The Sandman: Endless Nights

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Featuring the popular characters from the award-winning Sandman series, THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS reveals the legend of the Endless, a family of magical and mythical beings who exist and interact in the real world.Born at the beginning of time, Destiny, Death, Dream, Desire, Despair, Delirium and Destruction are seven brothers and sisters who each lord over atheir respective realms.In this highly imaginative book that boasts diverse styles of breathtaking art, these seven peculiar and powerful siblings each reveal more about their true-being as they star int heir own tales of curiosity and wonder.

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Graphic SF Reader.......2007-09-03

Endless Nights is basically an anthology. Each of the Endless has a story in this trade, and each story is drawn by a different preson. This includes Milo Manara, Glen Fabry and Frank Quitely, so the latter part of the trade has a more realistic type look than a lot of the other Sandman work, which is nice for a change.

Quite a let-down . . ........2007-07-30

After the 11-volume "Sandman" series had been completed, Gaiman came back and wrote these seven stories, one for each of the "Endless," partly because he wanted the opportunity to work with each of the artists involved. Unfortunately, the result is not entirely successful. Milo Manara, one of my absolute favorite artists of any kind, contributes a very nice rendering of Desire's story (natural), and Glenn Fabry does likewise for Destruction -- though the story here is not nearly as strong -- but Bill Sienkiewicz's work on Delirium is confusing and Barron Storey on Despair is just a postmodernist mess.

The 11th Volume.......2007-02-03

In his introduction Neil Gaiman tells us that writing these stories was like coming home. Well, reading them is also like a homecoming. I've read all ten volumes of the Sandman Library over the years and the quality of the stories and the artwork fits in perfectly. I know because I recaptured that same magical feeling that immersed me when I first read the originals. These are timeless stories that could have been included almost anywhere in the series.

There is one chapter for each of the endless:

1)"Death and Venice", deals with an alchemist's attempt to seal time (and Death) out of his palazzo forever.

2)"What I've Tasted of Desire", is a Celtic tale of the consequences of having obtained your heart's desire- and then having it torn from you.

3)"The Heart of a Star", is a remarkable story of Dream's first love- set several hundred million years before any of the other stories. You also get to meet Delight before she ever became Delirium.

4)"Fifteen Portraits of Despair", is just that, fifteen soul chilling insights into the depths of soul chilling bleakness.

5)"Going Inside", is a remarkable rescue mission conducted by five of Delirium's own to pull their mistress back from deep within her own madness.

6)"On the Peninsula", is told by an archeologist who dreams of the end of the world- until she is invited on a dig where all the artifacts come from an apocalyptic future of Destruction.

7)"Endless Nights" is a portrait of the eldest of the Endless- Destiny, whose book contains all and everything, including these tales.

It is emphasized that the Endless are not Gods. They truly are the Forms of that which their names describe. Dream doesn't "represent" dream- he IS all that is meant by dream. So too with all the others. They do not care whether or not you believe in them, for they will fulfill their functions in all the realms, regardless.

More Sandman Generally Means Happiness.......2006-08-12

This collection of short stories, each one featuring one of the Endless, was worth the attempt. I consider myself a fan of the Sandman (I believe the regular run to be one of the greatest comics, ever, and near the top of all literature). I like anything that will allow for more authentic adventure in this world that Neil Gaiman has created.

I am happy to have it.

That said, the execution of this particular volume is inconsistent. Instead of making them all conventional short stories, Gaiman decided to be daring and make a couple of them rather surreal. I admire his daring, though not everyone will be satisfied with, say, Delirium's tale which is fairly hard to follow.

Personally, I loved the Despair feature (which cannot really be called a story)--small vignettes of people in Despair, or reflections on her nature.

Of the more traditional stories, the book starts strongly with Death and Desire but finishes kind of weakly with Destruction's and Destiny's. Destruction is a wonderful character, and I was hoping to get something that used him to more effect, but he is hardly there in his tale (indeed, Delirium gets more dialogue and time), and Destiny simply doesn't make a very compelling protagonist (and so Gaiman doesn't give him a story, just kind of talks about Destiny).

