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    <body><![CDATA[Surprisingly bad.  This poorly written novel is a teenage boy power fantasy: You can, by sheer force of will and being naturally intelligent, use your mind to be fantastically powerful; but can you and your small cohort of almost-as-powerful men defeat the alien invaders lurking in our subconscious,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79440578">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I am a fan of Colin Wilson's work, and admire his fight against existential despair.  However, this format was the wrong vehicle to deliver that message.  <br/><br/>While I enjoyed his tribute to the Lovecraftian style and mythos, there was a little too much cheesy sci-fi jargon mixed in.  Talk of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52428266">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The science in this book is terribly and embarrassingly wrong.  But if you can manage to ignore that, the story contains some interesting philosophical, spiritual, and metaphysical concepts worth exploring.  It is tempting to consider the premise of the book as a literal possibility, which is entert...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60857564">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The first half of this book is extremely dark and engaging.  The parasites themselves are left ambiguous enough for the reader to form his own notions regarding them.  But as more challenges are presented to the people in the know, and they discover that they have secret powers, there's no stopping ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45184114">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[REVIEW<br/>LOVED IT:<br/>Wilson has blended H.P. Lovecraft's dark vision with his own revolutionary philosophy and unique narrative powers to produce a stunning, high-tension story of vaulting imagination. A professor makes a horrifying discovery while excavating a sinister archeological site. For...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7722063">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The main character annoyed me for his self righteous proclamations as to how he had found the truth in life. The premise of the book was good with looking at that maybe something alien in our mind drives us to make rash decisions. However it was interesting that Wilson had decided that only men of i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20202354">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A solid SF tale based on the premise that while we are on Earth there are mind parasites that sap our awareness and perception of the universe.  Once we leave Earth, i.e., travel into outer space, we can leave them behind and gain an enhanced perception of reality.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[In the days of Saw and the Ring and the rest of the horror movies out now that depend on blood and guts, it was great to read an old horror novel that was all about suspense and what could happen in your mind.   Mind parasites.  Yikes!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great for the philosophy.  Colin Wilson can make you feel like a complete and powerful human being.  As for the novel part, that's great too, until about three quarters in.  Then it's a snooze-fest.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[They're coming to get you! Outlandish, Lovecraftian fun from Colin Wilson. Believe every word!]]></body>
    
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