xample of the horror/suspense novel is Cujo. Donna Trenton takes her car to a garage owned by Joe Camber and it stalls. Donna and her son Tad become trapped in a car by a murderous, rabid dog. This story scares the readers because many times a favorite pet can go bad and turn on their owners. In addition, King takes a warm typically life saving St. Bernard and makes him into a monster.
             Another type of genre that Stephen King explores is science fiction. The events in a science fiction novel happen in the future or in another world. Science fiction uses myths and symbols to help create its world, and its picture of the future may be critical of the present. Just as horror and suspense create uncertainty so does science fiction. An example of a science fiction/horror novel is The Tommyknockers. This book deals with an alien spaceship that crashes into Maine. After a million years the tommyknockers wake up and start giving the residents of Haven powers to improve their lives. Through The Becoming, which is the process by which they become tommyknockers, this power seems to destroy the humans. In the novel nuclear power is the monster and The Becoming resembles the effects of radiation poisoning. King plays on readers fears since there have been nuclear power plant accidents like Chernobyl in Russia where people have died from radiation poisoning.
             Fantasy is another type of genre, which explores supernatural or magical events that happen in a parallel world. Fantasy also shares certain traits with the fairy tale. Fairy tales occur in a mythical world and focus on supernatural or magical events. The novel Eyes of the Dragon is an example of this genre. "King wrote this book for his daughter Naomi because she did not enjoy reading about vampires and werewolves" (Spignesi 76). This novel includes all the elements of a fairy tale. It has magic, kings and princes, intrigue and poisons, and brave young girls. The ...