The Atrocity Archives
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Harry Palmer as a Civil Service geek!
  • Could have been great...
  • Historical first
  • Super Reader
  • Two fine tales, including a Hugo winner
 The Atrocity Archives
Charles Stross
Manufacturer: Ace Trade
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ASIN: 0441013651

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The national bestselling author takes a departure from his epic science fiction to craft this cross between Len Deighton-style espionage and H.P. Lovecraftian horror.

Bob Howard is a computer-hacker desk jockey, who has more than enough trouble keeping up with the endless paperwork he has to do on a daily basis. He should never be called on to do anything remotely heroic.

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In the title piece, Alan Turing, the father of modern computer science, completes his theorem on "Phase Conjugate Grammars for Extra-dimensional Summoning." Turing's work paves the way for esoteric mathematical computations that, when carried out, have side effects that leak through a channel underlying the structure of the Cosmos. Out there in the multiverse are "listeners" who can sometimes be coerced into opening gates. In 1945, Nazi Germany's Ahnenerbe-SS, in an attempt to escape the Allied onslaught, performs just such a summoning on the souls of more than six million. A gate opens to an alternate universe through which the SS move people and material-to live to fight another day. But their summoning brings forth more than the SS have bargained for-an evil, patiently waiting all this time while learning the ways of humans, now poises to lunch on Earth. Secret intelligence agencies, esoteric theorems, Lovecraftian horrors, Middle East terrorist connections, a damsel in distress, and a final battle on the surface of a dying planet round out this story.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Harry Palmer as a Civil Service geek! .......2007-09-30

Charles Stross, as usual, has delivered a fast-moving, way-out-there, modern SF novel. Add secret government agencies, occult events and open-source technology and you have a winner! Our anti-hero, Bob Howard, (if that is really who he is...) has to navigate his way through the mire of modern government agency management (most of it petty and/or insane - as those of us who work in such agencies can attest to!) and stay alive with the adroit use of technology and magic devices, often interchangeable!
The plot involves getting up far too early, looking at concrete cows and avoiding being vapourised on an office management takeover. Definitely worth reading. If you like this one, you will also like the next book about Bob, The Jennifer Morgue.

2 out of 5 stars Could have been great..........2007-09-18

I generally like Stross. This book feels like it is a resurrected early novella that was stretched to novel length. Well, almost. It is two stories really. I was rather startled when the first one wrapped up so soon.

The first story is rather clever in premise and reminded me very much of Christopher Moore's A Dirty Job: A Novel But as good as this could have been, it came up short.

I didn't read the second story as I generally don't enjoy short stories. And it looked like a short story...

3 out of 5 stars Historical first.......2007-09-16

I have to confess: I've gone through only parts of this book, and probably won't examine the whole. Some way into the first of these two novellas, I didn't see a lot of reason to keep going. The hard-boiled, supernatural, ultra-secret government agency, science fiction genre just doesn't grab me.

My interest is entirely in the second novella, "The Concrete Jungle." This, to the best of my knowledge, is the first reference in popular culture to FPGA-based reconfigurable computing (RC), an area in which I have an active research interest. As with other out-there technologies of the past, it's waved around as a semi-magical way to get essentially infinite computing power. And, for the benefit of the reader, I'd like to point out that FPGA is generally taken to mean "field programmable gate array," i.e. not factory-programmed, rather than "fully programmable." I could pick nits about the fictional date at which the story proposes to use RC, too, but that would be pedantic even for me.

I recommend this, at least as a curiosity, to anyone currently engaged in FPGA-based RC. Who knows - you might even read it.

-- wiredweird

4 out of 5 stars Super Reader.......2007-08-31

A fun combination of Lovecraft monsters, evil ratzis, spies, and Yes Minister, with a touch of Snow Crash.

Robert Howard works for 'The Laundry' - the slang name for the spook agency that deals with thaumaturgical, paranormal and invasion by cold, alien intelligences from other universe.

