Christine (King novel)

Christine
First edition cover
AuthorStephen King
Cover artistCraig DeCamps
LanguageEnglish
GenreHorror
PublisherViking
Publication date
April 29, 1983
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages526
ISBN978-0-670-22026-7

Christine is a horror novel by American writer Stephen King, published in 1983. It tells the story of a car (a 1958 Plymouth Fury) apparently possessed by malevolent supernatural forces. In April 2013, PS Publishing released Christine in a limited 30th Anniversary Edition.[1]

King has said that he got the inspiration for the story one night while driving when he saw the numbers on his car's odometer go from 9999.9 to 10,000, which led him to think of the idea of an odometer that ran backwards, thus making the car "younger" instead of older.[2]

  1. ^ "Christine 30th Anniversary Edition by Stephen King". Archived from the original on 2013-02-11. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
  2. ^ "Christine". Stephenking.com. Retrieved 7 August 2024.