The show-stealer, as though there could be any doubt, is Dream's tale, which gives us insight into all of the Endless in the long ago (back to a time when Destruction still wore his mantle, Delirium was Delight and Dream and Desire were the best of friends... kind of).

Sandman fans will appreciate this collection, though it is unlikely that every one will like every tale. Still, as much as I love the universe, these characters, and the author behind it all, I am happy that Mr. Gaiman continues to make his particular brand of art.

Minor, but still very good........2006-06-29

Neil Gaiman, Sandman: Endless Nights (Vertigo, 2004)

While the much-vaunted Sandman series ended a while back, Neil Gaiman always said that never meant he was done with it. Since then, there have been a slow, but steady, trickle of Sandman works (along with the inevitable outpouring of spinoffs, most of which, in comparison, leave a good deal to be desired). As I write this, Endless Nights is the most recent of the works released to fill in holes and build on the mythology.

Split into seven chapters, one focusing on each of the Endless, Endless Nights (the title story is Destiny's) suffers from the same drawback as most graphic novels that don't have their entire contents sharing an overarching theme: inconsistency. This is exaggerated, though only slightly, by the fact that Gaiman worked with a different artist for each story. While all seven of the artists represented are fantastic, not all of them are going to work equally well with Gaiman and his well-established mythology; it's not just how good you are, it's how good you mesh. (Look at Brian Azzarello and the brilliant 100 Bullets series. Now, imagine Steve Dillon doing the artwork instead of Eduardo Risso. See what I mean?) This is, of course, not to say it's not wonderful. Gaiman, after all, continues to do his strongest work in the world of the Endless. It's just that some of the pieces don't seem to quite fit. Despair's story, for example, would probably have fit better as an adjunct to Dave McKean's wonderful Cages. But you get it where you can, and where you get it is right here.

Not a book for Sandman beginners, but those who have already read the series will find this a fun tome. ****

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Stare: Portraits from the endless night

Manufacturer: Goliath Books
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Those who've seen even a fraction of Derek Ridgers' nightlife photos can testify to its cultural significance. Every midnight tribe is here - hippies, punks, ravers, goths, teds, mods and every pretty boy and dirty girl in between, shot in situ in their un-natural habitat. There's also a strong showing from the sexed-up in-your-lens mischief makers that inhabit the demi-monde of fetish, fashion, sex and glamour establishments, mostly in London, but also around the globe. Portraits from the Endless Night focuses on Ridgers' raunchier work, yet includes the glamour vixens and club kids, creating a heady mix of reportage and eroticism comes directly from the subject, not the photographer.

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ENDLESS GORE AND BRUTALITY!
Morbidly Addicting
This Ain't your Grandma's Horror
A typical Laymon plot with extra gore.
Behold the KING

Endless Night
Richard Laymon
Manufacturer: Leisure Books
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ENDLESS GORE AND BRUTALITY!.......2007-08-11

Endless night starts with a big bang and takes off running from the very first chapter! This is another one of laymons best books due to it's fast bloody start and sick messed up characters, Richard laymon is without a doubt the most hardcore vicious horror author out there and yes that includes jack ketchum and edward lee...Theres a home invasion, a mass murder, a chase and a sick back story from a twisted killer bent on rapeing and killing the main character who happens to only be a young teen girl...Reading laymons books and enjoying them makes you question yourself about weather or not your right in the head but it's all so much fun now isn't it?

Morbidly Addicting.......2007-06-02

On an ordinary night, sleeping over at her friend Evelyn's house, Jody's life is changed forever. A twisted group of killers break into the house and slaughter everyone-except for Jody and Evelyn's little brother Andy, who escape.

