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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  GeniusJen | Oct 13, 2009 |  I really liked the movie--one of those great sleepers--and thought it was time to read the original. I usually don't do this way, but let's see how it holds up. As with all King, fast, fun read (it's a novella). Ending is different from the movie, but both work (I liked the movie's better). (  ) francomega | Jul 18, 2009 | Idyllic town. Quirky and lovable characters. A calm day after a storm, a casual trip to the store. Cute child accompanies adoring father. in the store oh my god WHATTHEHELLISGOINGON - readfast - readfast - readfast - panic terror AGGHHHH!!!!! - what's worse? The thing out there, or what we IMAGINE is out there? - Crazy people - losing minds - cute child is still cute - people become desperate - AGGGHHHHH!!!! What the HELL IS GOING ON!!!!! *pages turn fast, anterastilis skims scary parts, book finished and returned.* End of story. Will probably not try again anytime soon. Too nervewracking for this wimp. ( ) anterastilis | Feb 24, 2009 | raymundojimenez | Feb 5, 2009 | Read in the 6th grade during a foggy winter- scared the crap out of me! (  ) atrandm | Dec 17, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
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Then comes the mist...creeping slowly, inexorably into town, where it settles and waits, trapping you in the supermarket with dozens of others, cut off from your families and the world.
The mist is alive, seething with unearthly sounds and movements. What unleashed this terror? Was it the Arrowhead Project---the top secret government operation that everyone has noticed but no one quite understands? And what happens when the provisions have run out and you're forced to make your escape, edging blindly through the dim light? The Mist has you in it grip, and this masterpiece of 3-D sound engineering surrounds you with horror so real that you'll be grabbing your own arm for reassurance. To one side---and whipping around your chair, a slither of tentacles. Swooping down upon you, a rush grotesque, prehistoric wings. In the impenetrable mist, hearing is seeing---and believing. And what you're about to hear, you'll never forget.
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This is a very quick read -- about 2 hours -- since, as I mentioned, it's a novella and not a full-length novel. But it doesn't lessen any of the spooky, creepy, weirdness, which is always a plus.
I'm highly interested in seeing the big-screen adaptation of this book, and hope it holds up to the story. I'm anxious to see the eeriness that is THE MIST in all its CGI glory! (