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Post by H_P_Saucecraft on Sept 10, 2009 16:12:24 GMT
Afraid Torched is a bit of a disappointment, lordgorse. I kept reading it til the end, as I'd got so far & intended to finish it. The SHC really doesn't feature much, as such (any incidences of SHC are barely described, which from this sort of book, I was expecting more), it's more about the hunt for the man responsible for inducing SHC in the victims.
Most of the book is the chase, which does involve a dead porn star's sister hunting the killer through dodgy film companies & the insurance angents also trying to find the man (murder by SHC, also comes in handy for insurance scams). There's also an ageing hippy, unable to move past 1968, who is paranoid about 'secret masters'.
All this should sound exciting, but it all seems very pedestrian & while I kept reading it, I found myself thinking, when is this going to end?. A shame as I enjoyed Carnosaur & am looking forwards to Tendrils.
Just noticed, I've taken this right off topic. Feel free to move this if you need to, dem.
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Post by erebus on Mar 27, 2015 11:55:01 GMT
Very happy to have finally gotten hold of one of these this week, and what a great read it is too. Had the day off work yesterday waiting for a plumber who was due at 9.00am, thought I would start on this before he arrived. By half twelve I had finished it, its that good a fast paced read. Plumber didn't arrive till late afternoon, Unbelievable. The Worms in the book don't really take centre stage, its our washed out drunken hero Causey the PI. Although some of the set pieces are gross it isn't littered with the frequent nasty vignettes you often get in these novels. The other theme is the racism thread that runs through the book, as the main villain despises whites. Takes it a little extreme though doesn't he. As Dem said the ending is a whopper and leaves the door open for later chaos.
I thoroughly enjoyed this. Not surprised though as I felt the same about TENDRILS and SLIMER. Still need to get a hold of FUNGUS though, something I'm going to rectify quickly.
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Post by kooshmeister on Jul 20, 2022 21:38:05 GMT
Here's a version with the Harry Adam Knight's pseudonym as the author's name instead of Simon Ian Childer. This is the version I got off of eBay.
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