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Strange seed: A novel [Hardcover]

T. M Wright (Author)
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1978
A new husband and a new home, what more could a newlywed want? Unfortunately, home is an isolated neglected farm house near an encroaching woods. And each day Rachel’s husband grows quieter and more introspective. Worse, she cannot ignore the menacing woods she sees from the porch windows. They are the hiding place for abandoned children. But are they truly children and, if not, what are they?

Paul Griffin always felt very uncomfortable with New York City’s noise and harsh urban atmosphere. He needed the old pattern, the one he had known as a boy with the father he loved. The small farm house in upstate New York wasn’t much of a birthright. But, it would be home for Rachel and Paul at least until their plans to renovate and sell the house are realized.

At first, Rachel feels uncomfortable with the silence and isolation. She is determined to make it work. But, slowly, inexorably, it becomes clear that more than nostalgia brought Paul home. It was something more subtle and more powerful. It was a pattern within himself, one which had been interrupted over two decades before, one which had to be played out. It was as sacred, immutable, and frightening as the inevitable transition of the seasons. It is visible on the faces of the dark and beautiful children that now come into their lives, leaving a legacy of terror. A pattern that can destroy anyone who would interfere with it.

"In terms of its compulsive readability, its growing tension, and most of all, its grasp of a world where ominous wonders draw closer and closer to its central characters, STRANGE SEED is the best supernatural novel since INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE. It is a hypnotic journey into darkness. You'll be a long time forgetting this book -- if you ever do. T.M. Wright is a rare and blazing talent" -- Stephen King
--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 236 pages
  • Publisher: Everest House; 1st edition (1978)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0896960218
  • ISBN-13: 978-0896960213
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.9 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,826,814 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Jeez, doesn't anyone GET it?, February 17, 2002
This review is from: Strange Seed (Paperback)
First of all, the last reviewer didn't even get the name of one of the main characters right, and he certainly didn't GET what the novel was about. Perhaps he should try to read it again, "tiresome" as it is or not.

The book is, actually, on a number of "Best of the Genre" lists, including one by Stephen King (in Danse Macabre) and one by Douglas Winter, and several others. Sure it's atmospheric, but the atmosphere draws you into the characters, and their inevitable doom. At least that's what it did for me.

The reviewer, whether or not it was Mr. Wright (to whom I am not related, by the way) got it right when he or she said that the book was not for the "MTV" generation, as the previous reviewer so clearly demonstrates.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great and Creepy, October 30, 2005
This review is from: Strange Seed (Paperback)
I don't know what all these people are arguing about. I read this book years ago, when I was living in a cabin in a canyon in the Rockies, surrounded by wilderness. The book was chilling and eerie, though you never quite got what exactly was going on. Very mysterious. This is the kind of horror I like, and not too many authors write it any more. I also read People Of The Dark, which was a similar sequel and equally unsettling, and then some of the author's more recent stories which were set in the city. I prefer the rural stories to the urban ones. I highly recommend this book for those who like creepy rural horror that is not as in your face as what currently seems to be in vogue.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Not as clever as it thinks it is, February 13, 2002
This review is from: Strange Seed (Paperback)
The crime novel is often viewed as a clash between two schools of writer--the cosy yarn spinners such as the so called Golden age writers,and the hardboiled,gritty realism school.The horror novel,it could be claimed,is also split,in this case between gore merchants and the adherents of what is often called "quiet horror".This latter school proceeds by a slow build up of often barely seen or glimpsed menace,reliant on suggestion and hints rather than the frontal assault on the senses and gross out techniques utilised by some genre practitioners

Mr Wright is an adherent of the quiet horror school,and this,his debut novel,is set in a remote woodland area in upstate New York,where city dwellers Grace and Paul Griffin have relocated.There new home is a somewhat derelict cottage which lacks even the basic amenities,and has been subject to major incidents of vandalism while standing empty.
They are befriended by a local man,Lumas,a carpenter who not only remembers the previous cottage dwellers ,a deeply religious family who killed themselves while in residence ,but also knew Paul's father who died on the land his son and daughter in law now inhabit
The couples'life on their new property is a literally gloomy one as they are without electricity or telephone and only Paul's romantic notions of living from the land keep them going
Soon they are aware of a family of feral children living in the woods surrounding their property,ones moreover with vampiric tendencies

The novel proceeds to unfold the tale of how the couple seek to come to terms with their situation
I ran out of patience with the tale pretty early and found myself wanting more action rather than the overly elliptical striving after atmosphere with which the novel is burdened.Later novels by the author managed to get the balance a bit more deftly but this bears all the marks of a prentice work and is a tad tiresome

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