Tim Lebbon
Autor(a) de Dawn of the Jedi: Into the Void
About the Author
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Séries
Obras por Tim Lebbon
The Complete Alien Collection: The Shadow Archive (Out of the Shadows, Sea of Sorrows, River of Pain) (Alien, 1-3) (2023) 10 exemplares
The Horror of the Many Faces 4 exemplares
Falling Off the World 3 exemplares
The Origin Of Truth 2 exemplares
Black 2 exemplares
Bleeding Thing 2 exemplares
The Deification Of Dal Bamore 2 exemplares
Alien árnyékhajsza 1 exemplar
Chanting the Violet Dog Down 1 exemplar
Reconstructing Amy 1 exemplar
Remnants 1 exemplar
Fodder 1 exemplar
Devil Walking 1 exemplar
Every Wrong Turn 1 exemplar
The Glass Road 1 exemplar
The Empty Room 1 exemplar
The Beach 1 exemplar
Hell Came Down 1 exemplar
From Bad Flesh 1 exemplar
The Repulsion 1 exemplar
Screamology 1 exemplar
Hell 1 exemplar
Associated Works
The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases (2003) — Contribuidor — 770 exemplares
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Thirteenth Annual Collection (2000) — Contribuidor — 333 exemplares
Mister October: An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala (Volume 2) (2013) — Contribuidor — 63 exemplares
The Mammoth Book of Nightmare Stories: Twisted Tales Not to Be Read at Night! (2019) — Contribuidor — 43 exemplares
New Fears II - Brand New Horror Stories by Masters of the Macabre (2018) — Contribuidor — 38 exemplares
Mister October: An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala (Volumes 1 and 2) (2013) — Contribuidor — 17 exemplares
Stories of Hope and Wonder: In Support of the UK's Healthcare Workers (2020) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares
Dead Cat Traveling Circus of Wonders and Miracle Medicine Show (2006) — Contribuidor — 10 exemplares
The Future of Horror: The Collected Solaris Horror Anthologies, featuring House of Fear, Magic and End of the Road (2015) — Contribuidor — 7 exemplares
Simon Clark: A Working Bibliography & A Trip Out For Mr. Harrison — Introdução — 3 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1969-07-28
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- London, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 119
- Also by
- 88
- Membros
- 5,766
- Popularidade
- #4,277
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Críticas
- 227
- ISBN
- 287
- Línguas
- 11
- Marcado como favorito
- 7
It's a smart read and one that has throwbacks to the better of Michael Crichton's thrillers in which there's a strong foundation of a real world, real people and real relationships fighting against the fantastic and the weird. Tim puts his own mark on this though by substituting the science for folklore and using that to uncover the mystery behind everything. Which for the most part works really well, although there appears to be a narrative hole here in how the stories of such an eldritch plague could have been handed down from a necessarily isolated ancient society at all to the modern people and incorporated into their legends.
Whilst the nature of friendship is a big part of the character dynamic, the group of people we follow aren't as quite as strong as previous books as only three of them get back stories (which telegraphs obvious plot twists unfortunately) and despite the promise of a Thing style "who is infected" mystery, more could have been of that in a stronger way throughout the book, although it's interesting when things briefly flip to the pov of the one(s) who are infected. I would have liked more of that in its place and to add a touch more depth to the story.
But, it is their connections and emotions to the haunted, desolate landscape that form some of the strongest parts of the story, bringing home not only how remote their location is, but also the sadness in the changing natural world caused by wider human actions. Tim never lets his message get preachy and it hits home harder because we feel it through his characters.
It's a fast paced book and action happens suddenly and without warning - almost like a sonic boom you don’t really register it after it’s gone and you ask yourself “what just happened??”. These scenes are full of his usual over the top style as everything that could go wrong happens at once. I think he might enjoy himself a lot during these scenes!
There are minor niggles which pull it just short from his very best work such as in Last Storm (which is a fantastic and near flawless book), but for me to be gripped over a couple of nights for me still shows that Tim is one of the most natural storytellers and fluent horror-thriller writers around, with a wonderful talent for combining the weird with nature's most exotic.… (mais)