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Erick Mertz
Goodreads Author
Born
in Portland, The United States
January 21, 1976
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HP Lovecraft, Paul Doiron, Stephen King, Shirley Jackson, ee cummings,
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Member Since
November 2011
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https://www.goodreads.com/erickmertz
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| Outstanding. I know this isn't a 2026 book, but this will very likely be my favorite book of this year. Riveting and engrossing, read it one sitting. ...more | |
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| Outstanding book. The characters creeped me out, the setting engaging, the mystery oozing dread. There is something deeply unsettling about the story, but it's real, as though these specters are behaving exactly the way you would expect them to. ...more | |
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| Read this one aloud to my kid. It was, compared the others, a little more surreal and meditative. Really enjoyed it though. It was a different kind of thought provoking. | |
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| Astounding. There is nothing more rewarding than finding another Daniel Clowes book on the shelf to read and this one, so innovative, was exciting. Great characters. Real people. A totally convincing, honest almost love story. | |
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| Solid book, good read. Definitely enjoyed it. The story offered a real feeling of adventure, something you don't get in novels often anymore. I like how the author really dug into the character and gave us the full-blooded version of the beast hunter ...more | |
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Decent read, nothing spectacular. Solid four stars. I thought the story spent quite a bit of it's early portion kinda, sorta building up to the obvious climax. Then, the really interesting part, what happens after the bomb feels rushed. ...more |
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| Really enjoyed this read. I wanted to dig into what old, classic science fiction looked and felt like. Exploring these novellas, a form which Silverberg is in a class on his own, was illuminating. These are high concept, super efficient stories, each ...more | |
“have given him the business for missing by so much.” She was right. Melville knew there”
― Permanent Shadows
― Permanent Shadows
“No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality.”
― The Haunting of Hill House
― The Haunting of Hill House
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