Publication Date: October 3, 2006 | Series: Repairman Jack Novels
ABOUT THIS VERSION: Previously available in several different versions through the years (one of which is in the novel ALL THE RAGE) this release has been completely revised into novella length and incorporates all versions into one for this special publication. Previously available in hardcover, The Last Rakosh now available in this affordable trade paperback. ABOUT THE STORY: Jack finds himself, and his friends, at a traveling carnival. During a look through the freak show, they come across what was believed to be extinct: a Rakosh. Or is it? Jack had made sure that the Rakoshi were dead –exterminated. Jack style. But now, somehow, there appears to be evidence of a Rakosh. The Last Rakosh puts Jack back on the trail of this new mystery that will thrill and entertain, in Repairman Jack style.
Call a plumber when the sink is clogged, but when the you-know-what hits.. time to call Repairman Jack -- New York Daily News F. Paul Wilson is a hot writer, and his hottest and my favorite creation is Repairman Jack-- Joe R. Lansdale, Author Jack is righteous! -- Andrew Vachss, Author Repairman Jack is one of the most original and intriguing characters... His adventures are hugely entertaining.-- Dean Koontz, Author The Tomb is one of the best all-out adventure stories IÂ’ve read in years. -- --Stephen King (President of the Repairman Jack fan club)
From the Publisher
Previously available as a short story, this version has been completely revised into novella length for this special publication. Previously available in hardcover, The Last Rakosh now being published in an affordable trade paperback.
I was born toward the end of the Jurassic Period and raised in New Jersey where I misspent my youth playing with matches, poring over Uncle Scrooge and E.C. comics, reading Lovecraft, Matheson, Bradbury, and Heinlein, listening to Chuck Berry and Alan Freed, and watching Soupy Sales and horror movies. I sold my first story in the Cretaceous Period and have been writing ever since. (Even that dinosaur-killer asteroid couldn't stop me.)
I've written in just about every genre - science fiction, fantasy, horror, a children's Christmas book (with a monster, of course), medical thrillers, political thrillers, even a religious thriller (long before that DaVinci thing). So far I've got about 33 books and 100 or so short stories under my name in 24 languages.
THE KEEP, THE TOMB, HARBINGERS, and BY THE SWORD all appeared on the New York Times Bestsellers List. WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS won the first Prometheus Award in 1979; THE TOMB received the Porgie Award from The West Coast Review of Books. My novelette "Aftershock" received the 1999 Bram Stoker Award for short fiction. DYDEETOWN WORLD was on the young adult recommended reading lists of the American Library Association and the New York Public Library, among others (God knows why). I received the prestigious Inkpot Award from San Diego ComiCon and the Pioneer Award from the RT Booklovers Convention. I'm listed in the 50th anniversary edition of Who's Who in America. (That plus $3 will buy you a girly coffee at Starbuck's.)
My novel THE KEEP was made into a visually striking but otherwise incomprehensible movie (screenplay and direction by Michael Mann) from Paramount in 1983. My original teleplay "Glim-Glim" first aired on Monsters. An adaptation of my short story "Menage a Trois" was part of the pilot for The Hunger series that debuted on Showtime in July 1997.
And then there's the epic saga of the Repairman Jack film. After 14 years in development hell with half a dozen writers and at least a dozen scripts, THE TOMB is finally moving toward production as "Repairman Jack" from Beacon Films and Touchstone. The plan is to make Jack a franchise character. (Gotta tell you: all the years of this has worn me out.)
I've done a few collaborations too. One with Steve Spruill on NIGHTKILL, and a bunch with Matthew J. Costello. Matt and I did world design, characters, and story arcs for Sci-Fi Channel's FTL NewsFeed, a daily newscast set 150 years in the future. An FTL NewsFeed was the first program broadcast by the new channel when it launched in September 1992. We took over scripting the Newsfeeds (the equivalent of a 4-1/2 hour movie per year) in 1994 and continued until its cancellation in December 1996.
We did script and design for MATHQUEST WITH ALADDIN (Disney Interactive - 1997) with voices by Robin Williams and Jonathan Winters, and the same for The Interactive DARK HALF for Orion Pictures, based on the Stephen King novel, but this project was orphaned when MGM bought Orion. (It's officially vaporware now.) We even wrote a stageplay, "Syzygy," which opened in St. Augustine, Florida, in March, 2000.
I'm tired of talking about myself, so I'll close by saying that I live and work at the Jersey Shore where I'm usually pounding away on a new Repairman Jack novel and haunting eBay for strange clocks and Daddy Warbucks memorabilia. (No, we don't have a cat.)
This review is from: The Last Rakosh: A Repairman Jack Tale (Repairman Jack Novels) (Paperback)
I have read every F.Paul Wilson 'repairman Jack' novel. I usually find his books nice light reading. His last effort 'The LAST RAKOSH' is not a new book. All the author did was take his novel 'ALL THE RAGE', remove two thirds of the story and reprint the rest of it under a new title. Read the last page of both stories, they are identical. I paid $4.99 for the special edition of all the rage, nice price and a nice book. I then paid $14.95 to buy The LAST RAKOSH. What a giant ripoff. I really feel that Mr. Wilson and his publishers should be ashamed. So save your money and but All The Rage. Why waste your money on one third of the story. I think Mr. Wilson owes my $14.95 plus shipping!
Mr. Wilson is lucky I don't know how to find Repairman Jack.
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Sick and stuck at home (oak trees + FL + spring) I read both The Last Rakosh and The Long Way Home yesterday. Both contain important Repairman Jack developments, so for the Wilson fan such as myself, they were both savory, engaging and not to be missed. Since they were both short stories, they were not as satisfying as novels but I don't mind helping to keep the short story art form alive. A little chocolate is better than none at all. BUT I don't like paying almost novel price for a short story. The Long Way Home I downloaded onto my computer for less than a couple of bucks. While The Last Rakosh came hardbound, in the world's biggest font, for more than $20. You'll say I should have read the small print about number of pages, and trust me, next time I will. So, I hope that the powers that be are searching for the best way to get money out of us and keep us happy at the same time. Keep tinkering guys.
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I have enjoyed the "Repairman Jack" series very much, enough to buy hardcover editions of most of them. My enjoyment of the series aside, I find that I must agree with the other reviews on this book. There is no indication (other than the reviews, which I unfortunately did not read) that it is simply a selected set of related excerpts from "All The Rage" which was published in 2000. Unless the perspective reader desires this book as a collector’s item, I have to call this one a definite miss.
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