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Post by andydecker on May 5, 2022 10:51:34 GMT
Graham Masterton - The Manitou (Neville Spearman, 1975, hc, 160 pages, this edition Pinnacle Books, 1976, also Star Books, 1977)  Often written about, but no entry found in the Vault.
I have a kind of love-hate relationsship with this prolific writer, I love his beginnings and mostly hate his last thirds/endings which seldom worked for me.
His first novel I read decades ago in a translation. It didn't leave a big impression, but that may be more due to the case that even back then I never was a fan of those native American ethnic/shaman/indian burial mound type of story than the novel being dull. It spawned 5 sequels and a not very well regarded movie and started Mastertons career as a writer.
The printing history is quite interesting if you are into such things. Seems Neville Spearman did mostly reprint American writers like Derleth, Howard and Smith, so this is kind of strange place to look for a original hardover horror novel in 1975. Pinnacle in America also quite rolled out the red carpet with this fold-out cover edition. On the other hand, Masterton already had published about ten successful books at the time, often with a pseudonym, on the popular at the time sex instruction front so it wasn't that much of a gamble.
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