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Editorial Reviews
From Library Journal
In this collection of five tales of horror, the author uses various devices such as a piece of string, a pair of ghosts, an experimental aphrodisiac, and a pair of hands to lead his characters into a world of nightmarish experiences. Four of the tales are well done, each beginning with a seemingly normal situation: an encounter between a vagrant and a group of young thugs; a traveling evangelist and his companions; a laboratory experiment; and a husband and wife in bed. But with a bizarre twist the element of terror is introduced. The fifth story, about a planned encounter with Satan, is too brief, however. Reader Dillinger Steele's low, even tone sets the mood of this collection. Recommended where Barker (Everville, Audio Reviews, LJ 2/1/95) is popular or wherever horror circulates.?Catherine Swenson, Norwich Univ. Lib., Northfield, Vt.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.
From AudioFile
Five Barker novellas come to life with Dillinger Steele's tough narration, skillfully complemented by musical interludes between chapters and books. While Steele could use a pronunciation lesson occasionally, his gritty style suits Barker's earthy characters. Neither author nor narrator shies away from violent eroticism in stories about the ultimate aphrodisiac, a living-dead sexual encounter and a symbolic union of knots. The final segment, Body Politic, carries the theme onward, looking at human appendages as individual entities gone wrong. These stories race beyond any semblance of mental, physical or emotional control, and Steele imposes none of his own as he carries the listener into the depraved core of Barker's dark fantasies. R.P.L. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.
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In this collection of five tales of horror, the author uses various devices such as a piece of string, a pair of ghosts, an experimental aphrodisiac, and a pair of hands to lead his characters into a world of nightmarish experiences. Four of the tales are well done, each beginning with a seemingly normal situation: an encounter between a vagrant and a group of young thugs; a traveling evangelist and his companions; a laboratory experiment; and a husband and wife in bed. But with a bizarre twist the element of terror is introduced. The fifth story, about a planned encounter with Satan, is too brief, however. Reader Dillinger Steele's low, even tone sets the mood of this collection. Recommended where Barker (Everville, Audio Reviews, LJ 2/1/95) is popular or wherever horror circulates.?Catherine Swenson, Norwich Univ. Lib., Northfield, Vt.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.
From AudioFile
Five Barker novellas come to life with Dillinger Steele's tough narration, skillfully complemented by musical interludes between chapters and books. While Steele could use a pronunciation lesson occasionally, his gritty style suits Barker's earthy characters. Neither author nor narrator shies away from violent eroticism in stories about the ultimate aphrodisiac, a living-dead sexual encounter and a symbolic union of knots. The final segment, Body Politic, carries the theme onward, looking at human appendages as individual entities gone wrong. These stories race beyond any semblance of mental, physical or emotional control, and Steele imposes none of his own as he carries the listener into the depraved core of Barker's dark fantasies. R.P.L. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.
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