Maybe this is one where Crichton felt that the character developement wasn't too necessary as the horror of the story is too large?
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For $3.79? Yes. Absolutely.
Maybe that's it. Horror shorts are actually quite difficult, I think. King can do them, as can Joe Hill. Many fine novelists cannot.
You get tales from such Masters as Ramsey Campbell, King, F. Paul Wilson, T.E.D. Klein, David Morrell, William Peter Blatty, Ed Gorman and about 20 others- what's not to like?
Probably. With me it is just that the more i buy the characters the more scary the tale can become. Thats why i always like a little character development. That is also one of the reasons i have some problems with Koontz. He sometimes just drops them into the horror without giving the reader a chance to know them.
I have all kinds of problems with Koontz.
I mostly like his early books.
The Rats was really good and I enjoyed it. This was Herbert's first book. I really want to read the other two in the series, Lair and Dominion (not sure about the order).
The Rats are followed by Lair and then Domain (i think it is domain, not dominion). Have read Lair. A worthy follow up i felt. Will get the third in trilogy when i can.
Indeed. I haven't gotten that far into it yet. (I admit the first story lost my attention after a bit. Rasputin? Really???)You get tales from such Masters as Ramsey Campbell, King, F. Paul Wilson, T.E.D. Klein, David Morrell, William Peter Blatty, Ed Gorman and about 20 others- what's not to like?
Bought this Frankenstein book. The first in a series. Sigh. Not a good one. Stick to Mary Shelley.
You're right, it is Domain. Glad you liked the first two. I want to read them all at some point.
How did you find The Rats? Too gory or not?
I really like the Frankenstein books myself. I thought he injected a new life (pun intended) into the legend. He brings alot of humor into it also.
I wasn't too happy about The Accursed. I felt it was such a big tease - so many details stretched over so many pages, but where was the story? Halfway through the book I just skipped to the end and felt like I haven't missed much by not reading the other half.
I love her short story collection "Give Me Your Heart". That was the reason I bought The Accursed, to see how a full length novel of hers would be like. Well, now I know.
No, i didn't find it too gory. If something is horrible then you gotta say so. What i felt was that it would have been even better if he could have had a viewpoint of what the authorities tried to do against the treat. There is a shade of it but the narrator is mostly a person and what he does. In the Fog, his second book, he has remedied that so that both points of views are there.
The TV series and the book are two totally different things! Remember to keep them separate in your head.
Almost finished with Forever Odd. I like Dean Koontz more than most on this board, but I've discovered my problem with him--he tries too hard to be funny. Sometimes it works, but other times it's jarring and takes me completely out of a serious situation, reminding me I'm only reading a book. I've never noticed it as much as I have in FO.
Is that part of the Odd Thomas series? Because while I have not read it, many here really like that but don't prefer other Koontz. One of these days I'll give it a try.
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I don't like a lot of books that I recommend.
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This one has both of those ^ good parts.
I don't like a lot of books that I recommend.
I don't recommend a lot that I like.
This one has both of those ^ good parts.
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