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Firestarter

Stephen King · Horror

40 Pulse Score

Based on recommendations from independent creators

survivalcoming of agetrauma recoverypsychological thrillerhigh stakes survival
supernatural horror

#191 All Time

About this book

Firestarter is a science fiction-horror thriller novel by Stephen King, first published in September 1980. In July and August 1980, two excerpts from the novel were published in Omni. In 1981, Firestarter was nominated as Best Novel for the British Fantasy Award, Locus Poll Award, and Balrog Award. ---------- Also contained in: [Ominbus](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL25080326W)

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