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Article: King, Stephen. Cell.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
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- July 1, 2006
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KING, Stephen. Cell. Read by Campbell Scott. 9 tapes. 12.5 hrs. Recorded Books. 2006. 1-4193-8535-3. $79.75. Vinyl; plot notes. SA
This is a story of a world gone mad. A phenomenon that comes to be known as "The Pulse" strikes cell phone users and anyone near them and turns them into flocks of mindless homicidal zombies. With time, they even mutate and develop bizarre abilities. Witnessing the start of this mayhem is Clay Riddell, a comic book artist, who is about to leave Boston and return to his home in Maine. He teams up with two other survivors: Tom, a middle-aged gay man, and Alice, a teenager who barely escaped her mother's crazed clutches. Together, they ...