On September 15th, 1981, a boy named Jack Sawyer stood where the water and land come together, hands in the pockets of his jeans, looking out at the steady Atlantic. He was twelve years old and tall for his age.
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The Talisman is a 1984 fantasy novel by American writers Stephen King and Peter Straub. The Talisman was nominated for both the Locus and World Fantasy Awards in 1985. King and Straub followed up with a sequel, Black House (2001).
Followed by: Black House
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Fantastique, Romans, Talismans, Mothers and sons, Fiction, Quests (Expeditions), Boys, Fantasy, Horror, Fiction, horror, Mothers and sons, fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general, Fantasy fiction, Fictional WorksPeople
Ella, Elroy, Gloria, Henry, Jason, Larry, Lewis, Lori, Margaret, Midnight, Morgan of Orris, Osmond, Rudolph, Rushton, Scout, Silver Lady, Simon, Snowball, Stephen, Timmy, Wolf, Peter Abelson, Billy Adams, Anders, Carlton Atwell, Mr. Balgo, Minette Banberry, Hector, Bast, Jerry Bledsoe, Nita Bledsoe, Diamond Jim Brady, Haystack Calhoun, Tom Cassidy, Lily Cavanaugh, Lorette Chang, Bob Darrent, Bruce Davey, Jason DeLoessian, Laura DeLossian, Alan Destry, Asher Dondorf, Mr. Dufrey, Andrew Duggan, Jack Elam, Andy Ellis, Rafe Ellis, Ernest Fairchild, Lewis Farren, Mrs. Feeney, tom Ferguson, Coach Frazer, Reuel Gardener, Sunlight Gardener, Joseph Gargan, Randy Glover, Dexter Gordon, Michael Hagen, Judge Hallas, George Hatfield, Mr. Hatfield, Mr. Haywood, Robert Heidel, Mrs. Henry, Albert Humbert, Mr. Hunkins, Will Hutchins, George Irwinson, Ferd Janklow, Donald Keegan, Myles P. Kiger, Brandon Lewis, Emory W. Light, Bill Martin, Buster Oates, Mr. Olafson, Mrs. Owdersfelt, Roy Owdersfelt, Elbert Palamountain, Mrs. Palamountain, Jack Parker, Lester Parker, Billy Parkins, Buddy Parkins, Emmie Parkins, Lester Parkus, Bobby Peabody, Theodore Rasmussen, Jack Sawtelle, Philip Sawtelle, Jack Sawyer, Philip Sawyer, Arnold Schulkamp, Hank Scoffler, Mrs. Scoffler, Sonny Singer, Vernon Skarda, Gordon Sloat, Morgan Sloat, Richard Llewell Sloat, Inger Stevens, Victor Temkin, Andrew Thayer, Elder Thayer, Thomas Thielke, Bill Thompson, Morgan Thudfoot, Smokey Updike, Armin Van Pelt, Helen Vaughan, Clint Walker, Andy Warwick, Jerome Wild, Frank B. Williams, Philip Jack Wolf, Thomas Woodbine, Benny WoodruffPlaces
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The Talisman
2001 08, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback
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The Talisman
2001 September 1, Simon & Schuster Audio
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Le talisman: des Territoires
1986 April, R. Laffont
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The Talisman
1985 November, Berkley Books, Berkley
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1985-11, Berkley Books
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The Talisman
1984, Viking, G. P. Putnam & Sons
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