Salem's Lot

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Salem's Lot is a horror novel by Stephen King about a small town slowly overtaken by vampires.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf horror novel
novel
adaptedAs A Return to Salem's Lot
Salem's Lot (1979 miniseries)
Salem's Lot (2004 miniseries)
author Stephen King
centralLocation Marsten House
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coverArtist James Plumeri
followedBy The Shining
follows Carrie
genre horror fiction
vampire fiction
hasAntagonist Kurt Barlow
Richard Straker
hasAwardNomination World Fantasy Award
surface form: World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
hasClimax confrontation with Kurt Barlow
hasForm serialized television adaptation
hasInfluence modern vampire fiction
hasISBN 0-385-00751-2
hasMotiveForProtagonist to confront childhood fears
to investigate the Marsten House
hasPageCount 439
hasSettingType rural town
hasSubsequentWork Jerusalem's Lot
One for the Road
hasTheme good versus evil
loss of faith
small-town corruption
vampirism
includedIn Night Shift
language English
mainCharacter Ben Mears
Kurt Barlow
Mark Petrie
Richard Straker
Susan Norton
mediaType print
narrativePerspective third-person
notableFor depiction of a town overtaken by vampires
early success of Stephen King
partOf Stephen King bibliography
precededBy Carrie
publicationDate 1975
publisher Doubleday
setIn Jerusalem's Lot, Maine
fictional town
timePeriodOfSetting 1970s

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Subject: Salem's Lot
Description of subject: Salem's Lot is a horror novel by Stephen King about a small town slowly overtaken by vampires.

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Stephen King notableWork Salem's Lot
Carrie followedBy Salem's Lot
The Dark Tower series connectedTo Salem's Lot
this entity surface form: ‘Salem’s Lot
Night Shift hasShortStory Salem's Lot
this entity surface form: Jerusalem's Lot
Night Shift basedOnWorkBy Salem's Lot
this entity surface form: Jerusalem's Lot
Night Shift basedOnWorkBy Salem's Lot
Stephen King bibliography containsWork Salem's Lot
this entity surface form: 'Salem's Lot
One for the Road relatedWork Salem's Lot
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One for the Road companionTo Salem's Lot
this entity surface form: ’Salem’s Lot
One for the Road partOfFictionalUniverse Salem's Lot
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Mark Petrie appearsIn Salem's Lot
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Mark Petrie appearsIn Salem's Lot
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Mark Petrie firstAppearance Salem's Lot
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A Return to Salem's Lot basedOn Salem's Lot
Jerusalem's Lot relatedWork Salem's Lot
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Jerusalem's Lot belongsToFranchise Salem's Lot
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The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla connectsToWork Salem's Lot
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Susan Norton appearsIn Salem's Lot
this entity surface form: Salem’s Lot
Susan Norton firstAppearance Salem's Lot
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Richard Straker appearsIn Salem's Lot
this entity surface form: Salem’s Lot
Richard Straker appearsIn Salem's Lot
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Jerusalem's Lot, Maine appearsIn Salem's Lot
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this entity surface form: 'Salem's Lot
Jerusalem's Lot, Maine primarySettingOf Salem's Lot
this entity surface form: 'Salem's Lot
Jerusalem's Lot, Maine alsoKnownAs Salem's Lot
this entity surface form: 'Salem's Lot
Jerusalem's Lot, Maine abbreviation Salem's Lot
this entity surface form: 'Salem's Lot
Ben Mears appearsIn Salem's Lot
this entity surface form: 'Salem's Lot
Ben Mears returnsTo Salem's Lot
this entity surface form: 'Salem's Lot
Ben Mears hasHometown Salem's Lot
this entity surface form: 'Salem's Lot
Ben Mears firstAppearance Salem's Lot
this entity surface form: 'Salem's Lot
Salem's Lot (1979 miniseries) basedOn Salem's Lot
this entity surface form: Salem's Lot (novel)
Marsten House appearsIn Salem's Lot
this entity surface form: Salem’s Lot
Salem's Lot (2004 miniseries) basedOn Salem's Lot
this entity surface form: Salem's Lot (novel)
Salem's Lot (2004 miniseries) adaptationOf Salem's Lot
this entity surface form: Salem's Lot (novel)
Kurt Barlow appearsIn Salem's Lot
this entity surface form: Salem’s Lot
Kurt Barlow appearsIn Salem's Lot
this entity surface form: Salem’s Lot (1975 novel)
Kurt Barlow firstAppearance Salem's Lot
this entity surface form: Salem’s Lot (1975)
Tobe Hooper notableWork Salem's Lot