Under the Dome by Stephen King

Did you watch the new show this summer... Under the Dome? My family started watching it and I noticed it was based on a Stephen King book, so of course I needed to see what that was like.

The book is a major undertaking. Over 1000 pages. But it is good. It is way more detailed than the show, and much more intriguing. So if you liked the show... try the book, it's better yet. If you didn't watch the show, read the book that the show everyone is talking about is based on.


Just down Route 119 in Chester’s Mill, Maine, the world has totally changed.

On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day, a small town is suddenly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and rain down flaming wreckage. A gardener’s hand is severed as the dome descends. Cars explode on impact. Families are separated and panic mounts. No one can fathom what the barrier is, where it came from, and when—or if—it will go away. Now a few intrepid citizens, led by an Iraq vet turned short-order cook, face down a ruthless politician dead set on seizing the reins of power under the dome. But their main adversary is the dome itself. Because time isn’t just running short. It’s running out.

Author Stephen King talks about "Under the Dome"
Video intro

1072 pages