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Flight or fright : 17 turbulent tales / edited by Stephen King and Bev Vincent.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Thorndike Press large print basic seriesPublisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2019Copyright date: ©2018Edition: Large print editionDescription: 485 pages (large print) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781432866662
  • 1432866664
Other title:
  • Seventeen turbulent tales
Contained works:
  • Lewis, E. Michael. Cargo
  • Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930. Horror of the heights
  • Matheson, Richard, 1926-2013. Nightmare at 20,000 feet
  • Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? Flying machine
  • Tubb, E. C. Lucifer!
  • Bissell, Tom, 1974- Fifth category
  • Simmons, Dan, 1948- Two minutes forty-five seconds
  • Goodfellow, Cody. Diablitos
  • Varley, John, 1947 August 9- Air raid
  • Hill, Joe. You are released
  • Schow, David J. Warbirds
  • Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012. Flying machine
  • Vincent, Bev. Zombies on a plane
  • Dahl, Roald. They shall not grow old
  • Tremayne, Peter. Murder in the air
  • King, Stephen, 1947- Turbulence expert
  • Dickey, James. Falling
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Introduction / Stephen King -- Cargo / E. Michael Lewis -- Horror of the heights / Arthur Conan Doyle -- Nightmare at 20,000 feet / Richard Matheson -- Flying machine / Ambrose Bierce -- Lucifer! / E.C. Tubb -- Fifth category / Tom Bissell -- Two minutes forty-five seconds / Dan Simmons -- Diablitos / Cody Goodfellow, Cody -- Air raid / John Varley -- You are released / Joe Hill -- Warbirds / David J. Schow -- The flying machine / Ray Bradbury -- Zombies on a plane / Bev Vincent -- They shall not grow old / Roald Dahl -- Murder in the air / Peter Tremayne -- The turbulance expert / Stephen King -- Falling / James Dickey -- Afterword: an important message from the flight deck / Bev Vincent.
Summary: An anthology about all the things that can go horribly wrong when suspended six miles in the air, hurtling through space at more than 500 mph and sealed up in a metal tube with hundreds of strangers. All the ways a trip into the friendly skies can turn into a nightmare, including some never thought of before. Featuring brand new stories by Joe Hill and Stephen King, as well as fourteen classic tales and one poem from the likes of Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl, and Dan Simmons.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Large Print Book Large Print Book Main Library Large Print Fiction King, Stephen Available 33111009690070
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A #1 New York Times Bestselling AuthorStephen King hates to fly, and he and coeditor Bev Vincent share their fear of flying with you in Flight or Fright, an anthology about things that can go horribly wrong during air travel. Featuring new stories by Joe Hill and Stephen King, as well as fourteen classic tales and one poem from the likes of Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and many others, Flight or Fright presents various ways your trip into the friendly skies can turn into a nightmare. Each story is introduced by Stephen King, and all will have you thinking twice about how you want to reach your final destination.

An anthology about all the things that can go horribly wrong when suspended six miles in the air, hurtling through space at more than 500 mph and sealed up in a metal tube with hundreds of strangers. All the ways a trip into the friendly skies can turn into a nightmare, including some never thought of before. Featuring brand new stories by Joe Hill and Stephen King, as well as fourteen classic tales and one poem from the likes of Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl, and Dan Simmons.

Introduction / Stephen King -- Cargo / E. Michael Lewis -- Horror of the heights / Arthur Conan Doyle -- Nightmare at 20,000 feet / Richard Matheson -- Flying machine / Ambrose Bierce -- Lucifer! / E.C. Tubb -- Fifth category / Tom Bissell -- Two minutes forty-five seconds / Dan Simmons -- Diablitos / Cody Goodfellow, Cody -- Air raid / John Varley -- You are released / Joe Hill -- Warbirds / David J. Schow -- The flying machine / Ray Bradbury -- Zombies on a plane / Bev Vincent -- They shall not grow old / Roald Dahl -- Murder in the air / Peter Tremayne -- The turbulance expert / Stephen King -- Falling / James Dickey -- Afterword: an important message from the flight deck / Bev Vincent.

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