Riding the Bullet

By Stephen King

Book Overview

From international bestseller Stephen King the first ebook ever published--a story about a young man who hitches a ride with a driver from the other side.

Riding the Bullet is "a ghost story in the grand manner" from the bestselling author of Bag of Bones, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, and The Green Mile--a short story about a young man who hitches a ride with a driver from the other side.

• Format: Audio CD
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743525876
• ISBN13: 9780743525879
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
• Length: 2 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 7.1"

Customer Reviews

Excellent story

Myself and my son listened to this story on a long drive. It scared him. He was looking for random people on the side of the road the rest of the trip. I loved the story. Its a true King tale.

Amazing

Im not much into writing reviews but this one i had to.. This is the best audiobook i have ever heard.. hands down and i listen to alot of em... this is amazing.. creepy... heart wenching and powerful

Ranked #77/100 of Essential Stephen King Works

Simply put, "Riding the Bullet" is a powerful story, packing a considerable wallop in its 67 pages; for the record, it was ranked #77 out of 100 by King expert Stephen Spignesi in THE ESSENTIAL STEPHEN KING, which looks at King's entire canon--fiction and nonfiction. Spignesi ought to know; my disagreement is a trifling one--I would have ranked it higher than #77. Though King is best known for his novel length work, he shines and sparkles at shorter lengths--his short stories, and particularly his novellas are striking; in fact, to my mind, the best of them have an impact like a well-placed blow from a boxer, striking fast and hard to leave an indelible impression.This story is just such a swift blow. Drawing on his real-world experience of watching his mother die slowly of cancer, and tapping into that fear, he transmutes it into a palpable fear that intrudes in the world of the protagonist, a college student who gets the word that his mother is dying at a Maine hospital.He hitches a ride to the hospital, but the driver isn't what he seems . . . and the story takes a supernatural twist that takes it veering off the road into one of those dark roads to which only King as the writer has the road-map: He knows where he's going, but you, the reader, do not. Trust him, reader; he will see you safely home.At the heart of this story is the ugly reality that the protagonist must face: He makes a decision that, indeed, is monstrous; he is, as he hates to admit to himself, a bit of a monster himself. No boogeyman here; just ordinary human frailty, the kind that plagues you . . . and me.As a long-time reader of King's fiction, I have found some of his stories more to my liking than others, but make no mistake -- he's never failed to deliver, as some of these "reviewers" assert. In this story, King delivers the goods.For a measly $..., King delivers a satisfying story that deserves inclusion in his next short fiction collection -- it's THAT good, as opposed to the well-intentioned but small-minded, and uninformed, reviews (i.e.,opinions) that the other "reviewers" have posted here.

riding the bullet

me parece un libro muy interesante que tiene todo el misterio y terror que puede generar un hombre como stephen king. si bien lo sigo practicamente desde que naci (tengo 20 años) cada nuevo libro que hace me sorprende mucho mas. este libro tiene un encanto para mi , ya que ademas de desesperarme por encontrar la direccion del lugar donde estaba, lo unico que queria era poder leer un ultimo libro el cual escribio en tan poco tiempo. lo unico que puedo decir de este libro no es encontra del escritor sino de ustedes, en realidad hubiera sido bueno que lo traducieran al español,ya que este libro es realmente bueno y me gustaria poder tenerlo en mi lengua materna

Excellent and perfect for this delivery medium

Just as the story was short, so shall my review be short.It is a quick read in which King amazingly gives you tremendous insight into the main character in such a short time. I found myself sympathizing with him and enjoyed the story which was richer than its length implies.