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Infected by Scott Sigler - Review

Infected: A Novel by Scott Sigler
“The hatching is coming.” By definition, an invasion is an external event; an unwanted intrusion of the stranger or the strange that disrupts the peaceful flow of the everyday. Not so in Infected. Literally triangulating their conquest from microcosm to explosive release through the flesh of increasingly self-destructive hosts into [...]

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The Gabble and Other Stories by Neal Asher - Review

The Gabble - and Other Stories by Neal Asher
Fans of Asher’s Polity future history will not be disappointed by his third collection. The stories share the same Polity future in which humankind is scattered among the stars and controlled by AI entities. Asher delights in depicting the universe as a Hobbesian nightmare. He’s superb at [...]

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Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk - Review

Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk
Palahniuk’s audacious ninth novel tells the story of Cassie Wright, an aging porn queen who intends to put an exclamation point on her career by having sex with 600 men in one day on film. The story begins with Mr. 600—the pornosaur who introduced Cassie to the business—as he describes the other [...]

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Say You’re One of Them by Uwem Akpan - Review

Say You’re One of Them by Uwem Akpan
Cross-country passengers on a Luxury Bus stare at television screens relaying live news coverage of massacres: “The audio was so clear that the refugees could hear the slurp of machetes slashing into flesh and the final cries of the victims.” Adding insult to absurdity, new decrees from “the [...]

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Richard Laymon US Releases till 2011!

Keep in mind this schedule can possibly change, but as for the moment, here’s what’s coming from the late great Richard Laymon to US bookstores through Leisure in the next few years:
Nov 08: Beware
Mar 09: Dark Mountain
Sep 09: Flesh
Mar 10: Friday Night in Beast House (including The Wilds)
Sep 10: Funland
Mar 11: Quake
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