Being witnesses, they are hunted by a man named Simon, whose job is to make sure they can never tell anyone what happened. Simon also has a sickening lust for Jody, which seems to spur him on throughout the book.

I am an avid horror fan. But I found many things wrong with this book. First and foremost, I enjoy plot twists and layered stories. This book was very straightforward and easy to read and understand. The ending was no surprise-though Andy was annoying as hell throughout the entire book, and the ending only made me hate him more. There was no suspense in this book. It was slaughter after slaughter, or Simon describing past slaughters that he and his killing group, the Krulls, did.

Which brings me to my next point. I have read gory books before. I have seen disturbing movies before. But what made this book stomach turning for me was the graphic rape of countless women. Mutilations? Not my favorite thing to read about, but it doesn't bother me. But the treatment of women in this book was disgusting. I dreaded reading Simon's narrations, and I now believe that this author seriously has some issues. This wasn't suspense, this wasn't horror. This was just....disturbing. Simon was by far the most disturbing character I have ever read about, and I was actually relived when this book was over. Not exactly the emotion I think the author was looking for.

So why two stars? Because the book was so damn addicting. I read through it in a day (though it didn't have to be 466 pages). But just because I read it quickly doesn't mean I enjoyed it. The brutal rape and lack of plot twists ruined the book for me. But I finished it quickly, and have to give the author credit for that (even if it was only morbid fascination that kept me intrigued).

This was my first Richard Laymon book, and I don't think I'm going to read another one for a while. At least, not until I can sleep again at night. The review might be biased because of my age, but I think most people will find this book more disgusting than entertaining, no matter how old they are.

This Ain't your Grandma's Horror.......2007-03-23

Jody hears a sound in the middle of the night, while sleeping over her friend Evelyn's house. It wakes them both up at once.
It sounded like broken glass. Evelyn is scared. Evelyn is always scared. She wants Jody to check it out with her. Reluctantly Jody agrees. They open the door together to take a peek, and a spear head punches through Evelyn's back. It's tip scratches Jody's abdomen as Evelyn is lifted into the air.
And thus starts "The Endless Night".

Detailed Rape- Graphic Gore- & Tons of Guns
If those 3 phrases are not something you want described in a horror novel,
Then why are you reading Laymon?
You might instead feel better reading some "feel-good" horror.

Because Laymon (in my opinion)is easily the greatest, and most graphic horror novelist this country has to offer.
Simple prose, excellent pacing, (Seriously you'll read it in a day)
and enough nudity and gore to fill your Uncle Bob's swimming pool.
Although (and it's a crying shame) he never made it big in his native U.S.
(I personally blame it on America's puritanical upbringing.)
He was huge in Europe.

Anyway,
This novel doesn't take any time at all to start up. It's comes out of the gate with a rocket up it's ...... posterior.
And it never let's go of your throat from there on in.
The chapters following the main protagonist (Jody) are kind of slow, but they have their moments and small pay-offs.
However the chapters chronicaling the adventures of Simon (the main antagonist) are priceless. During these chapters, (which are spoken into a tape recorder), Simon not only kills and rapes his way to Jody, but also tells of the exploits of "The Killer Krulls" (The merry band of murderers he belongs to, that break into peoples homes to rape and mutilate them.)

I coudn't possibly go into all the gory details (we're talking alot of violence here; anything from group rape to child murder), but what I can say is, this book was vicious, even for Laymon. (There was one comical scene though, worth mentioning: involving a younger "Killer Krulls" playing catch with their first victims disembodied heart. All the while one them is whistling the theme from the "Harlem Globe-Trotters".)

Only buy this book (or any of his, for that matter) if your'e looking for a bloody, vicious read. Because, in all honesty, you won't be sleeping with both eyes shut for a good, long time.

MORAL OF THE STORY: The World is Full of Psychos. Buy a Gun!!!

