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Page Count: 384
Printing Date: January 24, 2006
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A través de los teléfonos móviles se envía un mensaje que convierte a todos en esclavos asesinos. Pocos se escapan de su fuerza y estos tendrán que sobrevivir en un mundo totalmente transformado.
Clayton Riddell no tiene teléfono móvil, su esposa, Sharon, tampoco. Están separados pero en contacto constante por su hijo Johnny Gee. Sus padres le han regalado un móvil para cosas urgentes. Saben que muy a menudo no lo lleva encima y por eso le riñen.
El uno de octubre Clay viaja a Boston por una entrevista de trabajo y de repente cuando pasea por el parque es testigo de escenas espeluznantes, escenas totalmente inexplicables: gente en la calle que hablando por el móvil se convierten repentinamente en monstruos asesinos, atacan y matan a todos los de su alrededor. Los coches chocan entre sí. Es una escena de caos sangriento, incendios, alarmas.. . incomprensible. Ya no hay canales de radio ni televisión, ni servicios de ningún tipo. Nada que pueda poner orden. Clay entiende que todo ha sido causado por un mensaje a través de los móviles. Consigue refugiarse en un hotel junto con otro hombre Tom McCourt y una adolescente, Alice, los dos sin móvil. Deciden abandonar la ciudad para averiguar si la situación es la misma en el resto del país. Para Clay, lo más importante es localizar a su hijo que, espera que hoy no lleve su móvil encima.
Los tres emprenden su viaje a pie hacia la ciudad donde vive Johnny y su madre. Andan de noche cuando los locos no se mueven. De día se esconden en casas abandonadas. En su camino se encuentran con otros que se han salvado pero son pocos y descubren que los locos se han convertido en una especie de zombies telepáticos. Estos se juntan de día en grandes masas, llamados por música transmitida por altavoces, en estadios de deportes. De noche duermen. Están controlados por los sonidos. Andan y andan hacia un solo destino.
La mujer de Clay ha sido víctima de la gran destrucción pero su hijo parece haber sobrevivido y Clay y sus dos compañeros siguen su pista. Van de ciudad en ciudad, entre cadáveres y zombies asesinos, entre el caos y la destrucción, hasta llegar a la ciudad de su destino.
Y allí Clay encontrará a Johnny, no el Johnny de antes, pero quizás algún día aprenderá de nuevo a ser un niño “normal”. El mensaje de los móviles va perdiendo toda su fuerza pero...el mundo nunca volverá a ser lo mismo.
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Witness Stephen King's triumphant, blood-spattered return to the genre that made him famous. Cell, the king of horror's homage to zombie films (the book is dedicated in part to George A. Romero) is his goriest, most horrific novel in years, not to mention the most intensely paced. Casting aside his love of elaborate character and town histories and penchant for delayed gratification, King yanks readers off their feet within the very first few pages; dragging them into the fray and offering no chance catch their breath until the very last page.
In Cell King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism. Mobile phones deliver the apocalypse to millions of unsuspecting humans by wiping their brains of any humanity, leaving only aggressive and destructive impulses behind. Those without cell phones, like illustrator Clayton Riddell and his small band of 'normies,' must fight for survival, and their journey to find Clayton's estranged wife and young son rockets the book toward resolution.
Fans that have followed King from the beginning will recognize and appreciate Cell as a departure--King's writing has not been so pure of heart and free of hang-ups in years (wrapping up his phenomenal Dark Tower series and receiving a medal from the National Book Foundation doesn't hurt either). 'Retirement' clearly suits King, and lucky for us, having nothing left to prove frees him up to write frenzied, juiced-up horror-thrillers like Cell. --Daphne Durham
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THE CELL did nothing to change my mind about Stephen King, to wit: If he wrote stories the way he writes non-fiction, he'd be the Champ Emeritus for the Ages. But he pulls his punches when he should go for the gusto, and the quality of his writing collapses when he's bored (almost always in the transitional scenes)...reminds me of road trips and stretches of rural highway where all you see are barns garnished with BURMA-SHAVE or STUCKEYS banners.
THE CELL opens with spell-binding chaos and tumult and danger. Its excellent and followed by a terrific hiagra to safety. But the hiagra becomes a winter retreat from Moscow for the remainder of the journey. Long and boring and austere. The book needs some demented sheriffs and crazier local National Guard in the mix. If King's story happened where I live, the local pols would have seen the situation as Pennies from Heaven, charging everyone stiff fees to shower, eat, trespass, etc. In real life the pols would never allow the pilgrims in this story to graze and camp where they pleased FOR FREE.
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I bought this for my fiance's sister for christmas. So, I hope she enjoys it!
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This is a riveting horror-suspense-zombie thriller. It's for those with a passion for horror.
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If you have a lot of time on your hands and you want to be bored for a few hours go ahead and read Cell. I hate to admit that I did actually finish the book (although I did skip pages since nothing was happening) but I was curious to see how King would end the story. Then after hours of boredom I discover that King couldn't come up with an ending.
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I actually bought the little preloaded MP3 player at the airport before a flight. A great gadget for those on the run. Characters didn't grab me, neither did the story. I couldn't tell if he was going for sci-fi or symbolism or something in between. Just o.k. (but I hear that there's to be a film, so what do I know?)
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