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Tanglefoot (2011)

by Cherie Priest(Favorite Author)

3.49 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Subterranean Press

review 1: This was by no means a whole book, being only about 30 pages. And ... well, it was okay, but a lot of it really didn't make much sense to me. Mostly I guess because I can't understand how it's possible to build a machine and not know what it does? I mean that from a standpoint of intention - I can't fathom a scenario where if you built something, and someone said "That's cool - what does it do?", your answer would be "I don't really know..." Plus there's maybe a... supernatural thing going on here, and I'm not sure I like supernatural mixed with my steampunk. I'm barely even sure I like steampunk at all...
review 2: This is a short story spun out of the novel Clementine. I have read several of Priest’s books and none of them were anything like this story.... more It was really creepy-scary. Dr. Smeeks a kind of mad scientist, developing all kinds of inventions is suffering from dementia. Smeeks has unofficially adopted a little orphan boy named Edwin. They’ve met in less than ideal circumstances. You see Smeeks works and lives in the basement of the Sanatorium he helped build and Edwin’s mom was a mental patient who died there. This is where the story really gets creepy. Edwin takes leftover parts from Smeeks inventions and he builds himself a “friend” an automaton. This is so different from Priest’s usual style of writing, but it’s so good. You really don’t want to miss it. less

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