A typical Laymon plot with extra gore........2007-02-19

For me, Laymon isn't just the literary equivalent of dessert -- he is the cherry on top. With his fast pace, simple prose, violence and gore, and occasionally complete illogical plot twists, I know I can just shut off my brain and have fun. There's not much to think about here -- you just let Laymon take you for a ride.

"Endless Night" has a typical Laymon plot -- he takes normal people, puts them in a crazy, violent situation, and then makes them run for their lives.

In this case, two kids -- Jody and Andy -- survive a home invasion by a group of psychopaths. The man blamed for their escape, Simon, is tasked with finding them and killing them (first because they are witnesses and then to provide Jody, who everyone sickly lusts for, for some fun and games).

The novel starts off brilliantly. As others have noted, Laymon is a master of creating that goosebump suspense. Jody is sleeping over her friend's house when the madmen break in. She sees her friend and her parents slaughtered. She manages to escape with her friend's brother, Andy, but the men chase them out into the early-morning street.

This opening is amazing -- the shocking realization that yes, someone really is in the house, and no, you're not being paranoid; the stunning depravity of the men who are there; the stomach-clenching terror the kids feel, and the way you unconsciously hold your breath wanting them to get away.

They eventually do, and are stashed at Jody's house, where her cop father and most of the police force protect them.

As good as this opening is, what comes after goes soft. To avoid being sitting ducks, Jody, Andy and Jody's father take off on a little trip.

Simon has to find Jody and bring her back to his pals or they'll kill and torture everyone in his life.

What we end up with is alternating chapters of Jody's travel (where we get the finer points of colorful diners and the inside of hotel rooms and gas stations) and Simon recounting the repulsive violence he and his buddies have exacted on innocent people over the years.

While the group's history was interesting (in that gory sort of way) and the things Simon does along the way gruesome fun, I got a little sick of the two-step march the book took: first we hear about Jody on the road and Laymon bored us with the details of her trip, and then Simon would kill someone for some object he needed. And back and forth and back and forth. This is supposed to be a collision course between Jody and Simon, but really it just became a long catalog of violent crimes by Simon. He breaks into a store to steal a wig, he kills a couple of guys for a dog, he kills a bum for the hell of it, etc., etc. And on and on.

Also, he dresses up like a woman to escape the neighborhood of the original crime. But even after being out of the neighborhood, he continues to dress like a woman for the rest of the book. We're never told exactly why, though. It made sense to get away from the crime scene, because the cops had a description, but why continue after that? What makes more sense: dressing like a woman because the cops know you have a shaved head, or putting on a damn hat?

I liked Jody a lot more than I did Simon, but after a while Laymon stops giving Jody anything interesting to do or say.

And for as fast-paced as Laymon plots his novels, he sure does dawdle a lot. As here, for instance, when the novel is about to come to a close and Laymon decides to stick an NRA pamphlet in it practically out of nowhere.

What saves the book is a fairly good ending. You know what's coming, but it definitely doesn't go down like you'd expect it to. I have to give Laymon credit for getting a little wild with his finale. (The final few pages feature two people who have just gone to Hell and back and they're JOKING AROUND. That's inexcusable.)

The thing with Laymon is that though this could have easily been one hundred pages shorter, you plow through it so fast that you hardly notice.

The beginning is sensational, there's a few fun stops along the way, and the ending offers a nice little twist on what you think is coming.

Not Laymon's best, but he heaps on the gore to compensate for the lack of a plot (which is good news if you like gore), and it leaves you with enough of a good taste in your mouth to make it worth checking out.

Behold the KING.......2006-12-14

Laymon was the best horror writer that ever lived. If you want to read
great literature then dont read Laymon. If you're twisted and want to
read something totally crazy and entertaining then Laymon is your man..
NO ONE does it better.....

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Better the Second Time Around
Untypical Christie-an older woman's take on sixties social mobility
pretty good, recommend for your next flight
Hmmm.... dissappointing
Another masterpiece of mystery. Psychologically disturbing.

