KING SHOWS HE HAS NOT LOST THE POWER TO DRAW US IN TO,AND MAKE US BELIEVE IN,HIS BIZARRE,UNBELIEVABLE WORLD.THIS BOOK RUINED MY CAMPING HOLIDAY ;I STAYED UP READING IT ALL NIGHT AND WE RAN OUT OF GAS FOR THE STOVE.I WOULD HAVE GIVEN IT FIVE STARS IF THEY'D HAVE NAPALMED THE ALIENS....MUCH MORE SENSIBLE.ALSO WHEN YOU'VE READ IT, WATCH THE FILM "THE FACULTY" , I'LL WAGER "STEVIE-BOY" HAD IT RUNNING IN THE BACKGROUND ONE NIGHT IN THE SMALL HOURS WHILE HE WAS SCRIBBLING AWAY.JEREMY (ALIAS "PEDANTIC-PETE")