Under The Dome | Hardback

After apparently spending some 20 years on the drawing board, Under The Dome is finally upon us. Perhaps you're already familiar with the premise - At some point in the very near future, Small Town America is isolated by an inexplicable force field, leaving the inhabitants at the mercy of the increasingly power crazed elected officials; not to mention trying to find out what has actually caused the Dome in the first place.

In most professional reviews you might have read you will have no doubt seen it being compared with The Stand; and although there are some similarities, the socio-political themes prevalent in Under The Dome put a heavily altered slant on the proceedings. You may also be pleased to hear that the Hand of God does not put in an appearance anywhere; although the critics among you may find the Dome, in itself, to be a Deus ex Machina, albeit applied in reverse.

As a long-term Stephen King reader (and fan) it is perhaps hard to give a truly subjective… more »

After apparently spending some 20 years on the drawing board, Under The Dome is finally upon us. Perhaps you're already familiar with the premise - At some point in the very near future, Small Town America is isolated by an inexplicable force field, leaving the inhabitants at the mercy of the increasingly power crazed elected officials; not to mention trying to find out what has actually caused the Dome in the first place.

In most professional reviews you might have read you will have no doubt seen it being compared with The Stand; and although there are some similarities, the socio-political themes prevalent in Under The Dome put a heavily altered slant on the proceedings. You may also be pleased to hear that the Hand of God does not put in an appearance anywhere; although the critics among you may find the Dome, in itself, to be a Deus ex Machina, albeit applied in reverse.

As a long-term Stephen King reader (and fan) it is perhaps hard to give a truly subjective conclusion, so I will leave you with this - A very entertaining insight into the psychology and subsequent events of a town suddenly excluded from the rest of the world, brought to life by a fantastic army of realised voices.