TICK TOWN
If lines like “The decisive blast slammed into the monster’s face, which at near point-blank range exploded in a grisly splatter of tick goo” resonate with you (as they do me) then TICK TOWN is the book to read
THE HAPPY MAN
One of the great modern horror novels, a compelling and profoundly unsettling piece of work that explores untold depths of depravity in 166 well-packed pages
PHANTOM
A vivid and pronounced scare-show, but with an elusive, poetic air
EVIL ANGELS
A pitiless investigation into the farthest reaches of uncontained passion, adapted for the screen in 1992 by Roman Polanski
THE EXTREMES
There’s an interesting novel lurking in THE EXTREMES by Christopher Priest, but it never quite makes its way to the surface
PFITZ
A witty and concise exercise in postmodern whimsy involving an imaginary city and a very real murder
KATIE
In my view the least of Michael McDowell’s novels, although KATIE contains some good, and on occasion great, elements
STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE (Book)
One of the more famous late Twentieth Century movie novelizations was this prose rendering of the first STAR TREK feature, credited to series’ creator Gene Roddenberry
PETER IBBETSON
A 19th Century classic (of sorts) that served as a direct forerunner to fantasy narratives ranging from THE STAR ROVER to SOMEWHERE IN TIME
THE MEN IN THE JUNGLE
A nasty ‘Nam allegory by sci fi legend Norman Spinrad