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The Troop, by Nick Cutter
5 teenage Boy Scouts and their scout master head to an abandoned island off the coast of Canada for a weekend’s adventures, when a strange, seriously ill man, infected with a highly contagious and aggressively deadly form of tapeworm stumbles into their camp and turns their weekend of fun and adventure into a survival nightmare.
Not a bad Halloween season read this one (or Audiobook as was the case for me)
Very much in the body horror category.
It is absolutely skin-crawling, gross out material in parts. I had it on in the background whilst making food the other day and had to turn it off as it was putting me off my food
The Troop, by Nick Cutter
5 teenage Boy Scouts and their scout master head to an abandoned island off the coast of Canada for a weekend’s adventures, when a strange, seriously ill man, infected with a highly contagious and aggressively deadly form of tapeworm stumbles into their camp and turns their weekend of fun and adventure into a survival nightmare.
Not a bad Halloween season read this one (or Audiobook as was the case for me)
Very much in the body horror category.
It is absolutely skin-crawling, gross out material in parts. I had it on in the background whilst making food the other day and had to turn it off as it was putting me off my food
Sounds like it would make a good horror film ?
Yeah, would definitely work as a film.
I looked it up and the rights for it were sold a few years back, but it’s the same production company that made all the awful ‘The Conjuring’ and ‘Annabelle’ sequels, so I would expect too much, sadly.
Latest addition to the Slough house series, I think it's one of his best one's yet.good plot, clever stuff, . Jackson Lamb is imo the best fictional character in literature today. Herron gives him plenty of scope in this one.I loved the read ,and a surprising ending which caught me out as I failed to see it coming.
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Just finished a bit of history and a bit of fiction.
This is a good and lengthy examination of the mid-19th-c. insurrections throughout Europe which, in the words of the historian G.M. Trevelyan, constituted "the turning-point at which modern history failed to turn.”
This posthumously published story collection is very good, as one would expect from the late, great Denis Johnson, but alas, I think this means I've read all of his fiction. Let us pray for his resurrection.
And now I've sunk myself into a novel about an aging man's frustrated sexuality, the "decline of the West," and cloning (which is to say it's standard-issue Houellebecq, but with clones). Okay then.
This is a good and lengthy examination of the mid-19th-c. insurrections throughout Europe which, in the words of the historian G.M. Trevelyan, constituted "the turning-point at which modern history failed to turn.”
This posthumously published story collection is very good, as one would expect from the late, great Denis Johnson, but alas, I think this means I've read all of his fiction. Let us pray for his resurrection.
And now I've sunk myself into a novel about an aging man's frustrated sexuality, the "decline of the West," and cloning (which is to say it's standard-issue Houellebecq, but with clones). Okay then.
Hellmouth, by Giles Kristian.
A quick novella this one. Medieval horror, with a group of mercenaries who have been hired by the Church to kill a cult leader, with things taking a demonic turn.
This was fun. My only gripe is that I wanted more from the world it’s set in. A novella was far too short and it feels like this could have been fleshed out a lot more and still been great.
If you liked Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman or Sapkowski’s ‘Witcher’ series, you’ll probably enjoy this.
Dead Mountain - Donnie Eichar.
In 1959, nine experienced young Russian hikers, set off on a Winter hiking expedition on the edge of Siberia.
When they never returned, a search party eventually found them all dead, some partially clothed, some with horrific injuries and others that looked like they had just fallen asleep. They were all found a long distance away, frozen to death from their tent, seemingly fleeing from some unknown terror.
The Russians tried to cover it up.
The author self funds himself on a meticulous investigation, returning to Russia, to retrace the steps of the hikers to try and uncover the truth.
I’d seen the excellent documentary, about the tragedy, which I found fascinating, so was keen to read this book.
It’s a very good read, well put together and very serious and I believe that the author has solved what happened to them.
The Stranger In The Woods - Michael Finkel.
The true story of Christopher Knight, who at the age of 20, decided he’d had enough of modern life and went to live off grid, deep in the woods in Maine for the next 27 years as a hermit.
Surviving by a mixture of foraging and by raiding holiday homes in the Winter.
It’s a remarkable story, as he pretty much started from scratch, living in a cheap tent and with no knowledge of survival skills. Gradually learning woodsman skills and building a proper camp out of the stuff he stole from the cabins.
He was only caught, after the local police set a trap for him.
It’s a fascinating book, about a man who willingly retreated to the wilderness, with no intention of ever rejoining society and his struggles after being caught to readjust.
Nomad Century: How to Survive the Climate Upheval by Gaia Vince.
Argues that properly managing climate-induced migration is the solution to surviving the impending crisis. Very interesting stuff.
Argues that properly managing climate-induced migration is the solution to surviving the impending crisis. Very interesting stuff.
Finished The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones last night.
Excellent take on the vampire story, set during the colonisation of America and specifically the attempted extinction of the buffalo.
Would have been the easiest 5-star award ever given if he didn’t insist on formatting it with a wraparound story featuring the most obnoxious character ever put to paper. Still a solid 4/5 though, and recommended.
Excellent take on the vampire story, set during the colonisation of America and specifically the attempted extinction of the buffalo.
Would have been the easiest 5-star award ever given if he didn’t insist on formatting it with a wraparound story featuring the most obnoxious character ever put to paper. Still a solid 4/5 though, and recommended.
Hmmm. May have to give this a try
I read ‘The Only Good Indians’ by him last year and it was a properly bizarre read, but there was a strangely unique horror story buried in there. Might check this out.
Yeah I listened to that one last year, too. I wasn’t mad keen but as you say, there was enough in there to make me want to read more. This is defo a step up.
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