From School Library Journal
Delightfully weird, these nine "Twilight Zone"-type stories feature male protagonists and their friends who closely encounter not only the third kind, but also a comely female teenage lycanthrope, a dragon hatchling, a man who fishes up artifacts from the vast sea of the past, and various other transformations of good and evil. Readers who appreciate fantasy will no doubt find a personal favorite here. "The House that R'ork Built," for example, tells of UFO maniac Jeff who persuades the skeptical narrator, Louis, to accompany him to a house Jeff believes is inhabited by aliens. In fact, the house is the alien, and it promptly begins to change form to swallow them both. Louis escapes (alas, poor Jeff), and runs to the phone booth outside to call for help--only to find that the phone booth is R'ork's son . . . The writing is very good. Quick, vivid descriptions of contemporary settings, characters, and situations give a sense of wonder/foreboding/adventure that enmeshes these ordinary characters almost before they realize it has happened. There are Briticisms, but they should not hinder enjoyment of the stories. Catch , while every bit as entertaining, is less whimsical than Gorog's No Swimming in Dark Pond (Philomel, 1987) and broader in scope than Yolen's Werewolves (Harper, 1988). --Joel Shoemaker, Tilford Middle School, Vinton, IA
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
