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Night in the Lonesome October
Ed Logan is 20 years old and a sophomore at Willmington University. He's also been dumped by his girlfriend. Lonesome and broken-hearted, he goes for a late-night walk. He doesn't know where he's headed. He doesn't know what he's going to do when he gets there. And he has absolutely no idea of the strange people he is about to meet. Like Casey, the athletic blonde who roam...more
Mass Market Paperback, 346 pages
Published
September 28th 2002
by Leisure Books
(first published February 20th 2001)
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one late October night, heartbroken college student Ed decides to soothe his troubled soul by taking a long nighttime stroll to Dandi Donuts. and so begins an addiction. with each subsequent evening walk he learns more about the eerie, threatening, hypnotic underside of the sleepy small town of Wilmington. what lurks in Wilmington? well, let's see... a vindictive cycling senior, predators in a van with alluring bait, a sad and scary shut-in clown, cannibalistic homeless people lurk...more
one late October night, heartbroken college student Ed decides to soothe his troubled soul by taking a long nighttime stroll to Dandi Donuts. and so begins an addiction. with each subsequent evening walk he learns more about the eerie, threatening, hypnotic underside of the sleepy small town of Wilmington. what lurks in Wilmington? well, let's see... a vindictive cycling senior, predators in a van with alluring bait, a sad and scary shut-in clown, cannibalistic homeless people lurk...more
"Night in the Lonesome October" ("Finster") ist nicht so schrecklich wie die anderen Bücher von Richard Laymon, die ich bisher gelesen habe. Es gibt die typischen laymonesken Ingredienzien: wippende Brüste, schwingende Ärsche und einen jugendlichen Held, der mit Dauererektion durch das Buch stolpert. Und ganz viel Splatter, Blut, Folter…
Ed Logan hat Liebeskummer und spaziert in den Oktobernächten durch die kleine Stadt Willmington. Dabei begegnen ihm nicht nur zwei begehrenswerte Frauen, sonder...more
Ed Logan hat Liebeskummer und spaziert in den Oktobernächten durch die kleine Stadt Willmington. Dabei begegnen ihm nicht nur zwei begehrenswerte Frauen, sonder...more
laymon's books are basically like cheap 80s slasher movies, only for some reason you actually care about the characters. they're quick and mean and dreamlike and more than a little sick. i'd be delighted to be able to write books like these.
One thing that can be said of Laymon's work is that you always know what to expect, and he never fails to deliver on these expectations. I enjoy his novels as a good 'in-between' read, in that they're good if I'm not feeling up to something mentally challenging, insightful or moving in any way shape or form. I don't mean this as an insult to Laymon - I doubt he really tried to make his novels anything other than what they are. Let's face it, they're certainly not life-changing reads. You don't c...more
OMG! What a load of tripe! This is the first Richard Laymon book I have read and by the reviews of his books I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt and assume it's just a dud. If I didn't know any better I would have thought this was written by a 15 year old boy with one hand down his pants the whole time. I found it to be poorly written, there were parts that contradicted itself - Ed leaves his wallet at home but then proceeded to get $5 out of the same wallet a few pages later - (I mus...more
I read a lot of reviews of Night in the Lonesome October that said how weird and strange it was. Really? Interesting and unpredictable are much better adjectives in my opinion.
This is the third book I have read by Richard Laymon. The Traveling Vampire Show is still my favorite, but this is very good. Strong and unique characters dominate the piece throughout.
I can honestly say I had no idea where the story was going. If I had any problems, i'd say I wanted more out of the ending. That seems to...more
This is the third book I have read by Richard Laymon. The Traveling Vampire Show is still my favorite, but this is very good. Strong and unique characters dominate the piece throughout.
I can honestly say I had no idea where the story was going. If I had any problems, i'd say I wanted more out of the ending. That seems to...more
I read this on a plane ride to China. I have liked just about everything I've read by Laymon. It's been a while since I checked this one out, but I'd say for those trying to decide if it's one they want to read, you should expect a lot of the same things that give Laymon's work his signature stamp. There are a lot of sexually charged situations, a bit of perversion, but there's somehow also an amazing sense of magic at an almost Bradburian level. In this book, Laymon treats the night as a world...more
When I read the description on Amazon, I was excited to read the book. unfortunately, the description was the best part and did not have much in common with the actual book. I was disappointed to say the least. The characters lacked development. Ed got laid a lot and thought about getting laid a lot, and really had no redeeming qualities. The troll attack under the bridge, the mysterious night-wandering girl, and the pick-up truck-driving, donut-eating rapist were just random--they jsut didn't a...more
The Laymon books I've read up to now have generally been old school horror - in your face with lashings of gore, sex and violence. This is quite a departure, although those ingredients aren't completely absent. Laymon's adolescent (but harmless) obsession with the female breast continues.
