Cell
by Stephen King
Cell is Stephen King's horror novel, first published by Scribner in the United States in January 2006. A signal sent through the mobile phone network turns most users into violent attackers, and a Maine artist sets out across a collapsing New England to find his son.
- Editions tracked
- 3
- First edition
- Scribner, 2006
- First published
- Scribner, 2006
The first edition of Cell by Stephen King was published in New York by Scribner in 2006. We track 3 editions.
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Later and other editions
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- Hodder & Stoughton2006 Hardback I own Cell, Hodder & Stoughton 2006 Log in to want this
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Awards, adaptations and setting
Adaptations
- Cell film, 2015
Setting and characters
- Set in
- Boston
- Genre
- science fiction, horror fiction, post-apocalyptic fiction, dystopian fiction
In print
- Editions recorded
- 61 on Open Library, 29 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 29 languages
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
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Who published the first edition of Cell?
The first edition of Cell by Stephen King was published in New York by Scribner in 2006.
How many editions of Cell are there?
We track 3 editions of Cell, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Has Cell been adapted?
Yes, including Cell (film, 2015), according to Wikidata.
Where these facts come from
- Cell (novel), Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Cell, StephenKing.com (stephenking.com)
- Cell (Q469889), Wikidata (wikidata.org)
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