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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780671695187
ISBN number: 0671695185
Label: Pocket
Manufacturer: Pocket
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 464
Printing Date: April 01, 1990
Publishing house: Pocket
Sale Popularity Level: 93780
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From the battlefields of a Vietnam veteran's memory to an old-time movie hero's search for a serial killer, from Halloween in a special town--where the rules of trick-or-treat are written in blood--to a Texas road where a wrong turn leads to a nest of evil, horror master McCammon is at his terrifying best in this collection of stories.
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'We will travel, you and I, across a tortured land where hope struggles to grow like seed in a drought. In this land, a place with no boundaries, we'll run the freeways and back roads and we'll listen to the song of the wheels and peer into windows at lives that might be our own, if we lived in that land.' So Robert McCammon introduces this superb collection of 13 stories, nominated for a 1990 Bram Stoker Award for Best Story Collection. The standouts are 'Blue World' (a richly imagined novella about a priest facing temptation); 'Nightcrawlers' (a World Fantasy Award-winner about a Vietnam vet in a roadside diner); 'Night Calls the Green Falcon' (has-been fictional hero dons his old costume to fight real evil); 'Yellowjacket Summer' (fateful stop for gas in backwoods Georgia); and 'Pin' (dare you to read that one). All of the stories are excellent.
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I believe Robert McCammon to be one of the greatest story tellers of the last two decades. Blue world is a classic collection of short stories or horror and thriller, almost like the Twilight Zone. The book finishes with a much longer story, something of the length of a novella.
Whatever I read from McCammon always really hooks me in and keeps me engrossed in the characters and story from the very first page to the last. Blue World is no exception.
Darren G. Burton
Real Life Dramas - Volume One
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Ok, maybe I'm biased her. I just can't stop thinking about "Night Calls the Green Falcon" as F. Paul Wilson's Repairman Jack character in his older years. I loved that story. Also, the title story is excellent, as are a number of the others. In fact, there's nothing wrong with the good stories at all, it's just that some of them don't quite make it into that category. The very first one for instance, is a complete waste of time, and almost stopped me from continuing, but don't worry, good reader, they get much better. If you're a fan of early King, this book is for you. Or if you've read Michael McDowell's fantastic Blackwater Chronicles, McCammon shares some of that southern horror style. An overall great read with just a few bad stories to bring it down, but then, as far as I can remember, I've never read an absolutely perfect story anthology, so maybe I shouldn't grade so harshly. Anyway, 4 out of 5. Good stuff.
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A great Collection of horror from a man that I am glad has just come out of retirement from a ten year hiatus. Mccammon weaves many horror stories together seamlessly in this book. Examples of the great tales in this collection are:
A man who awakens one morning to find a skeleton in bed where his wife had been the night before. A small-time thief who steals a makeup case, and learns a dead horror star's secret...A young man in prison, who finds beauty and hope on the wings of a orange bird. ..Halloween in a very special residential area, where trick-or-treating is deadly serious...The adventures of a has-been serial hero, who dons his old costume and goes in search of a serial killer...A priest obsessed by a porno star, and his realization that both of them are being stalked by a third shadow... And more...
Read this book if you have never read Mccammon, and you will not be disappointed. He is a master of horror, and one that every reader should enjoy...
Relic113
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This book is a collection of 13 short stories written at various times during the author's career. My favourite would have to be "Night Calls The Green Falcon" which explores the Themes of Old Age and Wistful Youthful Ambitions. It is about a retired actor who used to be a Superhero on television and he decides to play the part one more time in order to solve a murder. This book is full of gems like this and McCammon is a Master at creating atmosphere in his books.A definite "must read" for all fans of Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy.
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In this sweet set of 13 short stories, McCammon proves once again that he unrivalled in skill at:
1. establishing setting
2. creating and defining complex characters in a hurry
3. creating plots that are, if not unique, then at least original.
"Yellowjacket Summer," "Blue World" and "Yellachile's Cage" are fine examples of a short story writer at the height of his skill. Others, like "Something Passed By," "I Scream Man" and "Pin" have their weaknesses, but tackle complex plots and emotions without creating stories that feel stretched out and thin.
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