The Plant
by Stephen King
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Things aren't going well for Zenith House, Publishers. Their sales are failing and the company is about to go under when they are approached by Carlos Detweiller who has a book called True Tales of Demon Infestations he would like them to publish. After having his book rejected, Carlos sends them a "gift"--an ivy plant which is taken in and cared for by Riddley Walker (the company's mail clerk who pretends to be less educated than he is). The company experiences a sudden turnaround of fates show more but, as always, success doesn't come without a price show lessTags
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I went into this knowing what to expect: released online as chapters, not exactly finished, told through office emails, diaries, memos, etc. I didn't like it. There was a story there, but it got buried in a bunch of racist nonsense along with really stupid bad taste jokes. I've read a lot of King's works and I expected better. I only read this one because I plan on reading all of his works as some point.
This is a Manuscript he did on the internet in the early 90's.
Zenith House, una pequeña editorial de Nueva York que publica originales en formato bolsillo, no está pasando por su mejor momento. Estamos en el año 1981, y Apex, la corporación dueña de Zenith, les lanza un ultimátum: o consiguen libros y autores de éxito, o cierran. John Kenton, que trabaja como editor en Zenith, recibe un manuscrito de Carlos Detweiller con el título de Verdareros cuentos de las plagas demoníacas. Cuando Kenton muestre interés y solicite a Carlos más información, se dará cuenta del tipo con el que está tratando.
‘La planta’ (The Plant: Zenith Rising, 2000), del gran Stephen King, es una novela epistolar (formada por cartas, memorándum y diarios). King, que la empezó en 1982, la iba escribiendo show more sobre la marcha, utilizando los extractos como tarjetas de felicitación. No sería hasta el año 2000, que King decidió publicarla por entregas en formato electrónico. Pero como las descargas iban disminuyendo, decidió cerrar el proyecto en el sexto capítulo, con un final cerrado, y dejar la obra en hibernación. Y así sigue hasta hoy.
Personalmente, me ha parecido que empieza bien, pero que se estanca por la mitad, y el final no ha sido todo lo redondo que esperaba. show less
‘La planta’ (The Plant: Zenith Rising, 2000), del gran Stephen King, es una novela epistolar (formada por cartas, memorándum y diarios). King, que la empezó en 1982, la iba escribiendo show more sobre la marcha, utilizando los extractos como tarjetas de felicitación. No sería hasta el año 2000, que King decidió publicarla por entregas en formato electrónico. Pero como las descargas iban disminuyendo, decidió cerrar el proyecto en el sexto capítulo, con un final cerrado, y dejar la obra en hibernación. Y así sigue hasta hoy.
Personalmente, me ha parecido que empieza bien, pero que se estanca por la mitad, y el final no ha sido todo lo redondo que esperaba. show less
Mar 24, 2026Spanish
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Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine, on September 21, 1947. After graduating with a Bachelor's degree in English from the University of Maine at Orono in 1970, he became a teacher. His spare time was spent writing short stories and novels. King's first novel would never have been published if not for his wife. She removed the first few show more chapters from the garbage after King had thrown them away in frustration. Three months later, he received a $2,500 advance from Doubleday Publishing for the book that went on to sell a modest 13,000 hardcover copies. That book, Carrie, was about a girl with telekinetic powers who is tormented by bullies at school. She uses her power, in turn, to torment and eventually destroy her mean-spirited classmates. When United Artists released the film version in 1976, it was a critical and commercial success. The paperback version of the book, released after the movie, went on to sell more than two-and-a-half million copies. Many of King's other horror novels have been adapted into movies, including The Shining, Firestarter, Pet Semetary, Cujo, Misery, The Stand, and The Tommyknockers. Under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, King has written the books The Running Man, The Regulators, Thinner, The Long Walk, Roadwork, Rage, and It. He is number 2 on the Hollywood Reporter's '25 Most Powerful Authors' 2016 list. King is one of the world's most successful writers, with more than 100 million copies of his works in print. Many of his books have been translated into foreign languages, and he writes new books at a rate of about one per year. In 2003, he received the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. In 2012 his title, The Wind Through the Keyhole made The New York Times Best Seller List. King's title's Mr. Mercedes and Revival made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2014. He won the Edgar Allan Poe Award in 2015 for Best Novel with Mr. Mercedes. King's title Finders Keepers made the New York Times bestseller list in 2015. Sleeping Beauties is his latest 2017 New York Times bestseller. (Bowker Author Biography) Stephen King is the author of more than thirty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Among his most recent are "Hearts in Atlantis", "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon", "Bag of Bones", & "The Green Mile". "On Writing" is his first book of nonfiction since "Danse Macabre", published in 1981. He served as a judge for Prize Stories: The Best of 1999, The O. Henry Awards. He lives in Bangor, Maine with his wife, novelist Tabitha King. King's book, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams: Stories, made the 2015 New York Times bestseller list. (Publisher Provided) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Plant
- Original publication date
- 2000
- People/Characters
- Carlos Detweiller; John Kenton; Ruth Tanaka; Riddley Walker; Roger Wade
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