- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins (11 July 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0586217800
- ISBN-13: 978-0586217801
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 11.2 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,725,386 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A blend of supernatural ghost story, intrigue over dodgy real-estate dealings and a heart-warming love story. It revolves around a divorced man who is haunted and ultimately possessed by the ghosts of his past. The author has won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel and the Philip K. Dick Award.
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From the dark imagination of James P. Blaylock comes a new, chilling tale of the supernatural.
When Peter Travers moves into an old house in a remote canyon to try to separate himself from his old existence, his wish becomes reality … all too literally. For his wife and son vanish and the people of the idyllic rural town begin to relive the horrors of a nightmarish crime committed one windy autumn, sixty years earlier. Against a backdrop of murder and midnight terror, Peter must contend with the abandoned relics of his own past before he can overcome the dark forces that haunt the canyon and the people he loves.
"'Night Relics'is a first rate tale of the supernatural with well drawn characters and plenty of shivery moments"
DEAN R. KOONTZ
"Blaylock is better than anyone else at showing us the magic that secretly animates our world"
TIM POWERS
"A true American original"
BRUCE STERLING
"A singular American fabulist"
WILLIAM GIBSON
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Format:Paperback
I was disappointed with this book. Being a fan of Blaylock's fantastical stories I expected something special from this difficult to find, out of print novel. What I got was a rather average ghost story novel which never really grabbed me. The way Blaylock solves the mystery and ties things up was not particularly convincing. Without wanting to give too much away, there is a typical Blaylock baddie (well drawn - one of the better things in the book) who of course gets just deserts at the end, but in a rather inexplicable manner for me.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Spooky
21 Feb 2000
Format:Paperback
This is unlike most of the stuff that Blaylock has written already so if you're expecting the same old stories, get ready for something a bit different. He tackles ghost stories this time out and while the themes are nearly the same as always, basically normal everyday people trying to cope with the extraordinary (or just plain weird) and as usual set in California. But it gets waaayy different from there, for the first time things are really frightening, this is the darkest book he might have ever written. And his characters feel more real for once, mostly gone are the likable but quirky folks who populate his other books, here everyone is just like you and me, they have their flaws and benefits just the same as anyone else. And I don't think he's ever written a character as odious as Pomeroy, he's quite the convincing psychopath. As for the ghost part, well that's not all that clear but then it's a ghost story it's not supposed to make perfect sense. What counts here is the atmosphere and the pages are dripping with wind and dark and the nighttime and all the horrors that it brings. Not really scary but certainly gets you into the novel and helps you live in the character's world. In essence this is the most "mature" book he's ever done, tackling more serious subjects of relationships (both starting and ending them), abnormal psyches, sexuality, all the good stuff that's in the world the rest of us live in. In short this is the book that we may not have all been waiting for, but knew he was capable of doing all the same and I for one am not complaining.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Very disappointed
16 Mar 2008
Format:Paperback
This book had it's moments, but overall it was slow. There was just to much of Peter and his new girlfriend's son that didn't add much to the story. Also, the ending just made me go "what?"
I was VERY disappointed in the end. There was a great build up to the mystery, however nada was ever fully explained. None of the questions are really answered. I really wanted to know what happened to his ex-wife & son. How did they disappear??? I was just disappointed w/ this book & after the ending I donated book to local library.
The storyline w/ Pomeroy was the most interesting. He was a great character, however, we never learned about the Linda he mentioned. Someone he stalked before????
If you want to read this book go to your local library.
I was VERY disappointed in the end. There was a great build up to the mystery, however nada was ever fully explained. None of the questions are really answered. I really wanted to know what happened to his ex-wife & son. How did they disappear??? I was just disappointed w/ this book & after the ending I donated book to local library.
The storyline w/ Pomeroy was the most interesting. He was a great character, however, we never learned about the Linda he mentioned. Someone he stalked before????
If you want to read this book go to your local library.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Very disappointed
16 Mar 2008
Format:Paperback
This book had it's moments, but overall it was slow. There was just to much of Peter and his new girlfriend's son that didn't add much to the story. Also, the ending just made me go "what?"
I was VERY disappointed in the end. There was a great build up to the mystery, however nada was ever fully explained. None of the questions are really answered. I really wanted to know what happened to his ex-wife & son. How did they disappear??? I was just so disappointed w/ this book & after the ending I donated book to local library.
The storyline w/ Pomeroy was the most interesting. He was a great character, however we never learned about the Linda he mentioned. Someone he stalked before????
If you want to read this book go to your local library.
I was VERY disappointed in the end. There was a great build up to the mystery, however nada was ever fully explained. None of the questions are really answered. I really wanted to know what happened to his ex-wife & son. How did they disappear??? I was just so disappointed w/ this book & after the ending I donated book to local library.
The storyline w/ Pomeroy was the most interesting. He was a great character, however we never learned about the Linda he mentioned. Someone he stalked before????
If you want to read this book go to your local library.
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