The Shop (Stephen King)

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The Shop is an organisation that features in Firestarter.

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History

The Department of Scientific Intelligence was a secret government agency that existed within the United States of America.

In 1969, the Shop began experimenting with the drug Lot Six at a university in Harrison, Ohio. Dr. Wanless who oversaw the program had 12 students injected with the drug as part of a test.

Overview

Among its creations included:

  • Lot Six : a chemical drug that altered the chromosomes of those injected with it and gave a person psychokinetic powers.

Members

  • John Rainbird :
  • Joseph Wanless :
  • Orville Jamieson :
  • James Hollister :
  • Herman Pynchot :
  • Al Steinowitz :
  • Norville Bates :
  • Ralph Baxter :
  • Jude Andrews :

Note

  • The Shop was created by Stephen King and featured in the setting of Firestarter.
  • King had said that the Shop was a reference to A. E. van Vogt's novel The Weapon Shops of Isher.

Appearances

  • Firestarter:

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