seizure
Crab On The Rampage
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Post by seizure on Jul 19, 2012 21:09:56 GMT
The Predators by Mark Washburn & Robert Webb Stein and Day (1985) blurb... THE DEATHBATTLE OF THE CENTURY
Big -time promoter Augie Zisk sets up the biggest Deathbattle ever between the fiercest creature of the sea, a 20-foot, 4,000-pound Great White Shark, and the fiercest creature on land, a 12-foot, 2,000-pound Kodiak Brown Bear.
Watching on cable TV: 10 million people. They are in for one helluva surprise.Totally ludicrous concept aside, this was a highly entertaining book. It starts off with the tracking/capturing of the two animals before moving on to the training stage, where they fling various creatures of increasing size at our leads (shark eats a bull, bear takes a hammerhead etc.) The final battle obviously ends up a bit messy. Aside from all this, we have a sexy shark lady who can't keep her knickers on and a Grizzly Adams clone spouting his wisdom. Not to mention the political rumblings going on in the backwater banana republic they're broadcasting the event from! There's no much animal on human action but the bear does manage to mush a man up.
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Post by dem bones on Jul 19, 2012 22:28:53 GMT
This sounds like the real deal. Personally, i don't mind if the author scrimps on the canine/ insect/ reptile action just so long as what little there is counts, and there's plenty of shudder pulp revival moments and bad sex interludes to help things along. With something like The Fire-Ants and - from what James tells us - Razorback, the nature in revolt aspect is so peripheral they probably don't even qualify as horror novels. But maybe it's the fact you're never quite sure what to expect makes the genre so appealing to those who enjoy it (there are plenty who don't).
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doctor3
Crab On The Rampage
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Post by doctor3 on Mar 3, 2013 18:14:04 GMT
This sounds like the real deal. Personally, i don't mind if the author scrimps on the canine/ insect/ reptile action just so long as what little there is counts, and there's plenty of shudder pulp revival moments and bad sex interludes to help things along. With something like The Fire-Ants and - from what James tells us - Razorback, the nature in revolt aspect is so peripheral they probably don't even qualify as horror novels. But maybe it's the fact you're never quite sure what to expect makes the genre so appealing to those who enjoy it (there are plenty who don't). A big Nile or saltwater croc would waste the bear and the shark.
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