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Jago (Hardcover)

by Kim Newman (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd (1 Sep 1991)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0671717251
  • ISBN-13: 978-0671717254
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,650,489 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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In a tiny Somerset village dominated by a bizarre religious community, dreams and nightmares are beginning to come true. Creatures from local legend, science fiction and the dark side of man's mind prowl the town. Kim Newman's previous novel, "Bad Dreams", received high critical acclaim.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not Newman at his best, 14 April 2000
By A Customer
This review is from: Jago (Paperback)
If you are a fan of Kim Newman (or Jack Yeovil, whatever), as I am, you will probably think about this book that it is not quite what you expected. The pace of the story is a wee bit too slow and speeds up only on the last two hundred pages. All the things you really want to know stay in the dark, and instead you get to know things about the characters that are not at all interesting. A rather crude mixture of christian myths and conventional horror effects make it difficult to sympathise with them. Still, Newman's style is great, all the allusions to contemporary culture are great, and the imagination is overflowing, and the jokes are... well, decide for yourself...
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5.0 out of 5 stars like, crazy, 1 April 2006
By radio atlantis "follow me not" (tha north of ireland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Jago (Paperback)
not a fan of the dracula stories but this, alongside the quorum, is in my top five book list. which doesn't exist, but that's another story
set in a country village around the time a rock festival is taking place, the scene is set for a local 'talent' (powers akin to 'scanners', except the guy reckons he's the son of god) to go out of control and try to re-enact the rapture. hell for most, heaven for some and a lot of fun for the reader.
kim is at pains to point out that, since these are people's individual fantasies, some people are resistant (usually cos they're in pain, which will help), and to them the scenes will have an ed wood appearance to them. indeed, my favourite line occurs as various monsters are doing battle and the hero manages to utter "great. death is a pussy" as a giant skeleton gets rather too easily swept aside. considering when it was written too (indeed, the main character's thesis being on turn of the century, end of the world doomsday cults etc) it seems rather prescient. maybe it'll be discovered in 2999.
and thankfully, even though we have a 'green man', there's nary a carrot in sight...
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4.0 out of 5 stars Not Quatermass, not the pits either, 28 Jan 2002
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I feel as if I have just finished the best possible example of a genre that's not really to my liking.
Kim Newman has managed to put a human face on what
is usually limned as simply The Inhuman Unspeakable Evil that May Destroy the World, and has set against it a particularly well-drawn set for The Few Who Understand And Must Stop It. He has avoided most of the Dantesque failings of the genre as well (I doubt he's punished more than one or two old schoolmates, and only a few more typical types...).

However, it still reads a bit too much like other novels of the sort---I found myself slogging through the devastation of Folks' Deepest Fantasies Brought To Life for the next good bit of characterisation, or the next good in-joke.

If you've liked Kim Newman's other work, or books of the sort my arch hints would describe, give it a whirl.

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