NOT HORRIFYING BUT EXCEPTIONALLY WELL WRITTEN!!!

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	• The Touch F. Paul Wilson A Jove Book, 1986 - 367 pages average customer review:based on 17 reviews
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A grand work of moral dilehema

Like so many of Wilson's books, the touch deals with not only a supernatural occurrence in a otherwise mundane world but how the characters react to it. The main character of this novel, who makes another appearance in Nightworld, seemed very real to me. Like Steven Gould's spectacular book Jumper, I found myself imagining what I would do at each plot twist only to have the character mirror those thoughts. Wilson puts a lot of thought into his writing. He doesn't just do one even and then progress the next but takes a look at how that event might shape the world he has created and the people who live within it.
The touch also has the distinction of being his most "page-turning." Although I Reprisal seemed to be over far to soon for me it was the touch that I finished in one night, laying on my living room floor and being completely swept away buy the stories situations.
If you're a fan of Wilson's other stuff, Repairman Jack say, or his wonderful early sci-fi work Dyedyetownworld (sp) be sure to pick this one up. And if you're looking for a somewhat creepy, interesting moral dilemma of a novel that will have you asking "what would I do?" after each plot twist, this one's for you too.
The reviewer that said it wasn't scary at all was right. This isn't a horror novel in the strictest sense, but many of the classics of horror have resulted from the authors going outside the regimented lines and creating something unique, and this book is a grand example. Check it out.

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Kindness

This is a well written physician-created mystery. Sylvia Nash has a reputation as a merry widow, but Dr. Paul Bulmer braves things to make a house call. The focus of his concern is Sylvia's handicapped adopted child, Jeffy. Alan believes a medical practice cannot be coded; in other words, he believes that medicine is more art than science. He is called to testify before a Congressional committee.

Both Alan and Sylvia are kind. Their connection to each other is tenuous. Alan discovers he can heal by touch. His sense of a rational universe causes him to investigate his power. The miracles are so inexplicable he seeks to hide them. A Vietnamese man, Sylvia's servant, knows about folk medicne and spirits.

Sylvia's son's autism and other seeds planted near the beginning of the story form significant strands to illustrate both the resolution of the very interesting plot and the book's themes of magic and wonder. This is a genre work of fiction at the head of its class.

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Very good read

This is not your typical hooror book but more like a supernatural medical mystery. A very interesting book which you will need backround to follow, The Keep really needs to be read first or this could lose you, definitely not a stand alone book, but it is so good I still gave it 5 stars.

NOT HORRIFYING BUT EXCEPTIONALLY WELL WRITTEN!!!

I am a book junkie and was on e-bay a while ago when I found a deal of 52 horror novels for 24 dollars. I jumped on it. I have read around 20 of the books from that collection and to my disappointment, they have not been good. Until this one. This book was magic in its' purest of form. It is properly titled as it will touch your very soul and make you ache for the highly ethical sweetheart of the doctor who is the main character. This one book alone was worth every penny of that 24 dollar investment.

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Hard to find, and disappointing

This here's the 3rd in Wilson's THE ADVERSARY CYCLE, after the timeless classic The Keep and the first Repairman Jack novel, The Tomb. I had some trouble finding a copy of this as well as Reborn, Reprisal and Nightworld. Apparently the author will issue revised editions of these books when he's finished the Repairman Jack series.
The Touch was a disappointment esp after the trouble I had laying my hands on a copy. I'm not quite sure how this book figures into the Adversary cycle, and it seems to be unrelated but perhaps the following books will make it clear.

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