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Mr. Gaunt And Other Uneasy Encounters (2009)

by John Langan(Favorite Author)
3.69 of 5 Votes: 2
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0809572494 (ISBN13: 9780809572496)
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review 1: I enjoy John Langan's writing quite a lot but if all I had read was this book I don't know if I'd think all that highly of his work. A couple of the stories in this collection are pretty lackluster especially when compared to the stories he's turning out now. However I gave this book four stars because the story Episode Seven: Last stand against the Pack in the Kingdom of Purple flowers is a great fucking post-apocalypse story. It ranks up there with A Boy and His Dog and the Road for me. Mr. Gaunt was also really fun, and On Skua Island was okay. The other two stories I wasn't so enamored with although Laocoon, or The Singularity was very well written.
review 2: These felt more like writing exercises than finished, published pieces. While each story had some c
... morelever element to its style, they all felt a little too raw and incomplete. The book's end material mentions that these stories were written during breaks in his scholarly work; I think when he wraps up his thesis and can really focus on fiction, he has the potential to turn out some great work. I look forward to seeing this author on the shelf again in a few years. less
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Yes2
Excellent collection of short stories! Found the stories very interesting and quite descriptive.
DwyerPaige
This is one of the finest collections of weird fiction I've had the great pleasure of reading! !!
sky
One of the most fun books I've read in a long time.
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