Night in the Lonesome October is an unexpectedly rambling tale about Ed, a college guy who has just been dumped by the love of his life. His solution to the problem of painful memories is to wander around the to...more
Night in the Lonesome October is an unexpectedly rambling tale about Ed, a college guy who has just been dumped by the love of his life. His solution to the problem of painful memories is to wander around the to...more
After reading and being fairly ambivalent to several of Laymon's works... this one entertained me. Perhaps because there really was no point other than - the world changes at about midnight... the loonies come out and be prepared for the unexpected. Though this book contained some figures we've seen before in either movies or other stories (the crazy bike hag, the van, etc) they come at you with such a randomness that the reader has to wonder if Laymon wasn't a bit high while writing it. Though...more
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Yeah, the five stars here is a bit of a goof but I did find this book to be an outrageous, fun, and unpredictable read. At the beginning I thought it was perhaps one of the worst books I've ever read, but it eventually finds its groove and develops into an intensely atmospheric, harrowing, and disturbing story. I certainly don't recommend it to anybody who doesn't understand Laymon's style, but if you appreciate Laymon's goofiness and usual assortment of sex-crazed characters, then you'll dig th...more
O livro de Richard Laymon que mais gostei de ler.
"Night In The Lonesome October", é provavelmente o livro mais contido do autor, e também o mais atmosférico. A premissa, apesar de banal, é surpreendentemente bem desenvolvida. Gostei muito dos personagens desta obra, sobretudo do personagem principal, um estudante universitário, cobiçado por uma colega, apaixonado por uma rapariga misteriosa que somente surge à noite, deambulando pelas ruas, e pelas casas das pessoas.
Se nunca leram um romance c...more
"Night In The Lonesome October", é provavelmente o livro mais contido do autor, e também o mais atmosférico. A premissa, apesar de banal, é surpreendentemente bem desenvolvida. Gostei muito dos personagens desta obra, sobretudo do personagem principal, um estudante universitário, cobiçado por uma colega, apaixonado por uma rapariga misteriosa que somente surge à noite, deambulando pelas ruas, e pelas casas das pessoas.
Se nunca leram um romance c...more
Hmmm...well...that was...interesting
I actually read right through to the end and ended up furious! Its such a stupid book with stupid scenarios that if they ever happened to me would stop me going out! but oh noooo! this boy is determined to wander around at night stabbing people in the legs and eating dohnuts
Stupid book, stupid characters and stupid me for paying £1 for it
However i usually like Richard Laymon so im just going to write it off as a one off..
I actually read right through to the end and ended up furious! Its such a stupid book with stupid scenarios that if they ever happened to me would stop me going out! but oh noooo! this boy is determined to wander around at night stabbing people in the legs and eating dohnuts
Stupid book, stupid characters and stupid me for paying £1 for it
However i usually like Richard Laymon so im just going to write it off as a one off..
I love Laymon's books. They are definitely not for the weak of heart. This book kept me up very late at night. There are so many creepy situations and encounters with people who are not quite right in some way. If you've ever walked a dimly lit street late at night and felt that tingle on the back of your neck that told you that you weren't alone, then you'll get this. I just ordered a bunch more Laymon, so there will be more of his reviews to follow.
Let's discuss how uninspired this novel of Laymon's was.
We have a heartbroken protagonist who can barely do anything more than bemoan his Adele-esqe breakup. Yawn. Annoyance.
Let's see, what else do we have: Some cute cannibals - check. The young, blonde dream girl - check. Some homosexual bashing - check. Freaky-ass, seemingly pointless characters with obvious sinister preoccupations - check. Not one redeemable character - check. Now as long as we have some decapitation, throw in some spears, an...more
We have a heartbroken protagonist who can barely do anything more than bemoan his Adele-esqe breakup. Yawn. Annoyance.
Let's see, what else do we have: Some cute cannibals - check. The young, blonde dream girl - check. Some homosexual bashing - check. Freaky-ass, seemingly pointless characters with obvious sinister preoccupations - check. Not one redeemable character - check. Now as long as we have some decapitation, throw in some spears, an...more
Nobody ever seems to like this book and I can understand why. The plot really is kind of dumb and the main character isn't very likeable. But for whatever reason, I love this book a lot. The first time I read it, I couldn't put it down and I finished it by the same evening. I've read it several times since then and I've read plenty of other Richard Laymon books after finding this one. He's not my favorite author, but this is one of my favorite books.
Probably the spookiest, creepiest book I have ever read. Really had me scared to walk at night for a while. And I live across the street from a park with a play ground and baseball diamond, I am scared to look out of the window at night for fear of seeing the guy climbing on the fence like an ape and running across the field like a human monkey hybrid! And I will never walk under a bridge at night for as long as I live.
I personally would not classify this book as horror. It is only the second book by Laymon that I have read but I get the feeling that it is one of his more tame books.
