Salem's Lot

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horror novel novel

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

Statements (48)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