The Tommyknockers
Published: 10, November 1987
Author: Stephen King
Genre: Alien Invasion, Classic, Contemporary, Fiction, Ghost, Horror, Literature, Media Tie-In, Science Fiction, Suspense, Thriller
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Summary
Roberta "Bobbi" Anderson, a writer of Wild West-themed fiction, stumbles across a metal item that turns out to be a protrusion of a long-buried extraterrestrial spaceship while strolling in the woods near Haven, Maine.
When the spaceship is revealed, it begins to spew an invisible gas into the atmosphere, gradually transforming people into beings who resemble the aliens that formerly inhabited the ship.
The transition, or "becoming," gives them a restricted type of brilliance that allows them to be extremely imaginative while providing little philosophical or ethical understanding into their creations.
The spaceship also prohibits individuals who are afflicted from leaving town, causes psychotic behavior in certain people, and leads to the loss of a small kid named David Brown, whose elder brother Hilly teleports him to the Havenites' planet Altair 4.
The protagonist of the novel is James Eric Gardener, a poet and Bobbi's acquaintance who goes by the moniker "Gard." Because of the steel plate in his head, a relic of a youthful skiing accident, he is largely resistant to the ship's affects.
Gard is also an alcoholic who has a tendency to binge drink, resulting in violent outbursts and long blackouts.
Gard watches Bobbi's health deteriorate and her sanity goes as she is nearly completely overtaken by the ecstasy of "being" one with the spaceship.
Apart from his friendship with Bobbi, Gard believes he has little to live for and resolves to stay with her to attempt to slow down her decline.
He sees the locals change, learns of Bobbi's dog Peter's torment and manipulation, and observes individuals getting killed or worse when they delve too deeply into the bizarre happenings.
Gard, Bobbi, and others have been working on uncovering the ship for several weeks.
Gard intends to murder Bobbi after touring the spacecraft and returning to her house, as he can see she is no longer human.
Bobbi uses a pistol to compel Gard to take a deadly dosage of Valium. He covers his consciousness while they converse, pulls out his own rifle, and shoots Bobbi.
As Bobbi dies, she telepathically cries, alerting the locals, who come to her house, determined to murder Gard for fear of him harming the ship.
In exchange for saving David Brown from Altair 4, Ev Hillman, David and Hilly's grandpa, assists Gard in escaping into the woods.
Gard boards the ship, almost dying from his fight with the villagers. He ignites the ship and telepathically propels it into space with his last ounce of power.
This leads to the deaths of virtually all of the town's residents, but it also stops the ship's influence from spreading to the rest of the globe, which may be terrible.
Agents from the FBI, CIA, and "The Shop" raid Haven shortly afterward and capture as many Havenites as possible (killing roughly a quarter of the survivors), as well as a handful of the changed individuals of Haven's gadgets.
David Brown is found safe in Hilly Brown's hospital room in the last pages.
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