Down to a Sunless Sea
By David Graham
Pan MacMillan, 1979
ISBN 0 330 26184 3
Re-released Simon & Schuster 2007
ISBN 1416567666
This is an excellent book and I am pleased to see it re-released by Simon & Schuster as it is as timely as it was when originally released in the late 1970’s. The book is a first person narrative by the pilot of a trans-Atlantic flight. It starts on the flight into New York, spends an interesting scene setting time in New York and then gets into the main topic of the book, nuclear war and how one group deals with it.
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30 Days of Night: Rumors of the Undead
Steve Niles & Jeff Mariotte
Pocket Star Books, 2006
ISBN 0-7434-9651-5
This is a novel based on the graphic novels, which were also the basis for the movie.
The whole 30 Days of Night story line is about vampires. These books and this novel explore a somewhat different take on vampires but a still recognisable one. The 30 Days of Night title comes from the founding event for the series, a vampire attack on an Alaskan town that has no sun for 30 days in winter (the real town actually has no sun for 65 days a year), Barrow.
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March 28, 2008 – 11:20 am
Portent
James Herbert
New English Library, Hodder and Stoughton, 1992
ISBN 0 450 58885 8
In Portent, Herbert explores the end of the world and the Gaia theory of Lovelock, with a twist. The twist is a supernatural dimension to the story, from Voodoo-like practitioners to identical twins.
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February 5, 2008 – 10:42 pm
Jurassic Park
By Michael Crichton
Various imprints of Random House
I have always like Michael Crichton’s books. I was hooked with The Andromeda Strain and I’ve read almost everything he has published since. For many people his work has only been experienced through movie adaptations. This is such a shame because the books are so much more, especially in the case of Jurassic Park. Keep Reading »
February 1, 2008 – 9:17 am
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
By Stephen King
Pocket Books, Simon & Schuster, 2000
(Hardcover by Scribner, 2000)
ISBN-13 978-0-7434-5596-1
ISBN-10 0-7434-5596-7
Whatever you may think of Stephen King’s writing, there is no denying his huge presence over at least the US and really the English-speaking world’s writing. This book as an interesting as its author. Keep Reading »
January 24, 2008 – 11:06 am
City of the Dead
By Brian Keene
Leisure Books, 2005
ISBN 0-8439-5415-9
Although this book is the sequel to Keene’s book The Rising, I have not read the earlier book. Thankfully this book stands quite well by itself. There is enough back-story covered within City of the Dead to allow you to go straight into this book, whilst there is not so much that it would be repetitive if you have read The Rising. Keep Reading »
January 13, 2008 – 6:09 pm
James Herbert: Devil in the Dark
By Craig Cabell
Metro Publishing, 2004
ISBN 1 84358 091 8
James Herbert is an author who is, roughly, the English equivalent of Steven King. Not because their writing is the same, or even their subject matter, but because Herbert is the best selling UK horror writer, he has had a major impact on the shape of horror writing in the UK and he has written in a variety of approaches. Keep Reading »
December 21, 2007 – 9:48 am
John Brosnan was an Australian author who lived much of his life in England. Born in 1947 and dying in 2005, Brosnan wrote many books, but most of them under pseudonyms, and sometimes with other authors.
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December 21, 2007 – 5:09 am
The Thing From Another World
Movie release 1951
Director – Christian Nyby
Writers – John W. Campbell Jr. and Charles Lederer
Stars – Margaret Sheridan and Kenneth Tobey
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December 21, 2007 – 4:50 am
I Am Legend
By Richard Matheson
Various publishers
Tor Books, US
ISBN 978-0765318749
ISBN 0765318741
Millennium, Orion Books, UK
ISBN 13 978 1 85798 809 4
ISBN 10 1 85798 809 4
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