The Talisman : A Novel (Hardcover)

from Joe73

Read this book when I was eleven years old, which is also the year it came out. I was enthralled with it. I loved it then, the layers, the depth. It was a stretch for King. I think he was pulling on some personal demons while writing this. Now as an adult I am reading it again. It has not lost it...

from hemlockclock

My favorite of King's books, in my top ten of favorite books. The story is amazing, bringing in the quest and otherwordly aspects of so many previous great writers (I think there is a definate Tolkien feel to this) plus Mark Twain's influence is highly noted (Jack Sawyer and a purely American wor...

from SevsOnlyGirl

Stephen King and Peter Straub are two of my favorite authors. To see them write together was amazing. I read this book as a teen and have re-read it multiple times as an adult. It never gets old. If you look at YA books coming out now...a lot of the things in THE TALISMAN are in the current books...

from Carl_Alves

I read The Talisman when I was in high school, and the story still sticks with me today. It's part horror, part fantasy, part adventure. What King and Straub managed to do was weave a wonderful story with intrigue and suspense, regardless of how you want to classify it. In The Talisman, Jack Sawy...

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When two masters of horror team up you get a masterpiece such as The Talisman. I've actually never read any of Peter Straub's work however am a big Stephen King fan. The Talisman is the story of 12 year old Jakc Sawyer's quest to save his mother and his journey across America and it's twin dimens...