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Dead Sea
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Dead Sea was one of those books that was a perfect read for me. I have no complaints about it at all. I will say that the plot is a bit like The Mist by Stephen King,
except with the cast of characters being caught in it on the ocean instead of in a supermarket, but this surpasses The Mist by 81 Miles, and I gave The Mist five stars!
Anyway, this is one of the most atmospheric novels I have ever read and the author relies a lot on sound and smell to paint a picture of fear. Being nearly blind, I can
really appreciate when authors do this. Yes, Curran definitely describes the violence and the creatures to perfection, but a lot of the creeping, claustrophobic horror
of this read comes from the build-up, and Curran's ability to describe things that are so alien to us that they should make any reader shudder, especially when the
creature's hunting abilities are put to the test by one poor bastard or another from the ever dwindling cast. To give you an idea, I want you to imagine the dialog from
some of Brian Keene's better novels (Terminal, Ghoul, The Conqueror Worms...), take Graham Masterton's unflinching descriptions of horrific deaths, the flawless
explanations of Dean Koontz, the gift of making seemingly stupid or unbelievable situations become engaging for the reader of Bentley Little, and the true talent of
scaring the reader deep down of Stephen King, and you might have a few percents of Tim Curran in this novel. I will definitely read this one again over and over and
there are tons of scenes I will long to re-visit such as the description of the Fogdevil, the giant jellyfish and its meal, the accident with a device out of this world
and demention...
I recommend this one to all and, just to show the effect it had on me, I will say that this book shoved Survivor by J. F. Gonzalez out of my top five horror novels to
end up at 5, took the number three spot in my top five scariest novels, and is number 5 in my top 5 reads ever. Read this. I feel that I need to spread this book around
in the hopes that at least one other person will get the same amount of enjoyment out of it that I did.
I will rap this up with a quote from the Mortal Kombat videogame series or movies. "FLAWLESS VICTORY!" And, just for the hell of it... "FATALITY!"
except with the cast of characters being caught in it on the ocean instead of in a supermarket, but this surpasses The Mist by 81 Miles, and I gave The Mist five stars!
Anyway, this is one of the most atmospheric novels I have ever read and the author relies a lot on sound and smell to paint a picture of fear. Being nearly blind, I can
really appreciate when authors do this. Yes, Curran definitely describes the violence and the creatures to perfection, but a lot of the creeping, claustrophobic horror
of this read comes from the build-up, and Curran's ability to describe things that are so alien to us that they should make any reader shudder, especially when the
creature's hunting abilities are put to the test by one poor bastard or another from the ever dwindling cast. To give you an idea, I want you to imagine the dialog from
some of Brian Keene's better novels (Terminal, Ghoul, The Conqueror Worms...), take Graham Masterton's unflinching descriptions of horrific deaths, the flawless
explanations of Dean Koontz, the gift of making seemingly stupid or unbelievable situations become engaging for the reader of Bentley Little, and the true talent of
scaring the reader deep down of Stephen King, and you might have a few percents of Tim Curran in this novel. I will definitely read this one again over and over and
there are tons of scenes I will long to re-visit such as the description of the Fogdevil, the giant jellyfish and its meal, the accident with a device out of this world
and demention...
I recommend this one to all and, just to show the effect it had on me, I will say that this book shoved Survivor by J. F. Gonzalez out of my top five horror novels to
end up at 5, took the number three spot in my top five scariest novels, and is number 5 in my top 5 reads ever. Read this. I feel that I need to spread this book around
in the hopes that at least one other person will get the same amount of enjoyment out of it that I did.
I will rap this up with a quote from the Mortal Kombat videogame series or movies. "FLAWLESS VICTORY!" And, just for the hell of it... "FATALITY!"
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Sep 30, 2011 12:33AM
Adam, the scene with the (view spoiler)[alien blew my mind. And what happened to Fabrini in that machine still haunts me. I can't think of a more horrible existence than his now. Unbelievable. (hide spoiler)]. Thanks for recommending this book!
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That was one of the deaths (if you can call it that) that will always stay with me. I'm really glad you enjoyed it. It is the least I can do for all the good recommendations you have given me.
Death is terrible, but once someone is dead their pain ends with their existence. Fabrini? *shudder*
There was something so unbearable about that section of the novel. From reading a comment from the author, I knew something bad was going to happen to Fabroni, but I didn't know what or when. Also, usually when I read a comment like that, I don't find it as surprising. This one was something totally...alien. Haha. The author actually lives in Michigan same as me so I am planning on buying a print copy and trying to meet him. I hope he gets the recognition he clearly deserves.
It was interesting when it was mentioned that along with the ships, (view spoiler)Has Curran written anything else? That would be wonderful to meet him.
I have read two other books by him so far. Resurrection: Zombie Epic is one and it was a blast, but a bit long for a zombie book. The other was Biohazard, another great book dealing with a post-apocalyptic United States. He has several others that sound good. Check out the Hive series and his novel The Devil Next Door. Those sound great.
I certainly will. Thanks, Adam. I hope I've found a great, new author.
