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Post by dem bones on Sept 17, 2017 17:51:58 GMT
Got one thing right. When this one blows, it really blows and before we know it we're wading knee deep in blood, severed limbs and spilled entrails. The people of Kane have lost command of their dogs. They are now Elk's instruments of murder, and the body-count rapidly escalates. To the author's credit, in the ensuing conflict we're as likely to lose characters we've come to like as those we maybe weren't so fond of to begin with. Some survive their ordeal at the expense of severe injury, others ... don't. Janey and boyfriend Rodney Beck are set upon while making out in the back of his car. Harry exits this world in identical fashion to the wife he'd once adored. Father Conrad's discovery of the Beast's solitary weakness - it's reliance on a familiar (in this case, David) is of no help whatsoever unless he's prepared to commit the unthinkable. Matters finally reach their gory climax during the Siege of Delaney's Farm. Have nothing to support this but I've a hunch Cliff Twemlow based two-fisted sheriff Bill Rook on the early, nightclub bouncer incarnation of himself. Maybe its Bill's way with ghoulish reporters ....
The Pike would still be personal pick of the two, but The Beast Of Kane is well worth a read. Been listening to some of his musical compositions, too (recorded as Peter Reno). Mini Skirt is jolly.
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Post by hugegadjit on Jul 18, 2020 18:15:40 GMT
Hi all, just reading this one and it occurred to me this isn't the only Pike horror I've read? Can't think what the other title would have been, but it involved pike that were evolved so they could crawl through thick mud, this have more access to unsuspecting victims in soggy conditions?
The next logical thing would be to do a book on killer perch?!
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Post by Dr Strange on Jul 18, 2020 19:49:43 GMT
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Post by humgoo on Jul 19, 2020 8:30:08 GMT
As luck would have it, I'm reading the very book, which is very enjoyable. The bookseller, who obviously specialises in angling, went the extra mile by slipping in a lovely postcard (thank you Coch-y-Bonddu Books!):
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Post by andydecker on Jul 19, 2020 16:51:14 GMT
Piranha I get, Sharks I get. But a Pike? Really?
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Post by dem bones on Jul 20, 2020 11:10:12 GMT
Hi all, just reading this one and it occurred to me this isn't the only Pike horror I've read? Can't think what the other title would have been, but it involved pike that were evolved so they could crawl through thick mud, this have more access to unsuspecting victims in soggy conditions? Not sure about the 'crawling through thick mud' thing, but are you thinking of Marjorie Bowen's short, Florence Flannery, which, from memory, features oversized supernatural pike action. Fleshbait seems a likely suspect in that it's an all fish together, marine life-on-the-rampage shocker, though can't say for sure there are any pike-specific attacks. It's doubtful the novel will ever be written that improves on Cliff Twemlow's masterpiece.
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Post by humgoo on Feb 22, 2021 9:32:23 GMT
Can't think what the other title would have been, but it involved pike that were evolved so they could crawl through thick mud, this have more access to unsuspecting victims in soggy conditions? Perhaps you were thinking of this one: Paul Adams - Devour (Futura, 1981) Not just "crawling through thick mud" — they leap onto land! Unfortunately, this seems to me the only good chapter in the book. Have to agree with Mr. Marriott's one-star verdict in Pulp Horror: All Review's Special. Certainly not another The Pike!
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