false <![CDATA[Stinger]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166480059m/11556.jpg 11556 6 The "stinger" is an alien bounty hunter that remains ominously hidden for most of the book, but appears to be an enormous wicked mixture of centipede and scorpion. The bounty it's after is the "good guy" of the tale--a waif-like being who invades the mind of a small girl to make its presence known. They both arrive in a hot, desolate West Texas town surrounded by the alkali dust and sagebrush of a flatland between mountains. And the battle begins. An unpretentious horror novel with memorable imagery, <i>Stinger</i> is this reviewer's favorite of Robert McCammon's. It has appealing characters. It has feuding motorcycle gangs. It even has a bit of a <i>West Side Story</i> romance between Anglo guy and Hispanic girl. Sure, it's a B-movie romp, but McCammon is earnest--he doesn't play it for laughs. The action is scary and horrifying, making for a long, satisfying read. 451105 book 1 4 1988 Stinger total:424|5:87|4:142|3:154|2:37|1:4| 424 1543 530 14 4 2 false false Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Tue May 26 13:25:14 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 13:25:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Aug 01 00:39:34 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 18 22:00:40 -0800 2009 Stinger like he had a TV movie in mind. The idea of good alien being chased by bad alien while endangering the human race is somewhat of a ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jan 17 08:22:34 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 08:24:13 -0800 2009
Read Swan and Wolf's Hour first, but don't pass this one by if you like sci-fi horror.]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 28 07:21:26 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 08:44:00 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Aug 07 20:54:17 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 20:54:49 -0700 2009 February 11, 2007]]> 0 0 false false Sun Jun 21 04:31:37 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 04:31:37 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 24 06:51:04 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 07 05:48:02 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Oct 05 07:29:09 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 07:31:34 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Sep 13 19:53:22 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 19:56:00 -0700 2008 5 1 false false Thu Oct 23 11:28:24 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 11:29:27 -0700 2008 1 5 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 19:28:26 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 16:37:24 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Jun 22 07:47:36 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 22 07:49:20 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991 Tue Jan 15 23:51:15 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 23:52:02 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Thu Apr 10 10:22:01 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 10:23:07 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Tue Dec 01 10:24:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 10:24:00 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Nov 30 20:56:07 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 20:56:07 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 29 15:13:18 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 15:13:18 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Nov 26 10:15:41 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 26 10:15:41 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 23 17:06:59 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 17:06:59 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Nov 21 19:44:45 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 19:44:45 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=11556