The Tommyknockers

The Tommyknockers is a novel by horror novelist Stephen King.

Related Topics:
Horror - Stephen King

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The novel, while maintaining a horror style, is actually a rare excursion into the realm of science fiction for King, as the residents of the Maine town of Haven gradually fall under the influence of a mysterious object buried beneath Bobbi Anderson's farm.

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In his autobiography, King attributes the basic premise to the short story The Colour Out of Space by H.P. Lovecraft.

Related Topics:
Autobiography - The Colour Out of Space - H.P. Lovecraft

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A TV miniseries based on the novel first appeared in 1993.

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Miniseries - 1993

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King wrote the book in 1987 during a period of acknowledged substance abuse. In On Writing (2000), he wrote that he realized later on that the novel was a metaphor for that addiction.

Related Topics:
1987 - Substance abuse - On Writing - 2000

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