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     Giancarlo (Giancarlo) Username: Giancarlo Registered: 11-2008 Posted From: 85.116.228.5 |
Adam Nevill, anybody? I'm reading "APARTMENT 16" and have "BANQUET FOR THE DAMNED" on top of my reading pile. Besides, his "WHERE ANGELS COME IN" in "Poe's Progeny" stands high in my personal evaluation grille. A story of his is expected in the forthcoming "tube" anthology "THE END OF THE LINE" (Solaris). I won't tell anything about "Apartment 16" lest I spoil somebody's reading but I'd like to state my wish about his becoming a new outstanding Author in English horror literaure (albeit still a bit unripe, maybe...) I am really looking forward to further output by so excellent a dark phantasist! | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.179.137.187 |
Adam's great. He also published a killer novelette in Bernie Herrmann's Manic Sextet. (I have copies available at just a few quid if you missed that one.) Btw, his End of the Line tale is nightmarish. | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 93.186.23.170 |
I think he's great. The first time I came across him was in Poe's Progeny. I haven't read anything by him that I haven't loved. | ||
| Giancarlo (Giancarlo) Username: Giancarlo Registered: 11-2008 Posted From: 85.116.228.5 |
Thanks, Gary! I do have the "Manic Sextet" book in my reading list, I had almost forgotten I had bought it and was unaware of Adam's tale in the anthology, so I have now displaced the "Sextet" from general future readings to the "must read" category. I believe "End of the Line" is coming November 1st according to Solaris website. My mouth is watering already!  Ciao! | ||
| Giancarlo (Giancarlo) Username: Giancarlo Registered: 11-2008 Posted From: 85.116.228.5 |
...and, to my knowing, the Landlord's "THE ROUNDS" will be there too!  | ||
| Paul_finch (Paul_finch) Username: Paul_finch Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 92.2.67.184 |
Check out Adam's tale of eerie Antwerp - TO FORGET AND BE FORGOTTEN - in EXOTIC GOTHIC 3. That one is literally hair-raising . Adam appears to have a clear vision that horror should be terrifying, and on that he always delivers. | ||
| Giancarlo (Giancarlo) Username: Giancarlo Registered: 11-2008 Posted From: 85.116.228.5 |
Thanks, Paul, I will ferret it out. I hope, when there are enough tales, to see a collection from Adam Nevill one day. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.253.77 |
Adam's a very good writer - both of his novels are excellent. I'm reading END OF THE LINE right now (I got advance copies because I'm in it, along with Adam, Ramsey, Conrad Williams, John Probert, and a host of other writers I greatly admire). But, yes, Adam's terrific. | ||
| Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey) Username: Ramsey Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.68 |
One more vote for Adam from me! And he should certainly do a collection. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 95.131.110.102 |
I really liked "Apartment 16" - not yet started End of the Line; I picked it up at the FCon launch but have toooooo many books to read, if that's possible. | ||
| Robert_mammone (Robert_mammone) Username: Robert_mammone Registered: 07-2010 Posted From: 220.253.15.45 |
I enjoyed Banquet for the Damned a great deal, so much so that I was eagerly awaiting Apartment 16. Until I started reading it. Look, it's only my opinion of course, but Apartment 16 is a plodding, dull, uneven affair that does little to disturb/unsettle, and a great deal to send me to sleep. I thought both main characters were dull and lifeless with little about them to make them appealing viewpoint figures. I managed to make it past the 100 page mark then gave up on it. A real pity as I had high hopes for it. | ||
| Giancarlo (Giancarlo) Username: Giancarlo Registered: 11-2008 Posted From: 85.116.228.5 |
Robert, I don't agree, but I suppose it's a matter of the reader having the right "knack" at helping (yes, as a real partner) the Author to accomplish the literary game. They form a diad. One has to be good at making a writer good but, of course, not every writer or even different works from the same writer can elicit such intimacy. I'm enjoying "Apartment 16" as far as I have been reading (about 50 pages to go yet). To tell the truth, I can't identify with any of the characters there but they are somewhat like Lovecraft's characters, you don't read so much about the people having a horrifying adventure but you dive deep in the monstruosly surreal mood of the narrative. Adam Nevill is a master in such mood, imho. Generally, I like looking at the picture as a whole even if I might find some element in it unendearing, as I can find in Nevill's novel too indeed. Te intimation of a love story between Apryl and the English art critic (what's his name), for instance. To my sensitivity, it detracts from but does spoil the waking nightmare Adam has been capable of conjuring. Of course, this might be my own way of being wrong about it all! | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.166.117.210 |