Interesting lengthy essay at the end where Stross talks about the spy novel as horror novel, due to the horrible looming real life threat of nuclear armageddon that was the thread running through a large number of them in recent times.

Entertaining solution for useless paperclip counting backstabbing office politicking bureaucrats, too!

5 out of 5 stars Two fine tales, including a Hugo winner.......2007-08-22

This consists of two separate stories "The Atrocity Archives" (235 pages) and the Hugo Award winning novella "The Concrete Jungle" (85 pages).

Both stories star Bob Howard, a strange mix of IT specialist, secret policeman, and mathematical magician, who works for The Laundry, a super secret British government agency fending off supernatural threats.

The Atrocity Archives may initially seem a little rambling, but stick with it, for the second half pulls it all together into an extremely focused and tense conclusion.

In the Concrete Jungle our hero faces a fascinating new threat, mixing magic and technology, against Her Majesty's Government (or at least the placid town of Milton Keynes). Howard gets to fight off an amazing range of threats, both magical and bureaucratic, before good rather mysteriously triumphs.

Stross provides a deft mixing of technological arcana with mathematically based magic, with much ironic humour along the way. Great fun!
Deep in the Jungle of Doom (Give Yourself Goosebumps, No 11)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • The cover alone was enough for them
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 Deep in the Jungle of Doom (Give Yourself Goosebumps, No 11)
R. L. Stine
Manufacturer: Scholastic
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ASIN: 0590847686

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5 out of 5 stars The cover alone was enough for them.......2001-06-10

the shiny special cover drove them nuts alone. This book was one of a set i bought for my son's birthday. We read it within one sunday afternoon....and for my boys that says alot. I don't believe in giving away details of a story, but buy it for your kids. they will love it. My boys are 5 & 9, and they go nuts over goosebump stories.

5 out of 5 stars This Book Rocks.......2001-02-19

Deep in the Jungle of Doom is a great book! You go on a weird jungle adventure. In one end, you are hypnotized by a troll, in another, you get eaten. It is one great book.

5 out of 5 stars A Cool Adventure.......1997-03-05

This book was cool it had so many things to do in it. I liked the part where thr troll was giving you goosebumps trivias the bes

5 out of 5 stars This book is cool!.......1997-01-16

When you go on a nature tour,strange things happen! You couldbattle a dragon or turn into a sea monster! Read this scarybook with 20 different endings!
Spawn, Book 9: Urban Jungle
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • GREAT BOOK!
 Spawn, Book 9: Urban Jungle
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ASIN: 158240111X

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SPAWN unknowingly reinforces a little boy`s belief in Christmas and later becomes the victim of a pious zealot whose twisted beliefs lead him down a perverted path. Elsewhere, an uncontrollable cybernetic simian experiment has escaped and wreaks havoc in the countryside as his investors frantically try to recapture him before his true purpose can be discovered. Intertwined with this complex story, two police detectives investigate their police chief`s covert ties to several government agencies and his role in some unexplained deaths.Join SPAWN as he searches for answers in this twisted world of shadow players.

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5 out of 5 stars GREAT BOOK!.......2000-06-29