Endless Night
Agatha Christie
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ASIN: 0312981384

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Strapped by a chauffeur's wages, Michael Rogers' want of a better life seems out of reach. Especially elusive is a magnificent piece of property in Kingston Bishop--unil a chance meeting with a beautiful heiress makes his dreams possible. Marrying her is the first step. Building the perfect home is the next. Unfortunately, Michael ignored the local warnings about the deadly curse buried in the tract of land, and living out his dreams may exact a higher price than he ever imagined. Praised as one of Agatha Christie's most unusual forays into gothic, psychological suspense, this novel of fate, chance, and the nature of evil was a personal favorite of the author's as well.

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Better the Second Time Around.......2007-08-23

I read Agatha Christie's "Endless Night" almost 40 ago and did not like it at all then. As other reviewers have noted, it is not a typical Christie mystery. Not only did it stray from Christie's classic crime/deduction/solution process, but it lacked the humor that is one of her hallmarks.

I thought I'd try it again to see whether age and experience would make me more appreciative. Well, yes and no. I still do not like the dark, heavy, suspense-building structure of the novel. I still definitely miss the humor. But this time around, knowing the "twist" at the end, I could admire her "fair play" -- the clues are all provided.

I have to respect Ms Christie for her willingness to experiment so late in her career. In "Endless Night" she has produced a good, well-plotted, suspense novel. Nevertheless, I wish she had written another Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple book.

Untypical Christie-an older woman's take on sixties social mobility.......2007-06-03

I do not link this book to others by this writer, but judge it on its own merits. The book is narrated by an intelligent and (moderately) educated working class man who becomes involved with a seriously wealthy and sheltered young woman. The book is a successful psychological study of this relationship but in the second half of the book mystery genre requirements kick in. I enjoyed much more the first half, which some have called slow, than the second, which some have called predictable. You should read this if you are interested in what it might have been like for both parties for a young working class man to go out with an heiress at that time when it was starting to become fashionable for young upper class ladies to go for a 'bit of rough', (some may remember the relevant Monty Python sketch), though Agatha's Christie's older generation take on this is inevitably about ten years out of date.

pretty good, recommend for your next flight.......2006-09-11

I had picked up a hint somewhere that this was not exactly among Agatha Christie's best novels, and, if anything, it was perhaps typical of what's seen as a decline in her last decade. Not, therefore, entertaining high expectations, I picked this up on a Sunday afternoon and was pleased to find it a pretty engaging story. Rather uncommon for an AC novel, the crime does not even happen till far into the work; here is a case where you pretty much know (or think you do) the setting and the dramatis personae, and even the clues, BEFORE the misdeed is committed, which makes for a nice twist I thought. It is a richly evil story. Mike, the narrator and main dramatis persona, is pretty deftly drawn. In fact I feel he's got more substance and complexity to him than any other AC character that comes to mind at the moment. There is a scene that proves a crossroads in this story, which Mike himself recognizes as such, and it is poignant indeed. On the other hand I think the basic plot, with the oil heiress, strains credence a bit, even for a mystery novel (--and yet maybe this is part of the game). Some characters, like Lippincott and Cora, strike me a bit as creaky stereotypes. Also, like some other late AC novels (Postern of Fate and Elephants Can Remember come to mind), the writing and fleshing-out has a--how to put it--a somehow professional, methodical, almost mechanical aspect, to my mind. It's hard to explain, but I wonder if perhaps AC in her late years limited her work, perhaps developing the basic outline but letting skilled assistants fill in much of it. Finally, there is what I felt a certain degree of excess towards the end that mars the story for me, somewhat. It's still a pretty good story regardless.

I've only read around 25 AC novels over the years (barely got my feet wet, compared to other reviewers here I see!). I guess my favorite by her would be Murder of Roger Ackroyd, And Then There Were None, Murder in Retrospect and Sleeping Murder.

Hmmm.... dissappointing.......2006-07-10

This book looks interesting, but I 'd rather say I was dissappointed, having read almost all Christie's books.

