Cell

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"Cell" is a horror novel by Stephen King that follows a group of survivors navigating a post-apocalyptic world after a mysterious signal transmitted through cell phones turns people into violent killers.

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instanceOf film
horror novel
novel
post-apocalyptic fiction
author Stephen King
basedOn Cell NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coverArtist Mark Stutzman NERFINISHED
followedBy Lisey's Story NERFINISHED
genre horror
post-apocalyptic
science fiction
hasAdaptation Cell (2016 film) NERFINISHED
hasMotif cell phones
signals and transmissions
zombie-like behavior
hasTheme group mentality and hive mind
loss of communication
survival in a post-apocalyptic world
technology gone wrong
isbn 978-0-7432-9233-3
literaryForm prose
mainCharacter Alice Maxwell NERFINISHED
Clayton Riddell NERFINISHED
Johnny Riddell NERFINISHED
Tom McCourt NERFINISHED
mediaType hardcover
paperback
print
narrativePerspective third-person
notableFor depicting a global catastrophe triggered by cell phone signals
originalLanguage English
pageCount 355
partOf Stephen King bibliography NERFINISHED
plotElement A group of survivors travels through New England after the Pulse.
The survivors seek to find Clay Riddell's son after the catastrophe.
Victims of the Pulse become hive-minded beings known as phoners.
plotSummary A mysterious signal transmitted through cell phones, called the Pulse, turns most people into violent killers.
precededBy The Colorado Kid NERFINISHED
publicationDate 2006-01-24
publisher Scribner NERFINISHED
releaseYear 2016
setIn Boston NERFINISHED
Maine NERFINISHED
starring John Cusack NERFINISHED
Samuel L. Jackson NERFINISHED
targetAudience adult readers
timePeriodOfFiction early 21st century

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