The story follows Ed who takes to wandering the streets of his little town late at night after being dumped by his girlfriend Holly. He encounters Casey who at first is just a mysterious girl that he glimpses on the street and whom he has a sudden obsession to get to know. He also encounters some unsavory characters in his night w...more
The story follows Ed who takes to wandering the streets of his little town late at night after being dumped by his girlfriend Holly. He encounters Casey who at first is just a mysterious girl that he glimpses on the street and whom he has a sudden obsession to get to know. He also encounters some unsavory characters in his night w...more
May 15, 2013
Justin
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review of another edition
Recommended to Justin by:
eleven
when eleven recommended this book to me he said it was kind of like Richard laymon just sat down with no idea what was going to happen and wrote until he hit the page count he needed and then tied up the loose ends and finished it. that might not sound like a positive review but it actually is, his random wanderings where very entertaining and creepy. the thing I liked best is that out of all the creeps and wierdos he encounters you never know which ones will come back into play later and which...more
Jun 29, 2011
Mike
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Well, I'm a horror fan, so my opinion is biased. Basically, a young guy starts taking walks at night to deal with depression and runs into some very odd characters and situations. There's a lot more to it than that, but this book is terrific at creating suspense. No one dimensional characters here, they're all very well fleshed out. The writing is at a good pace too.
Probably one of my least favorite Laymon's. Titillating (with the emphasis on you know which syllable) but predictable. Otherwise, I just got po'd at the hormone driven protagonist and rather than fling it to the wall I released it through bookcrossing.com. Laymon's posthumous popularity being what it is I am sure it will find an appreciative home.
Once again, Laymon did not disappoint. It's enough to make you want to never go out for a night walk ever again. This one's got it all, from a lonely protagonist to a mystery woman to a bike hag to even a group of cannibal bums living under the bridge. Not only that, but it's got the greatest last line of a novel I've read in quite some time.
It was another creepy Richard Laymon book. Fun , especially for this time of year. Not sure who I would reccomend his work to. If you are into original, disturbingly violent books, with a dash of humor and sex then this would be up your alley. Short on plot but long on characters in increasingly stranger and stranger situations that make you think wow really?
A story about a young guy at college who ends up getting himself into a whole new night time world. The differences are stark yet everything is kept in a real world setting. When the horror does arrive it's even more horrorific because you then grasp it could be happening on your own street, as you sit in your room, reading, all alone! Great fun. I'll never forget the clown scene!
Fun, slick and devious...Pure Laymon as a heartbroken college boy gets into all kinds of trouble when he begins the habit of late night walks. Like most Laymon novels, excessive in every way (for better or worse) and just about impossible to put down once you start reading.
A fair bit slower than his other novels, but I think this was the first book released after his death - although I could be wrong, it's been so long. While the characters are there, the tension and 'wtf moments' of a lot of his other books are missing.
Laymon creates a whole separate world, coming to life only at night. The wonder, the terror, and the adventure is all present. A book not just for horror fans, but for those who have crept into the dark of their own cities and found something new.
I thought that this book had a eerie feeling throughout its pages and was very intriguing. Although it was a bit sex drenched to suit me it was good. The very last line of teh book was especially excellent and a fitting end.
this book had me engrossed from the start.Richard Laymon was a great writer and i cant wait to try another of his books.It draws you in and you cant stop thinking about it like a dream.Very descriptive, haunting and a little raunchy in places.A good read.
If people can watch, and enjoy, junk tv and b-movies then there should be no shame in Richard Laymon. Who says books always have to be "life changing", or even "smart"?
Yes, it's pure crap ( I imagine that this is what people who've never read Stephen King believe his books are like ), but it's fun.
I read The Woods Are Dark and hated it, first because it's just plain bad, and second because my expectations were higher. A friend had given me several RL books, so I gave this one a shot, knowing no...more
Yes, it's pure crap ( I imagine that this is what people who've never read Stephen King believe his books are like ), but it's fun.
I read The Woods Are Dark and hated it, first because it's just plain bad, and second because my expectations were higher. A friend had given me several RL books, so I gave this one a shot, knowing no...more
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Richard Laymon was born in Chicago and grew up in California. He earned a BA in English Literature from Willamette, and an MA from Loyola University. He worked as a schoolteacher, a librarian, and a report writer for a law firm, and was the author of more than thirty acclaimed novels.
He also published more than sixty short stories in magazines such as Ellery Queen, Alfred Hitchcock, and Cavalier,...more
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“Except I think it feels more like an empty stomach than a broken heart. An aching hollowness that food can't cure. You know. You've felt it yourself, I bet. You hurt all the time, you're restless, you can't think straight, you sort of wish you were dead but what you really want is for everything to be the same as it was when you were still with her.. or him”
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