Get it only if you plan to collect every Agatha book. If you are a newbie in the Christie world or you want only the tops, this isn't for you.

Another masterpiece of mystery. Psychologically disturbing........2006-01-30

Once again Agatha Christie shows us that good mystery is not formulaic. I would suugest that fans of other genre might fit most comfortably into this story. The writing has elements of horror, psychodrama, forensic study and, of course, mystery.

The build up seems like a very gradual slope toward one incredible climax. This climax is not filled with wild revelation, but a kind of horrible acceptance.

It is a very good psychological hypothesis on serial murder as well - and my forensic psychology background give me some insight into this.

I was fascinated by the unconventional manner with with Christie develops the character. At first, the story seems to jump around, but when you accpet that this is a story made of recollections, it makes this trend acceptable. In fact, it makes it quite correct.

Once in a while, the end of a Christie story makes me say, "Wow." This was another case. In fact, I was psychologically conflicted. I felt a bit of pain and loss, but not in a unidirectional manner. It was the kind of multi-directional semi-confusion that you might expect exists within the story.

So, again, Christie has demonstrated a mastery of the psychology not only of the charaters but also of -the reader-.

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very disapointed.

Endless Passion: Night Magic\Tender Touch\Sweet Mystery (Arabesque)
Lynn Emery
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very disapointed. .......2006-08-06

i didn't like this book. i'm normally a person that can't stop reading a book till i've reached the end, but all three stories in this book were not interesting. there was way to much background info and not enough focus on the characters. the first two stories were so boring that i didn't really read the last story in detail. it was just bad. please take my advice and don't waste your money on this one like i did. i don't even remember what the stories were about cause they were so awful.

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Endless Night....

Endless Night
Patricia Pellicane
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Endless Night...........2003-01-01

The roar of defeat echoes from Shiloh to Gettysburg as the Civil War enters its death throes. But for one man and woman, the battle has begun...

With the blood of the Yankee who attacked her on her hands, Confederate widow Ellie Potter flees her Georgia home aboard a California-bound wagon train...unaware that she is under suspicion for a crime of a very different nature...

Ric Tanner believes that Ollie Potter is still alive. And he believes that Ellie Potter will lead him to his quarry. To bring to justice the sadistic man who killed his brother, Tanner will follow Ellie to the ends of the earth, if he must. For his is a heart hardened by hatred...until he catches up with Ellie, and finds himself moved by her gentleness and beauty.

But the road to vengeance is long and lonely, and Ric's ruthless obsession could destroy a love more precious than all the victories in the world. Somehow, he must find a way to ease his bitter soul if he and Ellie are to turn the endless night into a dawn of hope and passionate promise....

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Sexy. . .and Scary

A page-turner!

I really did enjoy this story
Endless Night
Andrea Dionne
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Twenty five years ago, the starship Mayflower disappeared without a trace. But now Mayflower has resurfaced, and it carries a deadly secret.... Captain Breanna Delaney has been charged to gain reconnaissance on the ship, and she brings with her a motley group of militia--none more dangerous than Caleb Sylvaine. In a desperate game of survival, Breanna can't afford to let sexual desire get in her way, but Caleb seems to ignite her in a way that blinds her to anything but him and the touch of his body. Infamous for her refusal to take a lover, Captain Breanna is a challenge too enticing for Caleb to resist. He's determined to crack her shield and expose the woman beneath ... and he's not above using every weapon at his disposal. Rating: Contains graphic violence, graphic sex and explicit language.

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Sexy. . .and Scary.......2006-12-12

The starship Mayflower has suddenly reappeared decades after it mysteriously vanished. Now, Captain Breanna Delaney is leading a rag-tag militia unit to investigate the ghost ship in order to discover what happened to it--as well as the crew and hundreds of colonists aboard her at the time of the disappearance.

