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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Jerusalem's Lot 2
‘Salem’s Lot 1

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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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Night Shift basedOnWorkBy Salem's Lot
this entity surface form: Jerusalem's Lot
Night Shift basedOnWorkBy Salem's Lot
The Dark Tower series connectedTo Salem's Lot
this entity surface form: ‘Salem’s Lot
Carrie followedBy Salem's Lot
Night Shift hasShortStory Salem's Lot
this entity surface form: Jerusalem's Lot
Stephen King notableWork Salem's Lot