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Review of Necroscope
- Except to Harry Keogh, Necroscope. And what they tell him is horrifying.
In the Balkan mountains of Rumania, a terrible evil is growing. Long buried in hallowed ground, bound by earth and silver, the master vampire schemes and plots. Trapped in unlife, neither dead nor living, Thibor Ferenczy hungers for freedom and revenge.
The vampire's human tool is Boris Dragosani, part of a super-secret Soviet spy agency. Dragosani is an avid pupil, eager to plumb the depthless evil of the vampire's mind. Ferenczy teaches Dragosani the awful skills of the necromancer, gives him the ability to rip secrets from the mind and bodies of the dead.
Dragosani works not for Ferenczy's freedom but world domination. he will rule the world with knowledge raped from the dead.
His only opponent: Harry Koegh, champion of the dead and the living.
To protect Harry, the dead will do anything--even rise from their graves!
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- Posted on 2008-07-02
A macabre classic of true vampire fiction
This was, unsurprisingly, my first exposure to Brian Lumley. I'd read relatively little vampire fiction before, although I'm a huge fan of vampires and aspire to write vampire fiction myself. I have to say that I am impressed to say the very least: Lumley's story is unbelievably dense but powerful and intricate. It's "heavy-weight" macabre fiction and I'd heartily endorse it for fans of Lovecraft (Lumley's most-acknowledged literary predecessor) as well as Richard Matheson, another personal favorite, with one caution: this book is incredibly long and dense. The plot is very deep and Lumley paces it very well, but it is a much longer work. The perfect antidote, I might add, to the light, poppy, romance-and/or-erotica-oriented fiction that proliferates to the point of cluttering the genre (I won't name names, the labels are damning enough). Lumley is a real master of genuine dark, brooding, morbid vampire tales that follow the bloody trail blazed for us all by the immortal Bram Stoker. Necroscope is a hell-ride into the perverse that all fans of truly horror-oriented vampire fiction shouldn't miss.
Score: 5
- Posted on 2008-01-30
Who Knew?
Like many others, I've resisted exploring Brian Lumley because of those god-awful covers. They're like the horror equivalent of Fabio on the cover of a romance - something you don't really want to be seen reading in public. But having taken the plunge I'm genuinely surprised that Lumley is actually a pretty good writer, and far better than the lurid covers would suggest. I'm not really a fan of fantasy, and like Clive Barker, Lumley injects too much of it into his horror/sci-fi hybrid for me to fully endorse it. 1000-year old vampires I can believe in. Riding mentally conjured Mobius strips through time and space I cannot. But a thoroughly enjoyable read, none the less, that displays genuine creativity and imagination. I'll definitely be checking out the sequel.
Score: 4
- Posted on 2007-12-17
A Good Vampire Story
I love a good vampire novel but most tend to always leave you a little disappointed in one aspect or another. The characters are really well written here and there's no lack of good vampire lore to be told here. The stories of all the people involved in this web are all you really do come to like in one way or another, including the main villian.
I read this for the first time over ten years ago and wasn't disappointed when I read it again recently. A good vampire story that I'd be happy to recommend to a friend.
Score: 4 - Posted on 2007-11-25
A thrilling beginning
My interest in the Necroscope series petered out as the books went on (vampires just aren't my taste), but the original stands out in my mind as a singular achievement. There's so much going on here, so many fascinating ideas and no shortage of the terrifying and gore-rific. The hero is great and so are the villains. Although there are a few loose ends at the novel's conclusion, I think it stands on its own as a great horror story.
Score: 4 - Posted on 2007-10-24
An inspiration for Horror writing
The very idea that so much creativity could be injected into the ages-old vampire story is wild enough, but to find one so well-written and fun to read is a feat in and of itself. While Harry, the story's hero, first develops the talents necessary to fight evil in Necroscope, the villains themselves tug at the reader's interests, tempting us to root for them rather than any of the good guys. This is the type of novel any horror writer should read, because it does everything right.
Score: 5