Spawn Urban Jungle. This is, in other words, Book nine from the Spawn's Book series. It has some of the greatest histories in the Spawn original saga (Issues 39 to 42). The first history is one of the sweetest ones ever, it describes a little boy's view of Christmas, makes you remember when you where a little boy and the "grown-ups" problems where of no concern to you. While Spawn is fighting some thieves on the little boy's roof, he thinks that all of the noises are just Santa and some of Santa's helpers. The end of this Christmas story called "Noel" is just a big surprise. The next three issues of this book start with a great history the first time that Spawn gets almost killed. He gets caught by some of The Curse's helpers, and the he's taken to a castle somewhere else. The Curse starts cutting Spawn's flesh into pieces just to send them to earth's greatest minds and... well, you have to read it to see what happens. The greatest part of these issues is how Spawn manages to escape from The Curse's hands, and how he terminates with The Curse's life. On the meantime, there are two background histories going on. When Cy-Gor starts looking for his prey (Spawn) and heads to New York, leaving a bloody path, also seeing Cy-Gor's human side as he saves a little boy from being killed. You can also see the two great detectives (Sam and Twich) as they look for some more clues and connections between Al Simmons (Spawn), Chief Banks, Senator Jennings' daughter and Billy Kincaid. You can also check out Twich's Beautiful Wife. And the conclusion of the great Three-issues-saga is when Spawn meets a funny little nerd that wants to be a hero when he grows up, and (with his great knowledge of comic books) he starts telling Spawn some things he doesn't know about his costume's design. One of the greatest things this book has is the Cover Art! Is Just REALLY Cool! As you can see, this book has it all. A must have for REAL Spawn fans. It starts with some sweet stuff, then it gets really violent, and ends on a big friendship between a Hell Spawn and a Nerd. I really recommend this great Book.
The Ruins (Random House Large Print (Paper))
Average customer rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
  • Can't Put Down
  • Plant Rant
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  • A MASTERPIECE OF HORROR...
 The Ruins (Random House Large Print (Paper))
Scott Smith
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ASIN: 0739326929
Release Date: 2006-07-18

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In 1993, Scott Smith wowed readers with A Simple Plan, his stunning debut thriller about what happens when three men find a wrecked plane and bag stuffed with over 4 million dollars--a book that Stephen King called "Simply the best suspense novel of the year!" Now, thirteen years after writing a novel that turned into a pretty great movie featuring Bill Paxton and Billy Bob Thornton, Smith is back, with The Ruins, a horror-thriller about four Americans traveling in Mexico who stumble across a nightmare in the jungle. Who better to tell readers if Smith has done it again than the undisputed King of Horror (and champion of Smith's first book)? We asked Stephen King to read The Ruins and give us his take. Check out his review below. --Daphne Durham

Guest Reviewer: Stephen King

Stephen King is the author of too many bestselling books to name here, but some of our favorites include: Cell, The Stand, On Writing, The Shining, and the entire Dark Tower series. King also received the National Book Foundation 2003 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, has had many movies and television miniseries adapted from his novels, short stories, and screenplays, and is a regular columnist for Entertainment Weekly. Keep your eyes peeled for Lisey's Story (October 2006), a new television series on TNT based on Nightmares & Dreamscapes (July 2007), and a graphic novel series based on the Dark Tower books coming from Marvel (2007).

When I heard that Scott Smith was publishing a new novel this summer, I felt the way I did when my kids came in an hour or two late from their weekend dates: a combination of welcoming relief (thank God you're back) mingled with exasperation and anger (where the hell have you been?). Well, it's only a book, you say, and maybe that's true, but Scott Smith is a singularly gifted writer, and it seems to me that the twelve years between his debut--the cult smash A Simple Plan--and his return this summer with The Ruins is cause for exasperation, if not outright anger. Certainly Smith, who has been invisible save for his Academy Award-nominated screenplay for the film version of A Simple Plan, will have some 'splainin to do about how he spent his summer vacation. Make that his last twelve summer vacations.

But enough. The new book is here, and the question devotees of A Simple Plan will want answered is whether or not this book generates anything like Plan's harrowing suspense. The answer is yes. The Ruins is going to be America's literary shock-show this summer, doing for vacations in Mexico what Jaws did for beach weekends on Long Island. Is it as successful and fulfilling as a novel? The answer is not quite, but I can live with that, because it's riskier. There will be reviews of this book by critics who have little liking or understanding for popular fiction who'll dismiss it as nothing but a short story that has been bloated to novel length (I'm thinking of Michiko Kakutani, for instance, who microwaved Smith's first book). These critics, who steadfastly grant pop fiction no virtue but raw plot, will miss the dazzle of Smith's technique; The Ruins is the equivalent of a triple axel that just misses perfection because something's wrong with the final spin.

