Screaming Science Fiction: Horrors from Out of Space
Brian Lumley, . . Subterranean, $35 (171pp) ISBN 978-1-59606-042-5
Those looking for pure pulp fun need look no further than British author Lumley's new collection, whose nine stories gleefully mix SF, fantasy and horror. The opener, "Snarker's Son," a tale of alternate worlds, delivers an unexpected and squishy climax. Anyone who has ever driven through unfamiliar country and gotten lost will identify with the doomed hero of "No Way Home." Another nasty treat is "The Strange Years," in which shape-adaptable insects do away with human technology and apparently with humans themselves.
Reviewed on: 12/05/2005
Genre: Fiction