into deep detail that his long stories call for.

John Glover reads the stories as if they're among his favorites. Almost as if he's not reading at all.

On "Gray matter and other stories from Night Shift", the audio was not good and difficult to deal with. On THIS book the audio is crisp and perfect. Sounds great and therefore not an issue at all. Not sure what was up with the other.

Great collection of short stories.

Would you consider the audio edition of The Lawnmower Man and Other Stories From Night Shift to be better than the print version?

Yes. I enjoyed the different voices of the characters. The narrator did an excellent job of expressing the emotions of the characters.

What did you like best about this story?

I just like Stephen King.

What does John Glover bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

The voices of the characters.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

No.

Any additional comments?

Classic Stephen King

Wonderful

The best of Stephen King's short story compilations. My mother had a mangler long before I read this book but I still feared it.

Stephen King is terrifyingly good! Well read, too.

Very interesting , but it could do without the music! Otherwise, very good King stories!

night shift 3 review

interesting stories better than the last two night shift books like the music audio quality was good

john glover

I like the way john glover narrates with his vocal and acting skills, it enhances stephen king's writing. the drawback for me would be the mood music or sound effects, sometimes threatens to overshadow Mr Glover and to me is not needed. I wish they got Mr Glover to narrate more Stephen king stories than just the night shift stories

Mixed bag

Stephen King is a known quantity, and this collection neither disappoints nor blows you away. My only real comment is on the performance. The reader is okay, although IMO tries to hard to inject feeling into the story. But the real problem is the music and sound effects. Most Stephen King audio books have music here and there; short fillips, as it were. Accents to the story. Sometimes they work and sometimes they don’t, but they’re usually pretty unobtrusive and let the story take center stage.

Unfortunately, the producers of this collection felt they had to go farther—maybe they didn’t trust the material?—and the result is not only distracting but quite annoying. Further, there are times when the music and effects actually drown out the reader, which kind of defeats the whole purpose of an audio book.

Good stories; decent performance; irritating effects.

Really good food for thought!

If you like Stephen King short stories then these are for you. The narrator does a good job of making you believe he was telling you the story like it had happened to him. Definitely a good listen over and over again.

Glover Steals the Show

This is an odd collection of the leftovers from Night Shift, all of the stories either feature the mystical or criminal element. While the writing is top-notch John Glover is really the standout giving a versatile and dynamic performance across all the stories contained here. He actually might have more characters to work with and these five and the other two collections of Night Shift combined. the one complaint here is the music. Although absent from the other two collections of Night Shift except during the interludes the music here tends to arrive for the crescendo of each story sometimes more than that and remain through the end. While the music itself is actually quite good it sometimes overshadows Glover's voice making it difficult to hear.