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The Talisman 1
The Talisman 1: The Road of Trials | Stephen King, Peter Straub
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The spellbinding saga of The Talisman is now a stunning graphic novel, vividly illustrated by artist Tony Shasteen. Heres a bold new look at the classic tale of treachery and betrayal that could only have sprung from the imaginations of master storytellers Stephen King and Peter Straub. In a run-down amusement park on a desolate beach in New Hampshire, thirteen-year-old Jack Sawyer is about to learn some hard truthsabout his fathers death, about why he and his mother are on the run from his sinister uncle Morgan, and about the real nature of the mysterious realm Jack once called the Daydreams. Now, with help from his newfound friend Speedy Parker, this young man will reclaim his identity as Travellin Jack and make his first foray back into the Territories to retrieve the magical Talisman, an object of immense cosmic significance. Yet even more important to Jack, the Talisman holds the key to saving his mothers life. In the Terrorities, where monsters lurk, evil watches, and an unbelievably precious prize awaits, Jack embarks upon a desperate quest to fulfill a destiny he never sought but cannot escape. The Talisman: The Road of Trialscomprises Issues 0 through 5 of the thrilling comic book series and features original, never-before-seen material, including interviews and early sketches. Be warned: Once youve seen the Talisman, nothing will ever be the same.
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Pickpick

My review of this book can be found on my YouTube Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/kZMTVg8gYKY

Enjoy!

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Twainy
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Weird book, I like weird! It could be a Dark Tower book!

I‘m reading book 2 & hope it‘s just as weird!

Jack & Wolf are such great characters! Frank Muller narrates perfection!

If you got 3 books into the Dark Tower & loved it, this is for you.

Jack‘s father is dead, his mom is dying. He‘s given a quest that could end in a cure for his mom. What he goes thru on the quest (portal) & who/what he comes across is King at his best!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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CaffeineAndCandy
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ᴀɴ ᴇᴘɪᴄ ᴛᴀʟᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪs ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀʀᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏʀᴅ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪɴɢs ɪɴ ɪᴛs ᴏᴡɴ ᴡᴀʏ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴀʟɪsᴍᴀɴ, ᴍᴜᴄʜ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴇᴄɪᴏᴜs ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏʀᴅ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪɴɢs, ɪs ᴀ ʜɪɢʜʟʏ sᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ᴏʙᴊᴇᴄᴛ. ᴡɪᴛʜ ɪᴛ ᴊᴀᴄᴋ ʜᴏᴘᴇs ᴛᴏ sᴀᴠᴇ ʜɪs ᴍᴏᴛʜᴇʀ's ʟɪғᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴏssɪʙʟʏ sᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴀs ᴡᴇʟʟ. ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅɴ'ᴛ ᴘɪᴄᴋ ᴜᴘ ᴀɴʏ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ʙᴏᴏᴋs ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ɪ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴛʜɪs ᴏɴᴇ. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

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Enchanted_Bibliophile
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1. 52 pages: In Conclusion don't worry about it - Lauren Graham
2. 981 pages: The Talisman - Stephen King & Peter Straub
3. 1955: A Night to remember - Walter Lord
4. 19 September 2019: The Institute - Stephen King

Can you tell I'm a King fan?😜

#bookquestion #EST
@ljuliel

ljuliel Thank you for the answers ! Nothing wrong with being a Stephen King fan. I think you‘re in quite a large crowd in that area. He‘s very popular . I need to post my answers when I get a couple minutes. I think your short book beats mine. I‘m not sure on page counts. Thanks again ! 📚 (edited) 5y
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Bookish.SAM
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Bookladylinda I need to read this again before it comes out. 6y
Bookish.SAM @Bookladylinda ... I just recently read it so it‘s still near my radar. I wonder how long it will take to come out (and if I‘ll have to re-read closer to the day 😜) 6y
Bookladylinda I wonder if Black House will get incorporated into the movie??? Although, I never read Black House. I should read that one as well. @Bookish.SAM (edited) 6y
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Bookish.SAM
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I know, too many 🐶 pics, but I just can‘t handle this face 😍

As for the 📖... just finished. I enjoyed it, but felt like the last bit sort of dragged. Possibly not fair to have read this right after The Stand. A lot of similarities-good v. evil, adventure tale, journey across the country-but I felt there was more to the journey in The Stand so you weren‘t always looking to the end. I hate to judge this against another☹️
#expandedDT

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Too cute!! 💙🐶 6y
xicanti There's no such thing as too many dog pics. 6y
JennyM Never too many 🐶 pics 6y
Clare-Dragonfly There are never too many 🐶, 🐱, or 🐰 pics! 6y
mabell Aww that face! ❤️🐶 6y
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Bookish.SAM
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Yet another day of snow up here in the Great White North (and I‘m not even That far north!)... yet another excuse to cuddle up with a good book and my #readingbuddy for the day.
#dogsoflitsy
#expandedDT
❄️📚🐶

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pasiphae_reads
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#currentlyreading
The Talisman (#1) by Stephen King and Peter Straub 🖤😈📖👁☠️
#stephenking #books #reading #peterstraub #thetalisman #horror #thriller

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Welcome to Litsy!! 6y
StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Welcome to Litsy 📖💙 6y
pasiphae_reads @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego thank you!! 😊 I feel so welcomed with all these posts!! 6y
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Readergrrl Welcome to Litsy! And I loved The Talisman soooo much! I still remember lying in bed all day (more years ago than I care to count) just to finish! 6y
Crazeedi Welcome to Litsy !🎉🎉 6y
pasiphae_reads @Readergrrl thank you!! And I‘m slowly getting through it, but it‘s definitely captivating! I‘ve heard great things about the series, so I‘m excited to finally get to it! 😁👋🏻 6y
pasiphae_reads @Crazeedi thank you! 👋🏻☺️ 6y
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Ehina
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Decided to transfer my 100 Book Bucket list into a more manageable book instead of a binder. Especially since I will have to read a lot of these as e-books. Maple is a great supervisor.

