Title: The talisman
First published: March 15, 1987
Description: The Talisman is a 1984 fantasy novel by American writers Stephen King and Peter Straub. The Talisman was nominated for both the Locus and World Fantasy Awards in 1985. King and Straub followed up with a sequel, Black House (2001).

Followed by: Black House
Subjects: Fantastique, Romans, Talismans, Mothers and sons, Fiction, Quests (Expeditions), Boys, Fantasy, Horror, Fantasy fiction, Fictional Works, Fiction, horror, Mothers and sons, fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general, Horror - General, Fiction - Horror, Fiction / Horror
Places: New Hampshire, California, The Territories, Alhambra Hotel, Oatley Tap, Sunlight Gardener's School, Thayer School, Agincourt Hotel, New York, Point Venuti, Springfield, Illinois, Indiana
People: Ella, Elroy, Gloria, Henry, Jason, Larry, Lewis, Lori, Margaret, Midnight, Morgan of Orris, Osmond, Rudolph, Rushton, Scout, Silver Lady, Simon, Snowball, Stephen, Timmy, Wolf, Peter Abelson, Billy Adams, Anders, Carlton Atwell, Mr. Balgo, Minette Banberry, Hector, Bast, Jerry Bledsoe, Nita Bledsoe, Diamond Jim Brady, Haystack Calhoun, Tom Cassidy, Lily Cavanaugh, Lorette Chang, Bob Darrent, Bruce Davey, Jason DeLoessian, Laura DeLossian, Alan Destry, Asher Dondorf, Mr. Dufrey, Andrew Duggan, Jack Elam, Andy Ellis, Rafe Ellis, Ernest Fairchild, Lewis Farren, Mrs. Feeney, tom Ferguson, Coach Frazer, Reuel Gardener, Sunlight Gardener, Joseph Gargan, Randy Glover, Dexter Gordon, Michael Hagen, Judge Hallas, George Hatfield, Mr. Hatfield, Mr. Haywood, Robert Heidel, Mrs. Henry, Albert Humbert, Mr. Hunkins, Will Hutchins, George Irwinson, Ferd Janklow, Donald Keegan, Myles P. Kiger, Brandon Lewis, Emory W. Light, Bill Martin, Buster Oates, Mr. Olafson, Mrs. Owdersfelt, Roy Owdersfelt, Elbert Palamountain, Mrs. Palamountain, Jack Parker, Lester Parker, Billy Parkins, Buddy Parkins, Emmie Parkins, Lester Parkus, Bobby Peabody, Theodore Rasmussen, Jack Sawtelle, Philip Sawtelle, Jack Sawyer, Philip Sawyer, Arnold Schulkamp, Hank Scoffler, Mrs. Scoffler, Sonny Singer, Vernon Skarda, Gordon Sloat, Morgan Sloat, Richard Llewell Sloat, Inger Stevens, Victor Temkin, Andrew Thayer, Elder Thayer, Thomas Thielke, Bill Thompson, Morgan Thudfoot, Smokey Updike, Armin Van Pelt, Helen Vaughan, Clint Walker, Andy Warwick, Jerome Wild, Frank B. Williams, Philip Jack Wolf, Thomas Woodbine, Benny Woodruff
Time periods: 1981