Riding the Bullet

Riding the Bullet (2000) is a novella by Stephen King. This work marks Stephen King's debut on the Internet. It was published as an electronic book available for download. As a publicity stunt, the download was free of charge for the first week or so. As a result of this, the load on the web servers of the companies providing the story was so high as to render them totally unusable.

Related Topics:
Stephen King - Internet - Publicity stunt

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In 2002 the story was published as part of the collection '.

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A movie adaptation of the story, starring Jonathan Jackson and David Arquette, was released in 2004. See Riding the Bullet (movie)

Related Topics:
Movie - Adaptation - Jonathan Jackson - David Arquette - 2004 - Riding the Bullet (movie)

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