Road Rage

Name: Road Rage
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3 (1 reviews)
Author: Joe Hill
ISBN: 9780061768729

Author: Joe Hill, Stephen King, Richard Matheson

Narrator: Stephen Lang

Unabridged: 2 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 02/24/2009

Categories: Fiction, Short Stories, Horror, Action & Adventure

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 Joe Hill

Born in 1972 to authors Tabitha (nee Spruce) and Stephen King, Joseph Hillstrom King grew up in the state of Maine along with his younger brother, (also a writer) Owen King.

At age 9, Joe appeared in the 1982 film Creepshow, which was written by his famous father. In 1997 he chose to use an abbreviated form of his given name (a reference to executed labor leader Joe Hill, for whom he was named), out of a desire to succeed based solely on his own merits rather than as the son of Stephen King, one of the world's best-selling and most-recognized living novelists. Hill's debut, Heart-Shaped Box, won the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel. His second, Horns, was made into a film Freakfest starring Daniel Radcliffe. His other novels include NOS4A2, and his #1 New York Times Best-Seller, The Fireman.

Hill currently lives in New Hampshire with a corgi named McMurtry after a certain beloved writer of cowboy tales.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jon on October 04, 2023

I actually listened to this in my car! Talk about paranoia! Actually started to look in my rearview mirror to make sure there were no trucks behind me. Most of us spend so much time in our cars; at one point in my life I think I was in my car more than I was at home. So stories that deal with violen......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on February 27, 2017

Kings of suspense joined together with a classic tale and a new tale of anger on the asphalt. These two novellas were a nice little palette cleansing getaway. First, there was Matheson's Duel, which was the inspiration for the classic Spielberg movie. Let's just say, I was listening to this on the h......more

Goodreads review by Howard on August 09, 2022

4 Stars for Road Rage (audiobook) by Richard Matheson, Stephen King, and Joe Hill read by Stephen Lang. This was a interesting audiobook. It’s two short stories, one classic and another modern story inspired by the classic.......more

Goodreads review by Provin on October 25, 2023

A two for one on spooky season short stories. I’ve read duel before and seen the movie, but the book was a different experience. The writing style was genius, and I enjoyed every page I turned.......more

Goodreads review by Noah on October 27, 2017

Stories like these always make me happy. I remember seeing Spielberg's adaptation of Duel back when I was a little boy in the late 80s, and it definitely made a great first impression on me. In this two-piece offering, the iconic Stephen King teams up with his son Joe (Hill) for a short but sweet tr......more