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The Last Rakosh: A Repairman Jack Tale (Repairman Jack Novels)

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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.

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.

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.

I am a huge Repairman Jack fan and will normally be first in line to purchase whatever new adventure F. Paul Wilson has in store for his readers. Thus was the case with "The Last Rakosh". Taken on its own, "The Last Rakosh" is a good short story, which is what it is and should have remained--at least in terms of being the sole title of a published work. "The Last Rakosh" was extensively lengthened and turned into a very good Repairman Jack story called "All the Rage". Bravo F. Paul Wilson. However, this short story has now been published on its own--at the same price as a full Wilson novel. Perhaps, if readers had had previous knowledge that this nearly thirty dollar list price hardback was in reality a simple short story, then collectors might buy it. Or not. However, as it was advertised, I thought I was getting a brand new Repairman Jack novel. Which this is not. I believe what upsets me most about this is that Repairman Jack is a character with great integrity. Whoever was responsible for selling this short story disguised as a novel lacked integrity. Such an action borders on being shameful. That perhaps saddens me most.

Take heed boys and girls this is not a new Work, or a long read. This book is only 94 pages of 20-font reading. I complained to F Paul Wilson and he replied that this was not a rip off and that collectors love this sort of stuff. Yah, but I am not a collector and I do not appreciate spending $20.00 for a 15 min read. I do not blame Mr. Wilson but I do blame Publishing houses that try to sell short stories at full novel prices. The price of books is already too high as it is.
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What a rip-off! This book was advertised as an all new novel from F. Paul Wilson but all you get is 94 pages of previously published material. This story was either an earlier short story of taken from "All The Rage" and doesn't come close to being worth the $20.00 asking price. I am a big F. Paul Wilson fan but he should be ashamed for taking advantage of his readers. I thought when I bought this book that it was a continuation of this story and not just a reprint of previous material. Shame on F. Paul and Amazon!

'The LAST RAKOSH' is a chapter from 'ALL THE RAGE' . All the author did was take his novel 'ALL THE RAGE', reprint one chapter of it under a new title 'The LAST RAKOSH' . they are identical. I paid $4.99 for the special edition of all the rage and paid $14.95 to buy this book and I feel that I was ripped off. Buy 'ALL THE RAGE' instead of 'The LAST RAKOSH' and you will be be a lot better off. Don't buy this book

I have been meaning to write Dr. Wilson a fan letter because I have enjoyed his work immensely. However, I am deeply offended that he and his publisher would pass off an excerpt from ALL THE RAGE as a "new" Repairman Jack short story. I wonder what Jack would do if he encountered an author exploiting devoted fans. Maybe it wasn't F. Paul behind this....maybe it was RASALOM. I regret purchasing this book and would like my money back. I think Dr. Wilson owes his readers and explanation and or an apology.

I just read The Last Rakosh by F. Paul Wilson. It is a Repairman Jack short story and one of the finest as it features the Bengali Demons that were featured so prominently in Jack's Freshman outing "The Tomb".

Monster's don't get more horrifying than this and Wilson's writing is slick and fast paced.

Yes, the price was a bit steep for a large print novella and others complained that the story was a rehash of key scenes from Wilson's 4th Jack novel "All the Rage".

The truth of the matter is that this is the short story that was written before "All the Rage" and was for the longest time unavailable as a stand alone piece. Wilson incorporated this yarn into "Rage" so that his fans could finally read the story.

I for one am pleased to get my hands on anything written by F. Paul Wilson,including this little story. If you are looking for a new story this one is not for you, but for die-hard fans of the masters works this is one not to be missed.

I FIRST BECAME AWARE OF THIS BOOK THRU THE WEB SITE OF OVERLOOK CONNECTION PRESS THE BOOKS PUBLISHER. IT WAS DESCRIBED AS AN EXTENSIVE REWRITE OF A RARE SHORT STORY. SINCE I HAD NEVER READ THE STORY I WAS WILLING TO BUY THE BOOK FOR A NEW REPAIRMAN JACK ADVENTURE. I WAS ALSO AWARE OF THE SHORT PAGE COUNT FROM THE AMAZON DESCRIPTION OF THE BOOK AND THE PRICEY NATURE OF THE OFFERING BUT FIGURED A NEW JACK STORY WOULD BE WORTH THE PRICE. I WAS WRONG. THE BOOK THOUGH BEAUTIFULLY MADE WAS A MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT TO SAY THE LEAST. THE TEXT OF THIS THIN,THIN BOOK IS ONLY 85 PAGES OF HUGE PRINT DOUBLE SPACED WITH LARGE MARGINS. THIS IS STILL JUST A LONG SHORT STORY AT BEST FOLLOWING UP ON ACTION IN THE FIRST REPAIRMAN JACK NOVEL "THE TOMB". WORSE AFTER STARTING TO READ IT I QUICKLY REALIZED I KNEW THE PLOT. I WENT TO MY REPAIRMAN JACK NOVELS AND FOUND THAT THE STORY WAS A SLIGHTLY ALTERED VERSION OF A SMALL PART OF THE PLOT IN THE NOVEL "ALL THE RAGE" PUBLISHED IN 2000. SO SAVE YOUR MONEY. IF YOU ARE A FAN OF JACK LIKE ME YOU ALREADY HAVE THE NOVEL WHICH CONTAINS THIS STORY. I ALSO HAVE TO ADMIT TO FEELING RIPPED OFF.