Breanna is known for her expertise, disciplined nature, and icy demeanor; however, she finds herself tested from the outset of this mission. Things start to go seriously wrong as soon as Breanna and her unit set foot on Mayflower and it's unclear whether the mission is being sabotaged from within her group or is under assault from more mysterious--and ominous--forces on the ship. Breanna's focus is also affected by the presence of Lance Corporal Caleb Sylvaine, an exceptional soldier with a cocky attitude and an unfortunate knack for getting into trouble. Caleb is fascinated by Breanna and wants to be the one to melt the infamous Ice Queen, despite the fact that it would be a violation of every military and company regulation in the book.

This is one spooky, scary story. The author does an excellent job of building and maintaining the tension level while unravelling the mystery of Mayflower. Tension of a more enjoyable sort between Breanna and Caleb also continues to build--and it is a real pleasure to watch Caleb get under Breanna's skin and defenses.

My only real complaint with the book is the somewhat rushed ending. It was a short book--more of a novella, really--so I'm not sure what the sudden hurry was. There were some inconsistencies, as well as some loose ends that could have been satisfactorily resolved with even a few extra sentences. Without giving too much away, I had a problem with the method of departure from Mayflower since the drawbacks to this method were forcefully enunciated earlier and it appeared that a viable alternative may have been made available by the end of the book. Some of the loose ends included how Mayflower--and even another ship later--actually disappeared, and why it subsequently reappeared. Also, the author did a good job of fleshing out the characters of the unit soldiers, so it would have been nice to learn the outcome of some of their stories. That said, the followup on the main storyline and the relationship between Breanna and Caleb was very satisfactory.

All in all, this was a riveting sci-fi tale and sexy romance all rolled into one very enjoyable package. The action never flagged, and it had a very visual, cinematic feel to it. I hope there will be other offerings available from this author. I'll certainly read them if there are.

(I don't want to scare off any potential readers, but I am including a note to New Concepts Publishing in the hope they'll clean up their act, so to speak. Overall, I am highly impressed with NCP's catalog, and their books consistently rate very highly in writing and plotlines, but the editing and proofreading are atrocious and unfairly (for the authors and the readers) mar the quality of the final product. This book suffered from a messy use of pronouns and the frequent use of the wrong words. Some of the word mixups include: metals/medals, solders/soldiers, proceeding/preceding, worse/worst, accused/used, your/you're, rooting/rotting, fairing/faring, phased/fazed, vice/vise, routies/rowdies, soul/sole, trust/thrust, it's/its, Louis/Luis (one of the soldiers), IO/Io (the name of the troop transport ship), etc. Also, there was one scene where hands and tongues did so much "skating" that I felt I was at an ice rink. I view these as editorial issues--rather than author errors--that NCP should address and correct, especially given the price of their books.)

A page-turner!.......2006-01-03

Twenty-five years before, the starship Mayflower disappeared, leaving only two survivors in an escape pod. Now it has reappeared, and Captain Breanna Delaney of the Colonial Militia has been assigned to recon the ship, in preparation for the Company to investigate the cause of the disappearance. She is assigned a crew of miscellaneous militia riffraff, including Caleb Sylvaine, an experienced soldier who never seems to advance because of his insubordination and wild actions off duty. Caleb is challenged by Breanna's reputation as the 'Ice Queen,' and resolves that he will have her in his bunk before the mission is over. But this mission is more dangerous than either Breanna or Caleb knows--their lives, and the lives of the crew depend on their working together.

Combining science fiction and romance into a seamless whole is more difficult than it might seem, and good SF/romances are few. This is one of the good ones! The story is a gung-ho SF adventure, melded seamlessly with the erotic attraction of the two protagonists to each other. For those who wonder about such things, this novel contains graphic violence, graphic heterosexual sex, and explicit language--none of which are jarring or out-of-place with the plot and ambiance of the story. This novel is a page-turner--I finished this one in one sitting, without getting up from in front of the computer screen! It was a great read, and I recommend it highly to fans of science fiction as well as romance. -- Jean, Fallen Angel Reviews (courtesy of Fallen Angel Reviews)

I really did enjoy this story.......2005-03-13

It was really good. It is a sci-fi, but it is also a suspense, a mystery and a horror novel. I could 'put it down,' so to speak. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time, asking myself "What the heck are they dealing with?"

