Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Volume I
by Stephen King, Whoopi Goldberg, Tim Curry, Yeardley Smith, Rob Lowe, Tabitha King, Robert B. Parker, Stephen Jay Gould
Narrated by Stephen King, Kathy Bates, Matthew Broderick, Tim Curry, Whoopi Goldberg, Rob Lowe, Gary Sinese
About This Audiobook
Stephen King assembled Nightmares and Dreamscapes from the short fiction he'd written between major novels — the short stories and novellas that represent a kind of shadow curriculum for his darker themes. Volume I of this audio collection features celebrity readers performing selections including Suffer the Little Children, Crouch End, and Dolan's Cadillac, with Whoopi Goldberg, Tim Curry, and Rob Lowe among the performers. King himself narrates the introduction and Head Down, his personal essay.
The celebrity cast gives each piece a distinct texture — this is not a uniform audiobook but a compilation of individual performances, and the quality variation is itself part of the listening experience. Tim Curry's reading and Whoopi Goldberg's performance have become reference points for genre audio, demonstrating what happens when strong actors fully commit to King's material. At just under 10 hours, Volume I is a satisfying sampler of King's range in shorter forms.