By: Stephen King
Plot: Wesley Smith, an English teacher at a college in Kentucky, decides to spite his ex-girlfriend (who feels he's old fashioned) by buying a Kindle from Amazon. In the mail he receives a pink Kindle that has a library called UR, that has complete libraries from over a million different realities.
Wesley brings in a colleague, fellow English professor Don Allman, and a student, young Robbie Henderson, to check out the bizarreness. They explore new Hemmingway, John D. MacDonald, and William Shakespear.
After tiring of looking at alternate histories, Wesley discovers the UR news section where he is able to peak into the future of his UR, and finds out that his ex-girlfriend (Who is a basketball coach at his college) is going to die in a fatal bus crash coming home after the championship, along with Robbie's girlfriend who is on the team.
Together, the two of them are going to change the future, but as a result will get a visit from the Low Men Who Wear Yellow Coats.
Review: This short novella is a great read for a reader looking to kill a two and a half hour trip. Obviously this novel is a ploy to sell more Kindles, but if you can get past that fact, this is a good story, with an uncharacteristically King happy ending. Also, out of character, this novel is fairly PG-13, and is a great story of all ages.
Discussion: The novella is about a Kindle that can see one year into the future. How would you use the Kindle if at all? For financial gain? Success? What?
Wesley brings in a colleague, fellow English professor Don Allman, and a student, young Robbie Henderson, to check out the bizarreness. They explore new Hemmingway, John D. MacDonald, and William Shakespear.
After tiring of looking at alternate histories, Wesley discovers the UR news section where he is able to peak into the future of his UR, and finds out that his ex-girlfriend (Who is a basketball coach at his college) is going to die in a fatal bus crash coming home after the championship, along with Robbie's girlfriend who is on the team.
Together, the two of them are going to change the future, but as a result will get a visit from the Low Men Who Wear Yellow Coats.
Review: This short novella is a great read for a reader looking to kill a two and a half hour trip. Obviously this novel is a ploy to sell more Kindles, but if you can get past that fact, this is a good story, with an uncharacteristically King happy ending. Also, out of character, this novel is fairly PG-13, and is a great story of all ages.
Discussion: The novella is about a Kindle that can see one year into the future. How would you use the Kindle if at all? For financial gain? Success? What?
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