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Tag Archives: horror
Of British invasions and medieval haunts
As a followup to Hitler’s Armada, I read Frank McLynn’s Invasion from the Armada to Hitler, a history of planned attempts to invade the British isles, and has an interesting mixture of deep background and absurd simplification. McLynn begins by … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged England, English Literature, France, history, horror, naval, Spain
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Germans: terror and tedium
In the past week I’ve read or mostly-read, in the case of The Vampire Economy, two books with a German connection. The first, The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, was by far the most interesting of the two. I read this … Continue reading
Posted in Classics and Literary, General, Reviews
Tagged 1930s, economics, Germany, horror, Nazi
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Natchez Burning
Natchez Burning© 2015 Greg Iles816 pages When the choice is your father or the truth, who could choose the truth? Penn Cage has always idolized his father Tom. A dedicated physician from the 1950s-on, the senior Cage developed a reputation as a devoted and impartial … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged 1960s, Greg Iles, horror, Mississippi, Southern Literature, thriller
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Needful Things
Needful Things © 1992 Stephen King 940 pages A new shop has come to Castle Rock, one with a curious name: NEEDFUL THINGS. Its wares appear to run the gamut from cheap antiques to one-of-a-kind oddities. Even in a small … Continue reading
The Shining
The Shining© 1977 Stephen King447 pages A recovering alcoholic and recently fired schoolteacher has taken a short-term gig as the winter caretaker of a luxury hotel nestled in the Colorado mountains. The hotel is forced to close for the season … Continue reading
Frankenstein
Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus© 1818 Mary Shelley288 pages “Shall I respect man when he contemns me? Let him live with me in the interchange of kindness; and, instead of injury, I would bestow every benefit upon him with tears of … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, science fiction
Tagged "classic", Classics and Literary, Classics Club Challenge, horror, science fiction
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Dracula
Dracula© 1897 Bram Stoker416 pages Every attorney has problematic clients, but few can claim an actual monster. Such is the case with Count Dracula, as young lawyer Jonathan Hawker discovers to his dismay and horror when he arrives at the … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged "classic", Classics and Literary, Classics Club, Classics Club Challenge, fantasy, horror
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World War Z
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War© 2006 Max Brooks352 pages Reading Night of the Living Trekkies put me in the mood for more weird fiction, and World War Z fits the bill! Fictional, but not a … Continue reading
Night of the Living Trekkies
Night of the Living Trekkies© 2010 Kevin David Anderson256 pages Braaaains and braaaains, what is braaaaiiins?! Oh, reader, good times ahead. When Jim Pike returned from Afghanistan as a psychologically scarred veteran, the last thing he wanted was responsibility. That’s … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, science fiction
Tagged braaaaaains, horror, humor, science fiction, Star Trek
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