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The Dreamers ★★★★½
Oh yes, I loved that dark dark trip to Lovecraft Lane. A vet comes back from Vietnam to be recruited by a rich mad scientist looking for what’s behind the Wall of Sleep.
Two Talented Bastids ★★★★☆
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Oh yes, I loved that dark dark trip to Lovecraft Lane. A vet comes back from Vietnam to be recruited by a rich mad scientist looking for what’s behind the Wall of Sleep.
Two Talented Bastids ★★★★☆
I need a minute. That was amazing and kick-in-the-balls depressing. You wonder at his relationship with his children. This is either empathy or a fearsome diss.
The Fifth Step ★★★½☆
A retiree makes the mistake of talking to a needy stranger in NYC. It felt harsh.
The Turbulence Expert ★ ...more
Story collections are almost always a mixed bag. Combine that with an inconsistent writer, well...
The best stuff here is fantastic. "Danny Coughlin's..." is a tight paranormal crime story, "The Answer Man" is a bittersweet fable, and "On Slide Inn Road" is a nasty, hard-nosed bit of grime.
But for every great entry there's a mediocre one. The prose is consistently strong (King's craftsmanship has steadily improved through the decades), but the story part sometimes eludes him. He makes occasional ...more
The best stuff here is fantastic. "Danny Coughlin's..." is a tight paranormal crime story, "The Answer Man" is a bittersweet fable, and "On Slide Inn Road" is a nasty, hard-nosed bit of grime.
But for every great entry there's a mediocre one. The prose is consistently strong (King's craftsmanship has steadily improved through the decades), but the story part sometimes eludes him. He makes occasional ...more
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