It's hard to say much about the book without giving away everything, because the thing is as simple and deadly as a leg-hold trap concealed in a drift of leaves…or, in this case, a mass of vines. You've got four young American tourists--Eric, Jeff, Amy, and Stacy--in Cancun. They make friends with a German named Mathias whose brother has gone off into the jungle with some archeologists. These five, plus a cheerful Greek with no English (but a plentiful supply of tequila), head up a jungle trail to find Mathias's brother…the archaeologists…and the ruins.

Well, two out of three ain't bad, according to the old saying, and in this case; what's waiting in the jungle isn't just bad, it's horrible. Most of The Ruins's 300-plus pages is one long, screaming close-up of that horror. There's no let-up, not so much as a chapter-break where you can catch your breath. I felt that The Ruins did draw on a trifle, but I found Scott Smith's refusal to look away heroic, just as I did in A Simple Plan. It's the trappings of horror and suspense that will make the book a best seller, but its claim to literature lies in its unflinching naturalism. It's no Heart of Darkness, but at its suffocating, terrifying, claustrophobic best, it made me think of Frank Norris. Not a bad comparison, at that.

One only hopes Mr. Smith won't stay away so long next time.--Stephen King


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Eerie, terrifying, unputdownable—Scott Smith’s first novel since his best-selling A Simple Plan (“Simply the best suspense novel of this year—hell, of the 1990s”—Stephen King). The Ruins follows two American couples, just out of college, enjoying a pleasant, lazy beach holiday together in Mexico as, on an impulse, they go off with newfound friends in search of one of their group—the young German, who, in pursuit of a girl, has headed for the remote Mayan ruins, site of a fabled archeological dig.

This is what happens from the moment the searchers—moving into the wild interior—begin to suspect that there is an insidious, horrific “other” among them . . .

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Can't Put Down.......2007-10-10

A book like this comes along only too rarely. Once I picked it up, it went everywhere with me until I finished it, although I hated to have it end. After it ended, I continued to think about it. I am pushing this book on everyone so they can have it in their head like it is in mine. Scott Smith took a long time after writing his first book to write this one (first one,A Simple Plan).I hope he doesn't make us wait this long again.

3 out of 5 stars Plant Rant.......2007-10-10

Ok, so I had high hopes for this book and it kind of delivered, but I was so hyped up about it from different reviews that I was expecting more. It was different, but through out the whole book I just kept thinking that I had read this somewhere before. The premise was decent but it just didn't feel original. I don't know how to describe it, but it was like deja vu when I read this book. It could be shortened by 100 pages or so too because, while character development is good, I could have used a bit less of it. I don't care about all that drama, get to the killin'! I liked the ending, but some of it felt like a cop out.

1 out of 5 stars Should be titled "Zero!".......2007-10-09

No, nothing, nada exploration of the "evil force," or "protagonist," which is central to the storyline of this book. In short, people are minipulated and eaten by a plant????? Would have given it a zero but was compelled by the rating system to give it one star.

3 out of 5 stars Expectinig More.......2007-10-09

As we followed the group throughout the story, I stared to care less and less for them. The book seemed to drag on and on. I was excited at first and really got into the story. The middle lost me somewhere. At the end I was listening to hear what happened, only to be disappointed in the end. The book had such possibility, but just fell short. All in all, an okay book, but I wouldn't bother reading it unless you have some time to kill.

5 out of 5 stars A MASTERPIECE OF HORROR..........2007-10-08

Ever since the since this author blazed across the literary consciousness during the mid 1990s with "A Simple Plan", his blockbuster tale of greed and suspense, fans have been waiting and clamoring for another book by this author. While I was surprised by the author's foray into an unexpected genre, that of horror fiction, having now read it, I can fully understand why the master of the macabre himself, Stephen King, has proclaimed it to be "the best horror novel of the new century". I would not disagree. It is simply a masterpiece.

