Flight or Fright : 17 Turbulent Tales

Bok av Stephen King
#1 New York Times bestselling author and master of horror Stephen King teams up with Bev Vincent of Cemetery Dance to present a terrifying collection of sixteen short stories (and one poem) that tap into one of King's greatest fearsair travelfeaturing brand-new stories by King and Joe Hill, ';an expertly compiled collection of tales that entertain and scare' (Booklist). Stephen King hates to fly, and he and co-editor Bev Vincent would like to share their fear of flying with you. Welcome to Flight or Fright, an anthology about all the things that can go horribly wrong when you're suspended six miles in the air, hurtling through space at more than 500 mph, and sealed up in a metal tube (likegulp!a coffin) with hundreds of strangers. Here are all the ways your trip into the friendly skies can turn into a nightmare, including some we'll bet you've never thought of before... but now you will the next time you walk down the jetway and place your fate in the hands of a total stranger. Featuring brand-new ';standouts' (Publishers Weekly) by Joe Hill and Stephen King, as well as fourteen classic tales and one poem from the likes of Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl, Dan Simmons, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and many others, Flight or Fright is, as King says, ';ideal airplane reading, especially on stormy descentsEven if you are safe on the ground, you might want to buckle up nice and tight.' Each story is introduced by Stephen King and all will have you thinking twice about how you want to reach your final destination.
Flight or Fright innehåller 17 turbulenta noveller som utspelar sig på flygplan. Författarna är bland annat Joe Hill, Dan Simmons, Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl och Stephen King själv. Tråkigt nog inga kvinnliga författare, vad jag kan minnas.
Flygkrascher är en av mina största rädslor och det var därför jag ville läsa den här novellsamlingen. Men jag blev faktiskt inte särskilt rädd och jag tycker att de flesta noveller var ganska lättglömda. Joe Hills novell var definitivt den som gjorde starkast intryck på mig - den utspelades på ett kommersiellt flygplan när ett kärnvapenkrig utbryter på jorden. Väldigt läsvärd novellsamling, men inget jag bär med mig i längden.