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Bubba Ho-Tep 2 reviews Joe R. Lansdale, Don Coscarelli
Night Shade Books, 2005
Great story, great script, great book!
+ A Fitting Book to an Outstanding Movie
Once upon a time, Texan writer Joe R. Lansdale was forced to put his ailing mother in a rest home. The writer found the place both sad and creepy...and a wonderful setting for a story. Combining two fallen heroes from his youth (Elvis Presley and President John Kennedy) with an interest in ...
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Firefly Rain (Discoveries) 11 reviews Richard Dansky
Wizards of the Coast Discoveries, 2008
Rural NC at its finest
+ Good Old Fashioned Ghost Story! + Haunting
I think my favorite parts were the descriptions of the small town, Maryfield, and the people in it. Dansky really captures rural North Carolina in flux between encroaching technology and homogenization with its traditional (and quirky) community roots. The narrator is caught somewhere in between, ...
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Galveston 23 reviews Sean Stewart
Ace, 2002
Fascinating book, maddening but understandable ending
+ Third Wave + It Just Doesn't Get Any Better Than This + Wind-up is better than the pitch.
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Fat White Vampire Blues 31 reviews Andrew Fox
Ballantine Books, 2003
Great Book
+ Fat White Vampire Blues + A trainwreck waiting to happen
I don't normally write written reviews but this isn't my normal genre of book. THis was a funny insiders view of New Orleans and its inhabitants, living and dead. I found myself laughing out loud contiuously, so much so that my wife is going to read this as well. I can't wait to read the sequel!
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Black & White 3 reviews Lewis Shiner
Subterranean, 2008
Literary thriller, social realism at its finest!
+ CAN YOU SAY "SCREENPLAY!!!!!!!!!!!" + Shades of Gray...
Whoo! Good stuff, this! Social realism, multigenerational thriller, murder mystery; whatever name you give it, it's a tale of past and present, of race, and of a man's search into his origins, all spiced with murder and a touch of voodoo.
It travels between the 1960s and 2000s through the ...
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The Home 13 reviews Scott Nicholson
Pinnacle, 2005
Nicholson is our next Stephen King...
+ There is Something Frightening Going on in The Home + Excellent well-written thriller! + Absolutely Compelling
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The Best of the Bubbas of the Apocalypse 6 reviews
Benbella Books, 2008
Bubba is the new black
+ Best of the Bubbas + Do yuo know any bubbas? You will love this book! + The Best of the Bubbas is a Blast!!!! + Fun Book!
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Living Dead in Dallas (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 2) 154 reviews Charlaine Harris
Ace Books, 2002
Absolutely have to read!
+ Living Dead in Dallas (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 2) + Getting Better + Living Dead in Dallas
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The Fallen 16 reviews Dale Bailey
Signet, 2002
Three gems from 2002
+ A classic not to be missed + Short , but powerful + WHENCE COMES THIS RUSH OF WINGS
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Four and Twenty Blackbirds 82 reviews Cherie Priest
Tor Books, 2005
A wondeful read
+ Great Start in a New Series + four & twenty blackbirds + Awesome read ! + Intriguing Tale with a Few Loose Ends
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Louisiana Breakdown 3 reviews Lucius Shepard
Golden Gryphon Press, 2003
Shepard at his very best
+ Like horror? + An imaginative and thought-provoking tale
Two centuries ago, the townspeople of Grail, Louisiana made a deal with the entity they call the Good Gray Man. The Good Gray Man promised good fortune to the town as long as it provided him with a Midsummer Queen he found acceptable. Accordingly, every twenty years, the town elects a 10-year-old ...
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Boy's Life 266 reviews Robert McCammon
Pocket, 2008
A Genuine Work of Art
+ Amazing. + A excellent novel I could not put down + Pretty good book..... + Remarkable!
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Who Fears the Devil 3 reviews Manly Wade Wellman
Dell Publishing, 1980
Excellent Taste of American Folklore
+ John, John the Minstral Man/ And His Silver Stringed Guitar + I loved this book
An authentic foray into Carolinian folklore, calling forth stories of witches, ghosts, familiars, and an assortment of other supernatural creatures, all set against the protagonist, John the Balladeer, a likable southern bard with a silver-strung guitar and a bit of occult knowledge. The book is ...
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Fireworks 12 reviews James A. Moore
Meisha Merlin Publishing, Inc., 2001
It came out of the sky
+ Good characters and suspenseful plot drive this "America Under Seige" novel
What would happen if a Fourth of July celebration was interrupted by the crash landing of a ufo? That's the gist here, but Moore infuses his story with characters that are just too darn good for a Leisure paperback. It's true that there ain't much when it comes to extra terrestrial interaction ...
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Galveston 23 reviews Sean Stewart
Ace, 2002
Fascinating book, maddening but understandable ending
+ Third Wave + It Just Doesn't Get Any Better Than This + Wind-up is better than the pitch.
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Fat White Vampire Blues 31 reviews Andrew Fox
Ballantine Books, 2003
Great Book
+ Fat White Vampire Blues + A trainwreck waiting to happen
I don't normally write written reviews but this isn't my normal genre of book. THis was a funny insiders view of New Orleans and its inhabitants, living and dead. I found myself laughing out loud contiuously, so much so that my wife is going to read this as well. I can't wait to read the sequel!
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The Best of the Bubbas of the Apocalypse 6 reviews
Benbella Books, 2008
Bubba is the new black
+ Best of the Bubbas + Do yuo know any bubbas? You will love this book! + The Best of the Bubbas is a Blast!!!! + Fun Book!
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Firefly Rain (Discoveries) 11 reviews Richard Dansky
Wizards of the Coast Discoveries, 2008
Rural NC at its finest
+ Good Old Fashioned Ghost Story! + Haunting
I think my favorite parts were the descriptions of the small town, Maryfield, and the people in it. Dansky really captures rural North Carolina in flux between encroaching technology and homogenization with its traditional (and quirky) community roots. The narrator is caught somewhere in between, ...
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The Fallen 16 reviews Dale Bailey
Signet, 2002
Three gems from 2002
+ A classic not to be missed + Short , but powerful + WHENCE COMES THIS RUSH OF WINGS
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Living Dead in Dallas (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 2) 154 reviews Charlaine Harris
Ace Books, 2002
Absolutely have to read!
+ Living Dead in Dallas (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 2) + Getting Better + Living Dead in Dallas
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