Two young American couples, Jeff, Amy, Eric, and Stacy travel to Mexico to spend three weeks in August frolicking on the beaches of the Yucatan peninsula before Jeff and Amy embark on their medical school careers. There they become friendly with a young English speaking German tourist, Mathias, and three fun-loving Greeks. All in their early twenties, they hook up and party together.

It turns out that Mathias, however, had been on vacation with his younger brother, Heinrich, and quarreled with him. Heinrich had apparently met a young woman with whom he had become smitten, and when she left him to go work on an archeological dig in Coba, he decided to follow in hot pursuit. Heinrich left Mathias a note detailing why he was abandoning him and a somewhat sketchy map of where he was headed.

When Mathias decides to go after his brother, he persuades the Americans and one of the Greeks to accompany him. Believing this to be just a day excursion, these six intrepid travelers pack lightly and set out on their adventure. Despite a warning from a well-meaning native not to proceed, they continue on their way, traipsing through jungle. When they arrive at a remote Mayan village, they know that they are close to their objective. Soon after reaching their destination, however, it becomes clear that they wish that they had never set eyes or foot upon the place. What unfolds is simply horrific.

This is a horror novel that is relentless in its pacing, building the tension and suspense slowly, while creating an atmosphere of sheer and utter dread. What makes the story so stunning is the author's description of the events as they unfold within the novel and the perceptions and reactions of those who are living the nightmare. This is a finely wrought work of horror fiction, beautifully nuanced and well-written, that will ensnare the discerning reader and keep that reader turning its pages. I simply could not put it down! Bravo!
The Jungle of Horrors (Lone Wolf, No 8)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Wonderful adventure. Much better than "Castle Death"
  • A Hair-Raising adventure!
 The Jungle of Horrors (Lone Wolf, No 8)
Joe Dever , and Gary Chalk
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5 out of 5 stars Wonderful adventure. Much better than "Castle Death".......2006-06-21

I started this series probably 15 years ago, maybe more. I remember being so wrapped up in this interactive adventure that I couldn't wait to get my hands on the next installment. Well, while cleaning off my shelves a few days ago I stumbled across these gems and I tell you, I got overwhelmed with the same feelings.

You are Lone Wolf, the last of the Kai Warriors in the land of Sommerlund. Throughout your adventures (the are 28 books and 4 "World of Lone Wolf" books) you will face monsters big and small, wizards, magicians, puzzles, riddles, and everything else your imagination can think of.

This book is just like your standard "Choose Your Own Adventure" book except that it is more interactive. Not only do you choose your path, but you also choose your skills, equipment, and whether or not you want to battle enemies. This book employs an interesting combat system in which you pick a number from the "Random Number Table" at the end of the book by closing your eyes and poking the page with your eraser. I highly recommend getting ahold of a 10-sided die to use instead, because after a few books one can learn where the higher number areas are.

"Jungle of Horrors" is definitely refreshing compared to the last installment, "Castle Death." This book feels like the epic proportions of your quest have returned and this book starts a cohesive flow for the next few books in the Magnakai series. This adventure was a lot of fun and had some pretty nice battles. If you have the Sommerswerd then up until now the battles have been relatively easy (with +8 combat skill points); but, some of the monsters are definitely becoming stronger and a little more "beastly."

Finally, Joe Dever has authorized the free distribution and licensing of his Lone Wolf series which are available online. This resource has the unabridged editions which makes it great. I will not give out the URL as part of the reviewers agreement but with a little searching you should be able to find it. However, I still prefer to read the paperback versions instead of an online version.

