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Post by goathunter on Oct 27, 2008 11:53:06 GMT
Yep! A much better novel than the description makes it sound (it was often described as "Rambo vs. vampires" when it came out). Of course, that was true of all of T. Chris Martindale's work, IMO.
And I forgot to mention Jeffrey Sackett's Blood of the Impaler, another favorite of mine....
Hunter
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Post by goathunter on Oct 24, 2008 13:17:32 GMT
Here are various other covers for this book: British hardcover from Severn House, 1988: French: U.S. hardcover from Doubleday, 1986: Japanese paperback: U.S. paperback from Charter, 1987: Hunter
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Post by goathunter on Oct 20, 2008 17:44:41 GMT
One of my favorite vampire novels, along with They Thirst, 'Salem's Lot, and Skipp & Spector's The Light at the End.
Hunter
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Post by goathunter on Aug 5, 2008 10:41:26 GMT
I've been a bit harsh on this one, but its simply not very good. One for Twilight Zone or Bloch completists only. Saying that, it is still better than anything else done under the Twilight Zone banner since Serling's death. The '80s Twilight Zone TV revival had a few good episodes, most notably "Nightcrawlers," directed by William Friedkin and based on Robert McCammon's story. Hunter
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Post by goathunter on Jun 6, 2008 17:08:19 GMT
I found an MP3 audiobook version of this book on a torrent site, but I have been unable to find any information about who published it, who the narrators are, or anything else. Does anyone know about an audiobook version of this Best New Horror?
Hunter
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Post by goathunter on Jun 6, 2008 13:11:42 GMT
I just can't help loving Night Of The Ripper! We seem to have a lot of common favorites, Demonik. I read Firebug many years ago and enjoyed it, but my favorite Bloch novel is also Night of the Ripper. Shortly after it came out, I found Bloch's address and wrote to him. He sent back a nice, hand-written postcard. I then, without permission, mailed my copy of Night of the Ripper to him, asking him to sign it. I was very naive---I just assumed that he wouldn't mind. I didn't even include return packaging (though I did include a few dollars for the postage). I was lucky in that he did sign it and return it, but he included another note asking me not to send anything else, as he lived far from his post office and it was not easy for him to send things back. I was very embarrassed when I read that, but appreciative that he had graciously signed my book anyway. Hunter
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Post by goathunter on Jan 4, 2008 13:57:31 GMT
I don't have a lot of the British paperbacks I used to have, but most of the time, I thought the British covers in the '80s and early '90s were better than the U.S. covers. Here are a couple of McCammon examples that are my favorite covers: I've posted this elsewhere, but all the British McCammon covers can be seen here. I'm also quite fond of the British 3D holographic cover for Michael Slade's Ghoul: Hunter
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Post by goathunter on Jan 6, 2008 18:21:20 GMT
The background guy on the cover of The Pirate looks like Kramer from Seinfeld (Michael Richards). (It's not him, but there's a resemblance.)
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Post by goathunter on Mar 12, 2008 0:41:07 GMT
Yellowjackets are what Americans call wasps, aren't they? Actually, yellowjackets are a specific type of wasp: WikiPedia article on yellowjackets. They're a lot fiercer and meaner than your everyday wasp. The "Darkroom" episode was actually an hour long, and it starred Billy Crystal (!) and Brian Dennehy. It's really, really bad, and was changed quite a bit from the original story. "Blue World" is being filmed this year as a low-budget movie. Details can be found here. Thanks to Demonik for the kind comments about the McCammon website! Hunter
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Post by goathunter on Mar 12, 2008 0:34:26 GMT
I've been a Slade fan since the beginning. That same cover image for Headhunter was used on the U.S. hardcover edition, and it was so striking that I picked up the book to try it. I was amazed by Headhunter.
I actually lucked out and was on a business trip to the UK in '88 when Ghoul was published, and I picked up the UK hologram cover in a bookstore there. That made the trip (along with the UK McCammon paperbacks I also picked up).
I highly recommend all the Slade novels, though the more recent ones are a little different from the earlier books (no surprise, as the writers behind the scenes have changed some, though Jay Clarke has always been, and still is, the primary writer).
Hunter
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Post by goathunter on Dec 11, 2007 11:32:15 GMT
Robert McCammon's Swan Song in 1988 (and a great cover). Here are all of the McCammon-related Sphere covers. Click on any of the images below for larger versions.
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Post by goathunter on Oct 19, 2007 20:00:01 GMT
Yeah, I know you're not supposed to reply to your own post, but I'm doing it anyway. FYI, Robert McCammon's new novel, The Queen of Bedlam, is in stores in the U.S. now! You can find out more about the novel at the Robert McCammon website I run. Robert McCammon siteHunter
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Post by goathunter on Oct 19, 2007 19:57:51 GMT
I've always had a thing for British covers---they're almost always better than the American covers of novels. About the only ones I actually collect, though, are Robert McCammon novels (as an aside, I also run McCammon's website). If you're interested in the seeing the "Rivals of NEL" covers for McCammon books, you can see them on the McCammon site's Book Cover Gallery British covers of Robert McCammon novels and related booksThanks to Demonik, I just discovered a couple of new-to-me British editions ( Masques and The Giant Book of Best New Horror. If you have anything else I'm missing, please let me know! Hunter
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