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jayrothermel's review
A modest novel-length pendant to Lovecraft's supreme "The Colour out of space."
All the sins of Lovecraft pastiche by Lovecraft's epigones are on display. A force that for Lovecraft was completely indifferent to mankind and earth becomes for Shea an occasion for good versus evil.
Some human monsters have walk-on roles, as they did in J.G. Ballard's early apocalypse novels. Other horrific bio-consequences foreshadow the rural body-horror of Stephen King's Dreamcatcher.
Reading this novel may sound like a chore. But Shea played a large role in the literature of Lovecraftismo in the post-1970 period. It is of historical interests for completists to check it off their lists.
All the sins of Lovecraft pastiche by Lovecraft's epigones are on display. A force that for Lovecraft was completely indifferent to mankind and earth becomes for Shea an occasion for good versus evil.
Some human monsters have walk-on roles, as they did in J.G. Ballard's early apocalypse novels. Other horrific bio-consequences foreshadow the rural body-horror of Stephen King's Dreamcatcher.
Reading this novel may sound like a chore. But Shea played a large role in the literature of Lovecraftismo in the post-1970 period. It is of historical interests for completists to check it off their lists.
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