5 out of 5 stars A Hair-Raising adventure!.......1997-04-11

The cesspools and quicksands are the least of your worries when you travel to the forbidden swamps of the Danarg. The slight tweak from behind that gnarled tree could mean the arrival of the creature you will be dinner for! Unmapped and unexplored, this terrible place is the center of a great evil.But more than just the minions of Agarash the Damned thwart your quest for the sacred Lost Temple of Ohrido, and your destiny. When your identity is revealed by agents of your arch-enemy Darklord Gnaag of Mozgoar, your quest begins a hair-raising roller coaster to the climactic end. Along for the ride is your trusted friend Paido, an evil necromancer, a fortune teller, and a war that could doom your quest before it has started. Do you have the nerves to explore the forbidden Danarg...and get out of it alive
Zigby and the Monster (Zigby)
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    		Zigby and the Monster (Zigby)
    Brian Paterson
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    Meet Zigby—an over-zealous zebra who keeps trotting into trouble! Young readers will adore these zippy, zany, animal-packed adventures—all set in the Great Outdoors.

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    The Curse in The Jungle (Shivers #14)
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      		The Curse in The Jungle (Shivers #14)

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      Hunting Shadows: Book One In The Drexus Tavosn Saga
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        		Hunting Shadows: Book One In The Drexus Tavosn Saga
        Melissa J. Vivigatz
        Manufacturer: Dragon Vine
        ProductGroup: Book
        Binding: Paperback

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        ASIN: 0971545901

        Product Description

        A vampire tale unlike all the rest. An esoteric, fantasy saga, enter a green, tropical jungle world that iss not as primitive as it seems. Meet Drexus Tavosn: scarred hunter, rueful philosopher, outcast. To him the vine jungle was sanctuary, the land beautiful, its savagery simple and direct. Then a mysterious poison came, spreading madness and death. To find the cure and protect those he loved, Drex had to leave the jungle for a place far deadlier. And through the journey s harsh struggle, the hunter's dreams are haunted by a fire-eyed demon of long fangs and talons: a nightwalker on a planet in which the nights last for three days--Or is it the psychic manifestation of the mysterious plague, one that drives it s victims murderously insane before it kills them? Through prophesy, bigotry, politics and betrayal, Drex struggles to purge the world of the descending madness--if he can escape the grasp of the demon in his own soul first...
        In Jungle Jeopardy (Scooby-Doo)
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        Jesse Leon McCann
        Manufacturer: Scholastic Paperbacks
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        Binding: Paperback

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        ASIN: 0439260752

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        Scooby and his friends are exploring the jungle! But soon the gang crosses paths with a crazed half-man, half-beast, who warns them to stay away. Now the whole gang is in jungle jeopardy . . . and there¹s only one way out. They¹ve got to stop that monster‹or else!

        Customer Reviews:

        4 out of 5 stars A fun book.......2003-02-24

        My three-year-old son loves Scooby Doo cartoons and I was pleased to find books related to the series that work well as books.

        It's a standard Scooby Doo plot: the kids go to visit one of Daphne's teachers, Professor Peabody, who is on an archeology dig in Central America. He is searching for a lost Mayan pyramid, and when the gang starts getting close ferocious cat creatures try to chase them away. I'll let you guess the ending. *smile*

        Things I like about this book include the following: a relatively high number of words per page (in other words, there is a lot of reading to be done in addition to looking at the pictures); real places and civilizations are used in the book (it really talks about the Mayans in Central America); and a couple of facts about bats are thrown in as part of the plot (vampire bats go after some fruit instead of Shaggy and Scoob). In addition, the bold pictures run right to the edge of the pages, making the book very attractive.

        The things I don't really care for in this book are rather minor: the type is in an unusual font (which poses no problems while I'm reading the book to my son, but which may cause problems for beginning readers) and Shaggy's and Scooby's speech patterns are captured in print (like, Shaggy starts a lot of sentences with "like" and Scooby starts almost all of his words with "r").

        All in all, this may not be great literature, but it's a very fun book that my son requests quite often. It's great to bridge the gap between TV and reading.
        Jungle of Horrors Lone Wolf Magnakai #8
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          Joe Dever
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          ProductGroup: Book
          Binding: Paperback
          ASIN: B000M6713Q

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