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Series: |
Miscellaneous Works by Kim Newman
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Author: |
Newman, Kim
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Dates: |
1991 (British edition) 1993 (American edition) |
ISBN: |
0881848689 / 9780881848687
(American edition) |
Length: |
537 pages (American hardback) |
User Summary: | Disaster strikes a small English village where reality and fantasy begin to intermingle. |
Demian's Thoughts: |
I've read most of Kim Newman's books, and this is one of his most conventional, and thus also his most disappointing. That's not to say that it's a bad book -- it keeps the pages turning, and there are some typical Newman touches here and there -- but it often feels like something a more conventional horror author like Stephen King or Dean Koontz could have written. I wonder if the length is part of the problem; Newman's more experimental work is shorter and tighter, but since this is thicker, it needs more traditional padding to keep it going. In any case, it's a good enough read, but it's not an essential part of Newman's bibliography. |
Users Who Own This Item: | Demian (American hardback), Eamonn McCusker, Ed |
Users Who Want This Item: | lek |
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