Flight or Fright Hardcover – September 4, 2018

I’ve been a King “constant reader” since 1981 snuck a copy of Carrie into my unsuspecting hands. I’ve been close to caught up with Sai King’s output since my sophomore year of college when the unexpurgated Stand probably cost me a few letter grades worth of skipped classes. As you can guess from this review my copy of Flight or Fright arrived today, and first down the hatch was the King story without a moment to waste. A fun little tale with a creepy edge, as expected from a master of the form. As Mister King has almost a quarter century on me, I suspect I’ll have to do without new tales from him for a few years, once he makes his exit(hopefully many a few decades away from now). Lucky for me he’s planned well, and based on “You are Released”, I’ll be in good hands. I know it’s not a competition, but Joe owned his dad on this one. Joe’s contribution made me want to hold hands with folks I’d normally despise and maybe I can remember that next time someone’s politics start to blind me to thier humanity. For almost four decades Stephen King has been a constant voice keeping me happily up at night, but for all the books, movies, tv miniseries and comics, I’d like to thank him the most for Joe Hill.

Welcome Aboard....or maybe not. It all begins with a scary as hell intro by KING. Yikes! What a horrific flying experience he had!As for me, back in the olden days of 1969 on the way to Japan, we briefly stopped in Alaska and slid off the runway all the way to the fence. May not sound it, but it was indeed frightening (don't remember any warnings). And, once on a flight from Los Angeles to Detroit...also in the late 60's....I experienced flying in a horrendous thunderstorm with lightening that seemed to last forever. We rocked and bobbed up and down; at times it felt like an elevator, but that wasn't the scariest part. I was flying without a companion and the big jetliner was practically empty....truly practically empty. Really felt alone....ominous flight for me.Anyway, FLIGHT OR FRIGHT is a variety of horror, sci-fi and murder-mystery....plus one poem. There are plenty of spooked passengers (for various reasons), zombies, aliens and some super weird and creepy monster stuff as you travel these skies.My top six of seventeen favorites:1) Joe Hill's - YOU ARE RELEASED. By far, the best. (for me) Real life fear.2) Roald Dahl's - YOU SHALL NOT GROW OLD. Memorable time travel.3) Arthur Conan Doyle's - THE HORROR OF THE HEIGHTS. Wait till you see what's way up there in the danger zone!4) Richard Matheson's - NIGHTMARE AT 20,000 FEET. Remember the freakish Twilight Zone episode? Here you go.5) E. Michael Lewis' - CARGO. Creepy sad.6) Stephen King's - THE TURBULENCE EXPERT. Mortal fear of flying required!Overall, a pretty fine anthology of old and new. Oh and....Would I fly again. Absolutely! Just hope I don't forget to pack FLIGHT OR FRIGHT!------------- ----------- ---------- ----------

FLIGHT OR FLIGHT BY STEPHEN KING is a compilation of short stories by the well known , & not so well known authors. The book is dedicated to those pilots,real and fictional who got their planes & passengers on the ground safely ! Some of the stories will creep you out, like the first one CARGO by E.Michael Lewis and some I have read in the past like Richard Matheson NIGHTMARE AT 20,000 FEET. But, no matter which you read you will enjoy the variety of these seventeen stories. Perfect read while you are cruising at ten thousand feet or more in the air!

I don't read a lot of short story collections because I find what I found in this book. Out of a group of stories I usually find a couple that I enjoy.None of the stories (and one poem) in this book are terrible. I had read quite a few before. I enjoyed Joe Hill's contribution a lot. I bought the book because it was edited by (and had stories contributed by Stephen King and Bev Vincent) and, because of that, I expected more.I think Stephen King is a master of writing short stories and if a book comes out with just his work in it I'll always buy it (e.g. Different Seasons and Night Shift).Another writer (new to me) that I discovered fairly recently is Richard Chizmar and his short story collection A LONG DECEMBER is one of the best I've ever read.So - if you want everything Stephen King has ever written, you might buy this book. But to me it's a middle of the road collection and none of the stories were scary enough to even make me pause in flying again.

This collection was awesome! I enjoyed every story....... but must confess....... I skipped the poetry. Couldn't get into it. I downloaded this bok onto my Kindle right before Flying to Florida. Our plane didn't crash, but we DID have a car accident while we were there (rear ended by a jerk...... few injuries). I didn't finish this book until today..... or I WOULD HAVE had my dear hubby take a picture . Of me reading it on the plane and sent it as requested at the end of the book.LOL Must read for fans of short stories.

This has been an incredible flight from Mexico City to a scary dreamland. Except for the day I am writing this, all the reading was nightly through a kindle book reader while my wife was sleeping. I am a chemist with a certain expertise in weapons of mass destruction, so I was deeply touched by Joe Hill’s story, over the others, I strongly recommend this book as a great pleasure for any moment of the day. Congratulations!

Even though not all the stories are Stephen King's the book is a fantastic read

Again I'm not sure Stephen King needs me to help sell his books but what the he'll, this is a great collection of disturbing cramped phobic tales especially for those that are afraid of flying or hate it in general...you'll hate it more. Read it up some horror slobs

Best

Great collection of short stories, perfect for interstate trips

Liked most lengths. Some too short. Enjoyed diversity.