Salem's Lot (novel)

Salem's Lot is an American novel of the horror genre with an emphasis on vampire fiction. It was written by Stephen King and first published in hardcover edition by Doubleday Publishing Group on October 17th, 1975.

Notes & Trivia

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 * This is the second full-length novel written by Stephen King after Carrie.


 * The inset cover art illustration for the 1st printing hardcover release was by Dave Christensen.


 * This novel was nominated for the World Fantasy Award in 1976.


 * The story was originally going to be called "Second Coming", but King's wife, Tabitha King, noted that it sounded like a "bad sex story", and so it was changed to Jerusalem's Lot, and then shortened to  'Salem's Lot.


 * This book was adapted into a television movie in 1979, directed by Tobe Hooper.


 * This book was adapted into a television movie again in 2004, directed by Mikael Salomon.


 * The book was adapted into a radio drama in the United Kingdom in 1995 on BBC Radio 4.


 * The town of Jerusalem's Lot plays a large role in season two of the Hulu television series Castle Rock.


 * The town of Jerusalem's Lot is revisited in the short story "Jerusalem's Lot", published in the Night Shift collection, and in "One for the Road, also published in Night Shift''.