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The Invasion (Extended Version) [Kindle Edition]

William Meikle
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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It started during a winter storm on the North Eastern Seaboard which brought with it a strange green rain. Where it fell, everything withered, died, and was consumed. The residents of remote outposts in Maritime Canada escaped the worst of the early damage, but that was a blessing in disguise, for they were left to watch as first North America, then the world, was subsumed in the creeping green carpet of terror.

And that was just the beginning. New life forms began to arise from the ooze, simple organisms at first, but multiplying with ever-increasing complexity. The few human survivors are faced with a full-scale invasion... and only radical measures will guarantee the survival of the human race.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 184 KB
  • Print Length: 115 pages
  • Publisher: Dark Regions Press (16 April 2010)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B003HS4V8O
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #90,833 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Fun Fast cliché read 28 Oct 2010
Format:Kindle Edition
A great quick read. Who cares if the elements are already well known. If you're a fan of the genre of course many elements will feel like well known territory for you. Flaws that it was little graphic to begin with started well and original. This is not a cosy catastrophe, It runs fast and burns out. It had everything with invaders, mad professor, other leads and of course few expendables.

The book is cheap and short (still not compared to others on per word basis, but do plan to use that as factor?). I know I am giving it a high rating but it does what it says on the tin. I found it a read that did not disappoint if you know what you want.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Top of the Pulps ... 13 Jan 2011
By Dave Jeffery VINE™ VOICE
Format:Kindle Edition
An eerie green snow heralds the end of the world, Sci-Fi B-Movie style. After the snow turns plant life - and human beings for that matter - to slurry, the creatures come. Small, insect-like creatures that are designed for purpose yet produce carnage and destruction. They are but the first wave, and there is a tide coming. As the evolution of mankinds downfall proceeds a small band of survivors come to terms with an end to life as they know it, and try to find something to save.

Meikle's tale is a wonderful homage to 50's & 60's sci-fi. Think The Day the Earth Stood Still. Think Day of the Triffids. Think of all the movies that we still secretly pine for in this souless CGI, sparkly vampire-obsessed world. But then do something slightly off the wall. Add characters that demand that we care for them, forcing us to cheer their cause as they battle to survive in a world gone to hell. And intersperse this with some heady action set-pieces. Oh, and graphic violence. Yes, it's all there and I consumed it with the verve of Meikle's invading alien hoardes.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
I so wanted more. 15 Sep 2010
Format:Kindle Edition
A great short story that left me wanting more. Gutted that I purchased this two days before it was reduced in price. ;)
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Entertaining, slightly flawed
An enjoyable pulp sci-fi alien invasion!

Sadly, I wasn't really enamored with any of the leading characters, I really didn't feel that the writer wanted me to care about... Read more
Published 2 months ago by blobs2
The End Of The World
What a joy this book is. A real explosion of energy, excitement, sci-fi and horror. Take a dollop of War of the Worlds, add a splash of Day of the Triffids, mix in some Meikle... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Warren Stalley
Great
It was the cover that attracted me to this story initially and I wasn't expecting much from the story itself, mainly because sci-fi isn't really my thing. Read more
Published 11 months ago by I R Wright
Can't quite understand the hostile reviews
I took up reading this book having chosen to ignore the hostile reviews left above and found a light enjoyable read. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Mr. R. P. Wootten
dire, quite possibly the worst book i have ever read
an unbelievably bad book. simplistic, stupid and underdeveloped. feel angry for buying it and for wasting a few hours of my life reading it. Read more
Published 17 months ago by VampireRefusnik
Campfire storytelling
I learned about William Meikle's work this year and was pleased to find a good, old-fashioned campfire storytelling who knows his primary mission is to entertain. Read more
Published 17 months ago by RocketBoy
Fun
Green snow that decays plants, and a guy who describes himself as a Master of pulp. I loved this book and that was just the introduction. B movie-like goodness!
Published 17 months ago by Chaton
OK book, full of mistakes
Another book that would benefit greatly from someone actually proof reading it before publication. While not as bad as other ebooks I have read, there is still a lot of spelling... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Marcus Blakeston
Absolute dross
The writer starts by acknowledging his love of pulp fiction and then proceeds to bore us with a trite formulaic rendition of the genre. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Paul Brownlie
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