by Stephen King “I pulled out a single sheet of paper wrapped around a smaller envelope. Written on the face of this second envelope was Read my letter before opening this one. So I did. Got help me, so I did.” Revival opens with a young boy, Jamie, meeting the new local preacher, Charles, as... Continue Reading →
John Dies at the End
by David Wong “He gathered all of his concentration and went about rolling the one, perfect cigarette that could save our universe.” This books is crazy and not in the Hannibal Lector way. More like the Douglas Adams meets Ace Ventura way. Mainly concerning the two friends David and John, and later Amy, the story... Continue Reading →
World War Cthulhu
by Various Authors, Brian M. Sammons, Glenn Owen Barrass (Ed.) "That was the problem with being born; it was just asking for trouble." "Mysterious Ways" - C.J. Henderson Consisting of 22 tales in the Cthulhu Mythos, World War Cthulhu attempts to chronicle the fight back against the unbeatable creatures from Lovecraft's world. If you've read... Continue Reading →
Stand on Zanzibar
by John Brunner “All we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history. I know people who can’t even learn from what happened this morning.” In the near future, practically the present day when placing the book in context, A.I. named Shalmaneser is on the verge of actual blazing intelligence. A scientist from... Continue Reading →
Prisoner 489 (Black Labyrinth book 2)
by Joe R. Lansdale “That would be funny. Kettle brings the supplies and that thing is waiting on the dock for him with one of our legs. Well, not that funny.” “No. Not that funny.” Three men work as kinds of caretakers on a mysterious prison island which houses the truly bad. One of the... Continue Reading →
Dark Screams Volumes 1-5
Dark Screams Vol. 1 - Richard Chizmar, Brian James Freeman (Ed.) “You can’t predict what a man will do in a given situation after he reaches a certain degree of dumbness, because the man himself doesn’t know if he’s going to s--t or put his fingers in the fan.” -Stephen King, ‘Weeds’ Consisting of 5... Continue Reading →
Ender’s Game
by Orson Scott Card "What is it next time? My army in a cage without guns, with the rest of the Battle School against them? How about a little equality?" "Ender, if you're on one side of the battle, it won't be equal no matter what the conditions are." Ender’s Game, originally a short story... Continue Reading →
The Borrowed Souls
by Paul Kohler "Well? What do you have to say for yourself? Why were you late? Again, I might add." "There was--" "I don't want to hear your excuses!" Jack Duffy awakes on a bus with no memory of the previous day. As he struggles with this loss he is greeted by a Mr. Wilson,... Continue Reading →
The Golem
by Gustav Meyrink “The world exists for us to think it to tatters.” Centipede referred to this translation as "hallucinogenic" and it's possibly the best word to describe the work. It’s like being (allegedly) on LSD, but with most cognitive functions still intact--it's one hell of a trip (allegedly). Looking deeply at the plot at... Continue Reading →