Quitters, Inc.
by Stephen King
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Dick Morrison's life has become a nightmare of addictions, filling his days with overeating, overworking, and smoking way too much. When an old friend from college tells him about a surefire way to quit, he's more than willing to give it a shot. But what Dick doesn't know about Quitters, Inc. is their unconventional and brutal enforcement methods. Forced to choose between his desperate need for cigarettes and the dire consequences of giving in to his addiction, Dick must decide just how show more important another drag really is. show lessTags
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Fun one-commute short story about the value of selling your soul to overcome addiction. It left me with a smile for sure. (And yes, I am an ex-smoker. Quit nearly 30 years ago. I did not have to sell my soul so I guess I lucked out.)
Intriguing, quick listen. The narrator was awful, but the story was good.
This was a fun, wicked little (audio)book. It's about the tactics of a company that helps people quit smoking. Their motto should be "Quit smoking or die trying." I enjoyed Eric Roberts' reading, but he was awfully quiet during some parts and it was kinda hard to hear. But he wasn't melodramatic as many male readers I've heard on other audio books.
Nicely creepy story, one of King's earliest, that I've read in print several times. Audio via Overdrive was very good, and I enjoyed it even knowing the twisty ending beforehand. A man tries to quit smoking and gets himself involved with some very unusual people in a "self-help" group - these folks mean *business*! Translates fairly well to audio format.
Nicely creepy story, one of King's earliest, that I've read in print several times. Audio via Overdrive was very good, and I enjoyed it even knowing the twisty ending beforehand. A man tries to quit smoking and gets himself involved with some very unusual people in a "self-help" group - these folks mean *business*! Translates fairly well to audio format.
This was a good little short story. I am sure it will eventually end up in a book, but I finally broke down and listened to the audio book since that's the only way I could get it right now. This would be a controversial way to quit smoking, but quite effective, I'm certain.
This is a short story by Stephen King, which was recently been released in audio format. The story was dramatized in the movie “Cat’s Eye” back in 1985, which featured three of King’s short stories.
It is a typical King story -- dark and twisted with a bit of dark humour – about a man who is a chain-smoker who runs into an old college friend who gives him the business card of a firm called “Quitters, Inc.” who he says helped him to kick the habit. The main character, Dick Morrison, decides to contact the firm, more out of curiosity than a true desire to quit...and the results are not quite what he expects!
I enjoyed it.
It was narrated by Eric Roberts. I found the jazz music playing at the beginning of the book to be a little show more distracting, making it difficult to hear Eric’s narration until the music faded into the background and then finally ceased. show less
It is a typical King story -- dark and twisted with a bit of dark humour – about a man who is a chain-smoker who runs into an old college friend who gives him the business card of a firm called “Quitters, Inc.” who he says helped him to kick the habit. The main character, Dick Morrison, decides to contact the firm, more out of curiosity than a true desire to quit...and the results are not quite what he expects!
I enjoyed it.
It was narrated by Eric Roberts. I found the jazz music playing at the beginning of the book to be a little show more distracting, making it difficult to hear Eric’s narration until the music faded into the background and then finally ceased. show less
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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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- Cat's Eye (1985 | IMDb)
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