I enjoyed the novel, too, but I can sort of see your point about the characters. Seth (the one who's cracking up) was the ony one I really connected with, and I too felt the love affair added little to the story. I still gave the book an 8/10, though, because the atmosphere was irresistable, the prose was compelling and the ghostly scenes were excellent. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.166.117.210 |
Adam's new book sounds brilliant: http://www.panmacmillan.com/extracts/displayPage.asp?PageID=8321 | ||
| Giancarlo (Giancarlo) Username: Giancarlo Registered: 11-2008 Posted From: 85.116.228.5 |
Hooray!! | ||
| Robert_mammone (Robert_mammone) Username: Robert_mammone Registered: 07-2010 Posted From: 220.253.15.45 |
I'm happy to give it another go, and the extract for his new book certainly looks compelling. It's just that with Apartment 16, all of the things I liked about Banquet (compelling atmosphere, rising sense of menace and some appealing characters) were either absent from A16, or simply misfired. That's the beauty of different opinions, eh? Oh, and Giancarlo, I have no idea what you're on about! | ||
| Giancarlo (Giancarlo) Username: Giancarlo Registered: 11-2008 Posted From: 85.116.228.5 |
Robert, I was merely trying to start a general discussion about a psychic relationship between Author and Reader!  | ||
| Kate (Kathleen) Username: Kathleen Registered: 09-2009 Posted From: 81.152.74.159 |
Interestingly, I wasn't that excited by Banquet and I didn't like the characters, but Apartment 16 completely enthralled me. Scared me too! I thought it was brilliant. Incidentally, there's a really good interview with Adam in Black Static 18. Oh, and here's the cover for The Ritual:  | ||
| Giancarlo (Giancarlo) Username: Giancarlo Registered: 11-2008 Posted From: 85.116.228.5 |
Hi, Kate! Where did you get that cover? I can't find in the PanMcMillan website. No mention about when it's expected to come out and Amazon is still ignoring the title. I'll be vigilant for it! Ciao!  | ||
| Simon Bestwick (Simon_b) Username: Simon_b Registered: 10-2008 Posted From: 86.24.209.217 |
Enjoyed 'Banquet for the Damned' and his story in 'The End Of The Line' (which is the kind of fiction that makes me very glad that I don't live in London.) 'Apartment 16' I've tried twice to get into and haven't, quite. That might be down to me or to the book- I was trying to get into it between calls at the call centre I work in, which works with some authors but not with others. I'll have to make a third attempt at some stage. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.31.194.128 |
Adam's has a superb short story in the British Fantasy Yearbook 2009. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.31.194.128 |
Do folk know his Gathering The Bones tale? | ||
| Kate (Kathleen) Username: Kathleen Registered: 09-2009 Posted From: 81.152.74.159 |
Giancarlo: He posted it on Facebook. Gary: Yes, "The Ancestors" (BF 09) is terrific. But I prefer his one in Poe's Progeny to the one in Bones. | ||
| Giancarlo (Giancarlo) Username: Giancarlo Registered: 11-2008 Posted From: 85.116.228.5 |
Is "END OF THE LINE" already on the shelves? If so, I would have to rush-order it! I was thinking it would come out in November, as stated on Solaris website. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.178.82.216 |
Giancarlo - I think it's officially out in November, but it's already had at least one launch (FCon, back in September). | ||
| Robert_mammone (Robert_mammone) Username: Robert_mammone Registered: 07-2010 Posted From: 220.253.15.45 |
End of the Line is up for ordering at UK Book Depository, which is what I've done. | ||
| Giancarlo (Giancarlo) Username: Giancarlo Registered: 11-2008 Posted From: 85.116.228.5 |
I have noticed on Amazon there are two editions of "END OF THE LINE", both from Solaris: one Mass Market Paperback (counting 368 pages), one simply Paperback (counting 608 pages!), the latter (608 pages) coinciding with the title information on Solaris website. Are they exactly the same book, or is there any difference in text (less tales, for instance)? I'm puzzled. To be safe, I have ordered the more massive one. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.166.117.210 |
There's only one edition, Giancarlo - Amazon seem do weird listings like this all the time. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.31.194.128 |
BIG PRINT EDITION? | ||
| Giancarlo (Giancarlo) Username: Giancarlo Registered: 11-2008 Posted From: 85.116.228.5 |
Possibly big print, but why no mention on Solaris website? They list only the 608 pages edition, even in their link to Amazon books where a second "ghost" 368 pages edition is listed in addition (not on Solaris). Besides, I've noticed discrepancies even within Solaris titles list, some books other than "End of the Line" are stated as counting exactly 608 pages too! And a different counting on Amazon....I think even Solaris to be a little weird... It's all weird tales, after all!  | ||
| Jonathan (Jonathan) Username: Jonathan Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 208.54.7.150 |
Oh Amazon, why did you ignore all the information we send you and just make it up? Yup, just one edition. B format paperback in the UK and Mass Market in the US. |