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| '''Firestarter''' may mean: | |||
| :''For more meanings of "firestarter", see ].'' | |||
| *] is a novel by Stephen King | |||
| *] is a firewall for Linux | |||
| *"Firestarter" is the name of a song by the band ]. | |||
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| ==Story== | |||
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| ''Firestarter'' is about Charlie McGee, a young girl who has ] — the ability to create fire with the mind alone. Charlie, along with her father Andy, is running from The Shop, a government controlled organization that experiments on people with ] abilities. Her mother is killed and they travel to New York to try to escape. The Shop then sends John Rainbird, a ] ], to hunt them down and capture them. Rainbird eventually captures both of them, and they are taken to a complex where Charlie must find a way to escape with her father while learning to better control her powers in order to use them to escape. She first resolves not to use her abilities, but later changes her mind, due to the advice of Rainbird, who pretends to be a friendly janitor. Andy Mcgee eventually escapes, using a form of ] on his captors. Andy and Charlie eventually meet but are caught in their attempt to escape. During this, Rainbird shoots and kills Andy before he is killed by Charlie, who then burns down the entire complex. The book ends with Charlie offering her story to the magazine '']''. | |||
| ==Adaptations== | |||
| ''Firestarter'' was adapted into a movie in 1984, directed by ] and starring ] as Charlie, ] as Andy, and ] as Rainbird. It also starred ] and ]. | |||
| A TV movie sequel, ''Firestarter 2: Rekindled'' was made in 2002. It starred ] as a grown-up Charlie and ] as Rainbird. | |||
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Revision as of 14:22, 31 August 2005
Firestarter may mean:
- Firestarter is a novel by Stephen King
- Firestarter is a firewall for Linux
- "Firestarter" is the name of a song by the band The Prodigy.
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