In Darkness Waiting
A Horror book. Wow! This was just an incredible book! I just wanted...
No writer combines the "delight in dread" with social consciousness and metaphysical meaning the way John Shirley does. Although In Darkness Waiting begins in much the same vein as many horror novels (mysterious deaths; a small town invaded by evil; plucky, attractive young lovers; the logical level-headed doctor; some salt-of-the-earth townsfolk...) by its end you will have discovered it is not "just another horror novel." With its exploration of the "insect" inside us all, In Darkness Waiting proves more relevant today than ever. Considering a read of In Darkness Waiting is like considering...
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 269 pages
- ISBN: 9780451400802 / 451400801
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I'm re-reading this thoroughly scary horror novel for the Eerie Books club discussion that will take place on June 3rd, 2010. It's unfathomable that John Shirley isn't a NYT best-selling author yet. This guy can WRITE! Wow! This was just an incredible book! I just wanted something I could fly through and this couldn't have been a better pick. I've never read Shirley and decided to read this one before Wet Bones. It was horror but horror that made you think and is relevant in any time. The book focuses on an epidemic that is and could be true to all... 1988 Onyx mass-market. Tell me that girl doesn't look eerily similar to mid-80s Madonna. For some reason, John Shirley and I don't jive too well. His novels should be right up my alley, but I always feel a slight disconnect while reading. With few exceptions, I never have any real connection to the characters or their situations, but...
