![]() ![]() One day, Alan loses the button and receives a phone call he knows what the call is about. Alan graduates and takes care of his mother for several years, and she suffers another stroke. He eventually reaches the hospital, where he learns that despite his guilt and the impending feeling that his mother is dead or will die any moment, she is fine.Īlan takes the button and treasures it as a good (or bad) luck charm. Alan reappears alone at the graveyard, wearing the "I Rode the Bullet at Thrill Village" button. In a moment of fright, Alan saves himself and tells him: "Take her. George tells Alan that before they reach the lights of town, Alan must choose who goes on the death ride with George: Alan or his mother. Sure enough, the next car to pick him up is driven by George Staub, complete with black stitches around his neck where his head had been sewn on after being severed and wearing a button saying, "I Rode The Bullet At Thrill Village, Laconia." ĭuring the ride, George talks to Alan about the amusement park ride he was too scared to ride as a kid: The Bullet in Thrill Village, Laconia, New Hampshire. Coming upon a graveyard, he begins to explore it and notices a headstone for a stranger named George Staub, which reads: "Well Begun, Too Soon Done". Eventually frightened and glad to escape the vehicle, Alan starts walking, hitchhiking his next ride. He ends up riding with an old man who continually tugs at his crotch in a car that stinks of urine. Lacking a functioning car, Parker decides to hitchhike the 120 miles (200 km) south to visit his mother. He gets a call from a neighbor in his hometown of Lewiston, telling him that his mother has been taken to the hospital after having a stroke. Lettered Edition of 52 copies (signed by Stephen King)Īlan Parker is a student at the University of Maine who is trying to find himself.Limited Edition of 500 copies (signed by Mick Garris and the artist).Collector's Gift Edition: limited to 3000 slipcased copies (not signed). ![]() The book was available in three editions: In 2009, Lonely Road Books announced the impending release of Riding the Bullet: The Deluxe Special Edition Double, by Stephen King and Mick Garris, as an oversized slipcased hardcover bound in the flip book or tête-bêche format (like an Ace Double) featuring the novella Riding the Bullet, the original script for the eponymous 2004 film by Mick Garris, and artwork by Alan M. Initially offered at $2.50 by SoftLock and then Simon & Schuster, it was later available free for download from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. ![]() The total financial gross of the electronic publication remains uncertain. The actual number of readers was unclear because the encryption caused countless computers to crash. With over 500,000 downloads, Stephen King seemed to pave the way for the future of publishing. Some Stephen King fans waited hours for the download. In 2002, the novella was included in King's collection Everything's Eventual.ĭuring the first 24 hours, over 400,000 copies of Riding the Bullet were downloaded, jamming SoftLock's server. That year, the novella was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction and the International Horror Guild Award for Best Long Form. Simon & Schuster, with technology by SoftLock, first published Riding the Bullet in 2000 as the world's first mass-market e-book, available for download at $2.50. Riding the Bullet is a horror novella by American writer Stephen King. ![]()
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