I agree with Gonzalo, but was unsurprised by the hype in
light of the fact that Joe Hill is Stephen King's son. His
name change in order to "not trade on his father's name" was
the most poorly kept secret in publishing since the identity
of the "anonymous" reporter who wrote PRIMARY COLORS.
Brian
----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Clinton
To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 11:39 PM
Subject: RE: RARA-AVIS: The best novel you read
this year
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Gonzalo Baeza
The worst: Warren Ellis' Crooked Little Vein, Joe
Hill's Heart-Shaped
> Box (never understood the hype),
Boy, I couldn't disagree more with that one.
While I've already put forward
the best mystery/noir/etc. novels I read last
year, I thought Hill's novel
was the best horror novel I read last year, hands
down. Very chilling
stuff...and I don't get chilled very easily
anymore.
Ron C.
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