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Firestarter

Name: Firestarter
Author: Stephen King

1980 novel by Stephen King

Written workliterary workQ828031

Also known as Firestarter (novel)

Author: Stephen King
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1.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2025-05-20
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Released: September 29, 1980
Publisher: Viking Press
Language: English
Genre: science fiction
, horror fiction
, thriller
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Firestarter is a science fiction-horror thriller novel by Stephen King, first published in September 1980. It tells the story of a young girl, Charlie McGee, with the ability of pyrokinesis, whose destructive force a ruthless government agency tries to harness for their own purposes. In July and August 1980, two excerpts from the novel were published in Omni. The novel entered the New York Times' Best-Sellers List on August 24, 1980. In 1981, Firestarter was nominated as Best Novel for the British Fantasy Award, Locus Poll Award, and Balrog Award. In 1984, it was adapted into a film. A miniseries follow-up to the film, Firestarter: Rekindled, was released in 2002 on the Sci-Fi Channel and a remake from Blumhouse Productions was released on 13 May 2022. The book is dedicated to author Shirley Jackson: "In Memory of Shirley Jackson, who never needed to raise her voice."

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Country of origin: United States
Title: Firestarter
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Derivative work: Firestarter
Firestarter
Form of creative work: novel
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Has version, edition or translation: Firestarter language: English
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Nominations: Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel(1981)
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August Derleth Award(1981)
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