JanePratt Teach me to be artsy 😭 6y
JanePratt I have Gatsby if you want to borrow it! 6y
Ehina @JanePratt that‘s a deal! I‘ll let you know when I need it ☺️ 6y
JanePratt @Ehina same with Memoirs of a Geisha. I'll be hitting you up soon 😂 6y
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Ehina
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Can‘t wait to finish The Talisman so I can start on this 100 Books list that@janepratt showed me! Ugh I can‘t wait!!!

Gezemice Welcome to Litsy! @LitsyWelcomeWagon 6y
CoffeeNBooks I see some great books on that list! Welcome to Litsy! 📚 6y
JennyM Welcome! Hope you enjoy it here 📚 6y
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RaimeyGallant And welcome to Litsy from me too! #LitsyWelcomeWagon Some of us put together Litsy tips to help new Littens navigate the site. It's the link in my bio on my page in case you need it. Or if you prefer how-to videos, @chelleo put some together at the link in her bio. 6y
sprainedbrain I‘ve been working on a 100 books list that I think came from BBC originally. I wonder if it‘s the same as your list? Also... welcome! 😃 6y
TheBookAddict Another King fan! 🙌🏽 6y
JanePratt @sprainedbrain I sent her the list. It is the list from the 100 book scratch off bucket list poster! 6y
Ehina @TheBookAddict I‘m in love with SK 🥰 6y
sprainedbrain @JanePratt looks like our two lists have a lot of books in common! 6y
JanePratt @sprainedbrain love it! More people to gossip with! 6y
Chelleo Welcome 🤗 6y
Ehina @Chelleo thanks!! 🥰 6y
DebinHawaii Welcome to Litsy!! 🎉📚🎉Hope you are enjoying it here! 6y
StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Welcome to Litsy 📖💙 6y
BridgetteM Welcome to Litsy! 6y
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WeeziesBooks
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All the books I bought on Black Friday finally came in! The Merciless III, Thunderhead, The Sun Dog, and The First Time She Drowned we‘re from Amazon. Dry, Seafire, & Ash Princess- Barnes&Noble. The rest of the SK books and The Wicked Girls were Thriftbooks buys!

britt_brooke Nice haul! 6y
Louise A pile of new reading material is a lovely sight to behold! 6y
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toofondofbooks
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Mehso-so

I dont know why I didnt enjoy this more. I loved Ghost Story by Straub and this story wasn't bad. I think I picked it at the wrong time and also the narration was annoying. I just couldn't get that into it for some reason.

Bookladylinda I read this one years ago and I want to read it again at some point. A bad narrator can mess up a good book. 6y
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Sweettartlaura
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#KingAtoZ

P is for Peter Straub.

King & Straub co-authored The Talisman, & followed up several years later with Black House. These aren‘t as well-known as many of King‘s other works, & that‘s a shame - not only are they fantastic, they link into the Dark Tower opus.
And Straub is an amazing writer in his own right. Check comments below for recommendations 👇🏻

@GarthRanzz

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GarthRanzz I‘ve always loved Straub‘s work and The Talisman was great! I‘ve yet to read Black House though. But what I really am excited for is the Steven Spielberg owns the rights to The Talisman and wants to work with King on a movie version. 7y
Sweettartlaura @GarthRanzz I heard about that. Then again, I keep hearing all his stuff is getting made into movies/series. So I‘ll believe it when I see it... and when I see it‘s good 😉 7y
RachelAmphlett OMG - The Talisman is one of my favourite books ever! 7y
RachelAmphlett @GarthRanzz I didn‘t know that! 7y
Bookladylinda I read The Talisman so long ago! I definitely want to read it again along with Black House! 7y
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NovelGirl82
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My evening with my little family (while watching The Night Of)...

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Gayan
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These are the only books I can find that are #TBR except The Dark Tower Series which I hope to start soon. I do plan o doing a lot of retreads soon because this challenge has made me want to read all the King. #stephenking17

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Bookery_Nook
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The other magnetic bookmark and the extra I received in the post from byEpicPage on etsy. Truer words have never been said Stephen King.

The book I was reading here is The Talisman, written by Peter Straub and Stephen King. I am really enjoying reading this book despite hearing some mixed reviews about it before I started reading it.

#books #book #bookmark #peterstraub #stephenking

MsBlueSox I first read this in high school, and I don't think I slept for a week! 8y
Bookery_Nook @MsBlueSox Right?! I have read a few of Stephen Kings books and Peter Straub's Floating Dragon but this has kept me awake a bit longer at night. I'm surprised by some of the reviews I have read where people said they read this at the age of 10 and were completely fine! 8y
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TheNextBook
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Guys...this is big. I only need 2 more books, Night Shift and The Colorado Kid, and I will have a copy of every single Stephen King book. 😳 It's kind of crazy to imagine. I might lose my mind a little when it happens. The happiness will ensue.

Texreader So cool!!! 8y
Donna_sBookMinute The thrill of the hunt is so exhilarating! Hope you complete your collection soon. 8y
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TheNextBook @Texreader It's been a long time coming! @Donna_sBookMinute Thank you! I hope so too. 8y
TheNextBook @fern right! So many feels. 8y
ValerieAndBooks Wow! So how many is that altogether including the two you need? 8y
TheNextBook Ok So I have 65. That includes the short story collections, the bachman books collection and The Three Novels (Carrie, Salem's Lot and The Shining). 8y
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