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Morlock Night (Paperback)

by K W Jeter (Author)
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  • Paperback: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Daw Bks, US (16 Oct 1979)
  • ISBN-10: 0879974680
  • ISBN-13: 978-0879974688
  • Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.2 x 1.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,915,134 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars The last book you read by Jeter ...., 5 Dec 2002
By Mr. R. J. Hole "rick___" (England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Morlock Night (Paperback)
I went off this author. I enjoyed "Dr Adder", but "The Glass Hammer" I had to skim over to finish. But this I couldn't even be bothered to skim over.

The story is meant to be a sequel to H.G. Wells' "The Machine". But after 72 pages of dull writing which manages to bring King Arthur, Merlin and Excalibur into the plot I really could't go on. Perhaps this would be more suitable for the juvenile market.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Steampunk Masterpiece, 18 April 2008
By Lark (Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This book is a complete masterpiece, I dont know how I havent seen it in the Sci-Fi Masterworks series or just why it happens to be so peripheral.

I bought the book second hand as I needed some light holiday reading and have read it in under a week, it was absolutely unputdownable and while I usually read a number of books simultaneously it demanded my full attention.

The story opens with a character from the original time travel novel by HG Wells which introduced the morlocks being accosted by a stranger who he suspects has given him drugged tobbaco, from there the same character is transported first to a war torn future london and then a desolate london were all life is extinct and everything in decay as a consequence of Time Travel itself.

As online reviews and the wiki on this book state it does indeed feature Merlin/Ambrose, Merlin's evil twin, Atlantis, Mayhew's sociological sketches of the London poor but it is all handled in such a was to avoid appearing absurd.

I've also read that Jeter's novels feature dark paranoid and unsympathetic personas, not so this book at all and if you appreciate a book brimming with the patently crazy written well, like Philip K Dicks books, then you'll be in for a treat with this book.

Also if you're new to steampunk as a genre I absolutely recommend this title, I wasnt that familiar with the genre either but liked HG Well's books before reading this one, now I'm a confirmed fan of the steampunk genre. Retro-tech, anachronistic expressive style or perspectives mixed with nostalgic prose. Hard to beat.
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