Road Rage CD: Includes 'Duel" and "Throttle"

Hill, Joe; King, Stephen; Matheson, Richard

ISBN 10: 0061726354 ISBN 13: 9780061726354

Publisher: HarperAudio, 2009

Synopsis

Road Rage unites Richard Matheson's classic Duel and the contemporary work it inspired—two power-packed short stories by three of the genre's most acclaimed authors. Duel, an unforgettable tale about a driver menaced by a semi truck, was the source for Stephen Spielberg's acclaimed first film of the same name. Throttle, by Stephen King and Joe Hill, is a duel of a different kind, pitting a faceless trucker against a tribe of motorcycle outlaws, in the simmering Nevada desert. Their battle is fought out on twenty miles of the most lonely road in the country, a place where the only thing worse than not knowing what you're up against, is slowing down . . .

About this title

About the Author:

Joe Hill is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the novels The Fireman; NOS4A2; Horns, which was made into a major motion picture starring Daniel Radcliffe; Heart-Shaped Box, which won the Bram Stoker Award and the International Thriller Writers Award for Best First Novel; and the prizewinning story collection 20th Century Ghosts. He is also the Eisner Award–winning writer of a six-volume comic book series, Locke & Key. He lives in New Hampshire. 

From AudioFile:

This audio-only collection features Richard Matheson's story, "The Duel," and the first collaboration between Stephen King and Joe Hill, "Throttle," a tribute to Matheson. Both stories follow the desperate fortunes of characters who are targeted by anyone's highway nightmare--a crazy truck driver hell-bent on revenge. Stephen Lang narrates with an intensity faithful to the stories' mood. When the grille of the eighteen-wheeler fills the characters' rearview mirrors, he's breathless and angry. When the truck driver backs off, Lang brings across the characters' hope for an unlikely resolution to the madness. Lang, who won an Audie Award for Hill's HEART-SHAPED BOX, is particularly suited to "Throttle," in which the targeted characters are all part of a murderous motorcycle gang. By the end of their ordeal, even these gritty road warriors seem sympathetic. A.A. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperAudio
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061726354
• ISBN 13: 9780061726354
• Binding: Audio CD
• Number of pages: 120