The writing is good and the characters are likable. I like the strength of both the female and the male lead. The build up is phenomenal, the love scenes are hot and descriptive, and the ending... was a little disappointing.

But I still enjoyed it immensely. The suspense made it worth the read as well as the chemistry between the two characters. I wish that this author had more books available.

Endless Night: Cinema and Psychoanalysis, Parallel Histories

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The "endless night" that film theory and psychoanalysis share is the darkness that these two disciplines face in their quest for the logics of intelligibility. This collection emphasizes the history of theory to demonstrate that film theory must be written with a strong sense of historical consciousness, curiosity, and archaeological craft. The volume brings together film theorists and practicing psychoanalysts to encourage an exchange of views between disciplines that encounter each other all too rarely.

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LOVED IT LOVED IT LOVED IT!
I want more!
Good v Evil, Law & Order style!
Clever Demonic Story
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Son of the Endless Night
John Farris
Manufacturer: Tor Books
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ASIN: 0812522451

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LOVED IT LOVED IT LOVED IT!.......2006-09-06

This is the stuff that reading is all about. Every book should be like this book. John Farris is in so many ways better than anyone else. He is in every way equal to King. I used to read him a long time ago. I would borrow his books from the library, you know the old hard back copies that were almost going to pieces. Funny to think of all the people before me who stayed up late at night with that very same copy of the book reading the very same pages, licking their index fingers and turning each page with such anticipation because that's what a John Farris book will do to you. It will cause you to bring home a dilapitated copy of a book that is probably infected with all manner of disgusting germs from hundreds of peoples' saliva, and knowing this full well you will still bring this book to your bed and enjoy every minute of OCD anxiety it causes you because John Farris is THAT good. Love this and every other John Farris book i have ever read. But this one was by far the best and definitely on my top 10 best horror of all time, and i have read a lot!

I want more!.......2003-01-14

I've never read many books outside the ones that were mandatory to read in my high school. I picked "Son of the Endless Night" up out of a local library when I decided to buy a few books to try and get into reading. And I must say that this book did exactly that. Now, I just dont know what other catagories of books to try and read except for "Horror", for John Farris's descriptive detail in the interesting relations of Good vs. Evil had to be, in my opinion, one of the all time greatest.

Good v Evil, Law & Order style!.......2002-03-08

A demonically possessed young man commits a horrible murder, or the spirit controlling his body does, and now the forces of darkness want the boy taken to trial. Anyone that stands in its way is destroyed in rather gruesome and disturbing ways. Although the book goes way over the top, would you believe on unfortunate soul being dispatched via the commode?, the book never becomes silly. It remains a suspenseful and scary ride to its harrowing conclusion. Highly recommended.

Clever Demonic Story.......2001-11-21

This is my first novel by John farris I read. I did see The Fury years earlier,so I decided to try reading one of his novels. I can honestly say it was a fun read, lots of gore and physical descriptions of the evil events. I must also add that Farris does like to put in alot of sex, and can be pornographic at times, I didn't expect it from a horror novel, but what the heck it was still fun. If you liked THE EXORCIST This would have been a worthy companion to that story.
IN A NUTSHELL: Guy becomes possessed by a ruthless spirit, guy gets arrested and goes to court for murder. Now the spirit wants to prove in court that he legally exsists. How you ask? By putting on a "Demonic Show" for the Jury. This is when it gets wild, thats all I'll say. ENJOY!

Genuinely scary bits..........2001-02-05

Loved the slow tape "ZAAARRACHH-ROOOUUUMB-AAAGGGH!" and the tire iron - euuch!

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