The Tommyknockers
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New York : Putnam, [1987].
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Published
New York : Putnam, [1987].
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558 pages ; 24 cm
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English

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It begins as a writer named Roberta Anderson, looking for firewood in the forest that stretches behind her house. Bobbi stumbles over three inches of metal, which unusually heavy spring runoff has left sticking out of the soil. A logger's beer can, she thinks at first, but "the metal was as solid as mother-rock." It begins with Bobbi's discovery of the ship in the earth, a ship buried for millions of years, but still vibrating faintly, still humming with some sort of life ... faint ... weak ... but still better left alone. Bobbi then begins to dig tentatively at first, then compulsively - and is joined by her old friend (and onetime lover), Jim Gardener. Aided by a weirdly advanced technology, their excavation proceeds apace. And as they uncover more and more of an artifact both familiar and so unbelievale it is almost beyond comprehension, the inhabirants of Haven start to change. There is the new Hot-water heater in Bobbi's basement - a hot-water heater that apparently runs on flashlight batteries. The vengeful housewife who learns of her husband's affair ... from a picture of Jesus on top of her TV, a picture that begins to talk. Not to mention the ten-year-old magician who makes his little brother disappear ... for real. The townspeople of Haven are "becoming" -being welded into one organic homicidal, and fearsomely brilliant entity in fatal thrall to the Tommyknockers.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

King, S. (1987). The Tommyknockers . Putnam.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

King, Stephen, 1947-. 1987. The Tommyknockers. Putnam.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

King, Stephen, 1947-. The Tommyknockers Putnam, 1987.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

King, Stephen. The Tommyknockers Putnam, 1987.

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