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Cujo

Name: Cujo
Author: Stephen King

1981 novel [non-genre] by Stephen King

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Author: Stephen King
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1.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2025-05-20
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Released: September 8, 1981
Language: English
Genre: horror fiction
, thriller
Followed by: Rattlesnakes
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1.stephenking.com/news/excerpt-from-cujo-sequel-746.htmlRetrieved 2024-05-29
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Awards: August Derleth Award(1982)
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1.britishfantasysociety.org/about-the-bfs/the-british-fantasy-awards/bfa-winners/Retrieved 2025-06-11
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Cujo is a 1981 horror novel by American writer Stephen King about a Saint Bernard who contracts rabies, then goes on a killing spree in his hometown. The novel won the British Fantasy Award in 1982 and was made into a film in 1983. Cujo's name was based on the alias of Willie Wolfe, one of the men responsible for orchestrating Patty Hearst's kidnapping and indoctrination into the Symbionese Liberation Army. King mentions Cujo in On Writing, referring to it as a novel he "barely remember[s] writing at all". King wrote the book during the height of his struggle with alcohol addiction. King goes on to say he likes the book and wishes he could remember enjoying the good parts as he put them on the page.

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CCujo1983 · 1983 film by Lewis Teague

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Country of origin: United States
Website: stephenking.com/library/novel/cujo.html language: English
Title: Cujo
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1.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2025-05-20
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Derivative work: Cujo
Place of publication: United States
Form of creative work: novel
Narrative location: Castle Rock
Has version, edition or translation: Cujo released: 1981 · publisher: Viking Press
Cujo released: 2002 · publisher: Signet
Cujo released: 2016
Cujo released: 2022
Nominations: Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel(1982)
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1.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_1982
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