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Psychamok (Psychomech Trilogy) [Hardcover]

Brian Lumley (Author)
3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)


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Psychomech Trilogy August 2, 2002
Brian Lumley is an international horror phenomenon, with books published in thirteen countries, including China, the Czech Republic, Germany, Japan, Russia, and Spain. More than two million books have been sold in his Necroscope series alone, but that barely taps the potential of this wildly imaginative author. Lumley's horror often crosses the dividing lines between fantasy and horror or between science fiction and horror. The Psychomech trilogy, of which Psychamok is the conclusion, is a perfect blend of science fiction, adventure, and horror, combining in a fast-paced whirlwind of a story that leaves the reader doubting the evidence of his or her own senses.

Richard Garrison was once a corporal in the British Military Police, until a terrorist's bomb destroyed his eyesight and his career. Repaying Garrison for saving his wife and child from the blast, millionaire industrialist Thomas Schroeder introduced him to the Psychomech, an amazing machine that could either gift its users with astonishing mental powers-or destroy them utterly.

Having successfully harnessed the Psychomech, Garrison discovered the Psychosphere, a strange plane of existence where mental abilities were all. Thought became intent, word became deed, and Garrison became like unto a god.

Two decades later, Garrison is utilizing his unique powers to explore the universe. On Earth, his son, Richard Stone, is happily in love, until his beloved falls victim to "The Gibbering," a plague of madness that destroys men and women by destroying their minds. There is no obvious cause. There is no cure. There are no survivors.

When Richard Stone himself is infected by the Gibbering, the mental powers he inherited from his father enable him to defeat the madness, at least for a while. Then, to his horror, Stone discovers that the Psychomech has run amok and that the Gibbering is the result! Even though the insanity it creates batters his struggling mind, Stone realizes he is the only man with the knowledge and power capable of destroying the berserker mind-machine.

The son of Garrison is at war with Psychomech. Who will survive the final
battle, man or machine?


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From Publishers Weekly

First published in 1985, this final novel of the Psychomek Trilogy (Psychomek; Psychosphere) features British author Lumley's trademark rapid-fire profusion of characters and horrific events colored with eccentric science. In Lumley's universe, aka the Psychosphere, inventor Richard Garrison's colossal, all-powerful machine, the Psychomech, can alter civilization, bringing the belligerent world into a state of happiness and peace. In particular, the Psychomech (whose mass of tubes, wires and pipes calls to mind a Frank R. Paul illustration for the old Amazing Stories) revives Vicki Maler, hitherto blind and dying of incurable cancer, whom Garrison placed in a cryogenic preservation tank. Unfortunately, the principle of balance, that everything must confront its opposite, eventually kicks in. Thus a lot of people are suddenly reduced to mad gibbering horrors, while Vicki is killed in an auto accident, but this time her body dissolves into a putrescent mess. Garrison, who has absorbed the psyche of others, also dies if only for the moment. Even Garrison's pet Doberman dies, but is restored from the Psychosphere. Villains include religious fanatics Charon Gubwa, a hermaphrodite albino who would be God, and James Christopher Craig, who will settle for less, considering the superfluous last five letters of his middle name. Craig even has his dozen disciples, his power deriving from PSISAC, an aspect of the Psychomech. Lumley's own disciples will relish this peculiarly engrossing mishmash and ask no questions.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Review

"Lumley's love of his pulp-horror subjects is gleefully apparent. He writes in the grand style of the serial."-San Francisco Chronicle

"I'm impressed with Lumley's talent. He's obviously one of the best writers in the field."--John Farris

"Lumley still excels at depicting heroes larger than life and horrors worse than death."--Publishers Weekly

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Tor Books; 1st edition (August 2, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0765304813
  • ISBN-13: 978-0765304810
  • Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,681,933 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Brian Lumley is the author of the bestselling Necroscope series of vampire novels. An acknowledged master of Lovecraft-style horror, Brian Lumley has won the British Fantasy Award and been named a Grand Master of Horror. His works have been published in more than a dozen countries and have inspired comic books, role-playing games, and sculpture, and been adapted for television. When not writing, Lumley can often be found spear-fishing in the Greek islands, gambling in Las Vegas, or attending a convention somewhere in the US. Lumley and his wife live in England.

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Imaginative. Creative, June 10, 2000
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This was my first Brian Lumley book. I loved it, even though I had not read the first two in the series. The author creates a different fictional world that leaves you thinking "What if?". I have now become a total Lumley fan collecting all his books.
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4.0 out of 5 stars exciting science fiction, September 7, 2002
This review is from: Psychamok (Psychomech Trilogy) (Hardcover)
Two decades have passed since Richard Garrison entered Psychosphere to cleanse evil from the planet. The world has surprisingly lived in harmony since as Pax Psychomech has descended on the Earth.

However, the tranquillity ends when the Psychomech goes insane seeking balance in the differing universe. People become victims of the Gibbering, an irreparable plague of insanity and some die. Though Richard Stone uses the power he inherited from his father, the prime inventor of the Psychomech machine running amok, he has had limited success containing the disease. With the world out of control as the Psycho device makes an effort to return the planet to its normal state of equilibrium, villains such as Gubwa and Craig resurface leaving Richard wondering what to do next to end the Chaos Psychomech era of destruction.

The reprint of the third and final Psychomech tales, PSYCHAMOK, is an exciting science fiction tale that will please readers of the series and those individuals who enjoy a world going amok. The story line is fast-paced, loaded with action, yet uses a mundane but practical climax. Fans of the books will relish this novel while newcomers need to start at the beginning to fully appreciate and comprehend the complex story line(s) created by Brian Lumley.

Harriet Klausner

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0 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Drags On, And Is A Bore, March 14, 2000
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"I hate to blasphemy against my favorite author, but I found this third novel in the Psychomech trilogy a complete and utter bore.
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There had been twenty years of a tranquility beyond all of Man's former expectation, such as never before existed in all his long and bloody history. Read the first page
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The Gibbering, Phillip Stone, Richard Stone, Richard Garrison, Lynn Craig, Calm Lawns, Dorothy Ellis, Emma Tyler, Herr Gutmann, Brian Lumley, Edward Bragg, Jimmy Craig, Miss Ellis, World Bank, James Christopher Craig, Orion Lumley, Schloss Zonigen, Vicki Maler, Charon Gubwa, Frau Gussel, Donald Conti, Herr Doktor, Pay Office, Albert Gill, Thomas Schroeder
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