The Dead Zone is the first story by King to feature the fictional town of Castle Rock, which serves as the setting for several later stories and is referenced in others. The book was nominated for the Locus Award in 1980 and was dedicated to King's son Owen. Though earlier King books were successful, The Dead Zone was the first of his novels to rank among the ten best-selling novels of the year in the United States. When some information is blocked from his perception, Johnny refers to that information as being trapped in the part of his brain that is permanently damaged, 'the dead zone.' The novel also follows a serial killer in Castle Rock, and the life of rising politician Greg Stillson, both of whom are evils Johnny must eventually face. The story follows Johnny Smith, who awakens from a coma of nearly five years and, apparently as a result of brain damage, now experiences clairvoyant and precognitive visions triggered by touch. Other first edition points for books by Stephen King include: Carrie, The Stand.The Dead Zone is a science fiction thriller novel by Stephen King published in 1979. The book club edition is also smaller at 8.5 inches high. The book club edition has light blue boards with a black paper spine instead of the black cloth spine found on the true first. The book club dust jacket (left) lacks the both the publisher information and the ISBN. The true first edition dust jacket (left) has publisher information on the bottom and the ISBN on the bottom right corner. Picture of the first edition title page for The Dead Zone. Picture of the back dust jacket flap for the first edition of The Dead Zone. Picture of the first edition Viking Press boards for The Dead Zone. Picture of the back dust jacket for the first edition of The Dead Zone. Picture of dust jacket where original $11.95 price is found for The Dead Zone. Picture of the first edition copyright page for The Dead Zone. Picture of the 1979 first edition dust jacket for The Dead Zone.

The back dust jacket flap has a photo of the author above a 4-line bio. Back of dust jacket has an 11-line quote from the book with ISBN on the bottom right corner. Boards are black with author's initials embossed on the front, and gold lettering on a black cloth spine. Pages: 426 'First published in 1979 by The Viking Press' is stated on the copyright page with no references to subsequent printings. First Edition Points and Criteria for The Dead Zone

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