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Summary: Don't Say "Bite Me" to Wamphyrii
Review: Lumley takes the Necroscope saga (which ends at 13 volumes, a triskadecology, with Necroscope: Avengers - just released at the time of this review). In this second volume some of the real trouble to come begins to take shape. Britain's ESPionage unit, E-Branch, begins to come into its own as a secret service. (One worthy of standing with James Bond's M and Q, or the X-Files Division, or any of the other mythical or fictional government agencies that actually seem to get something done.)Meanwhile our protagonist, Harry Keogh, has this slight problem of being dead himself. Then there is the Old Thing In The Ground, a true Wamphyri who begins to show that Lumley's vampires are not Euro-chic slicks in opera capes, but something quite horrid indeed. The beauty of Brian Lumley is that he writes in such a way as the reader can easily choose to read the Necroscope series as techno-thrillers, horror novels, romances, mysteries or even psychological explorations. Or some blend of the above. Lumley can get rather gross at times, but does not linger over gory detail. Rather he moves the plot or character development ahead. If there is one flaw in his writing technique, it is the need (forced by the way we publish and distribute books) to repeat himself at times and offer frequent recaps and summaries to the action. This is difficult and annoying to do, for an author. In a way it is a necessary exercise, but if I might offer anyone (especially me) some advice; it would be to balance exposition with additional dialogue. Lumley writes dialogue quite well, but overall it seems there could be more of it, the characters actually discussing the facts of the situation to round them out further. The unique factor in the Necroscope series is that if a character does not survive one action, s/he is not counted out of the war. With the living, the dead and the Un-dead all playing active roles, Lumley makes it possible to include an array of characters (such as Auguste Ferdinand Moebius himself) without further stretching the willing suspension of disbelief. Lumley has created worlds of balanced dynamics and rules that is internally consistent, the critical factor in any genre of fiction. If you're interest, by all means start at the beginning and work your way through the series.
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Summary: Nearly as good as the first
Review: Necroscope II is almost as good as it's predecessor. In fact, in many ways it's scarier. Lumley's Lovecraftian influence is made very clear here with his descriptions of the parasitic "vampires" and the different ways the creatures are capable of manifesting themselves. I also liked the wide variety of settings within the book, it was like there were four seperate stories going on. The continuing story of Harry Keogh and his search for a new body; the story of Thibor Ferenzcy and how he became a vampire in the middle-ages; the story of Yulian Bodescu; and Alec Kyle and his cloak and dagger dealings with the Russian ESPers. All these stories are wonderfully intertwined so that you'll never be bored. The only thing that keeps this from being great like the first book is that the characterization isn't nearly as good. Bodescu is a frightening villain, but not as sympathetic as Boris Dragosani from the original Necroscope and the many members of the British E-Branch seem to have little development and are pretty much just people for Bodescu to kill. Still, you'll have a good time reading this and will want to continue on with the series.
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Summary: Nearly as good as the first
Review: Necroscope II is almost as good as it's predecessor. In fact, in many ways it's scarier. Lumley's Lovecraftian influence is made very clear here with his descriptions of the parasitic "vampires" and the different ways the creatures are capable of manifesting themselves. I also liked the wide variety of settings within the book, it was like there were four seperate stories going on. The continuing story of Harry Keogh and his search for a new body; the story of Thibor Ferenzcy and how he became a vampire in the middle-ages; the story of Yulian Bodescu; and Alec Kyle and his cloak and dagger dealings with the Russian ESPers. All these stories are wonderfully intertwined so that you'll never be bored. The only thing that keeps this from being great like the first book is that the characterization isn't nearly as good. Bodescu is a frightening villain, but not as sympathetic as Boris Dragosani from the original Necroscope and the many members of the British E-Branch seem to have little development and are pretty much just people for Bodescu to kill. Still, you'll have a good time reading this and will want to continue on with the series.
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Summary: Nearly as good as the first
Review: Necroscope II is almost as good as it's predecessor. In fact, in many ways it's scarier. Lumley's Lovecraftian influence is made very clear here with his descriptions of the parasitic "vampires" and the different ways the creatures are capable of manifesting themselves. I also liked the wide variety of settings within the book, it was like there were four seperate stories going on. The continuing story of Harry Keogh and his search for a new body; the story of Thibor Ferenzcy and how he became a vampire in the middle-ages; the story of Yulian Bodescu; and Alec Kyle and his cloak and dagger dealings with the Russian ESPers. All these stories are wonderfully intertwined so that you'll never be bored. The only thing that keeps this from being great like the first book is that the characterization isn't nearly as good. Bodescu is a frightening villain, but not as sympathetic as Boris Dragosani from the original Necroscope and the many members of the British E-Branch seem to have little development and are pretty much just people for Bodescu to kill. Still, you'll have a good time reading this and will want to continue on with the series.
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Summary: needed better ending
Review: Over all I liked the book, But I thought the ending was to much like the first one. Harry's fate was to predictable as well.
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Summary: Not as good as the orignal
Review: The Necroscope series and the saga of Harry Keogh continues in "Vamphyri!" sequel to Brian Lumley's vampiric masterpiece "Necroscope." This book covers some of the plot holes left behind with the end on Necroscope and covers new ground, including the story of Thibor Ferenzcy and how he "created" Yulian Bodescu. However, while reading this book one cannot help but get a feeling of déjà vu. The story is remarkably like that of it's predecessor. Once you get to the last chapters in the book, the ending is almost predictable since you've already seen what happened to Boris Dragosani in the first in the series. Told with Mr. Lumley's flare for weaving words, it is a quite enjoyable book. Once you start reading the series, it is one you don't want to stop. But the original Necroscope still reigns supreme in this reviewers opinion.
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Summary: Not as good as the orignal
Review: The Necroscope series and the saga of Harry Keogh continues in "Vamphyri!" sequel to Brian Lumley's vampiric masterpiece "Necroscope." This book covers some of the plot holes left behind with the end on Necroscope and covers new ground, including the story of Thibor Ferenzcy and how he "created" Yulian Bodescu. However, while reading this book one cannot help but get a feeling of déjà vu. The story is remarkably like that of it's predecessor. Once you get to the last chapters in the book, the ending is almost predictable since you've already seen what happened to Boris Dragosani in the first in the series. Told with Mr. Lumley's flare for weaving words, it is a quite enjoyable book. Once you start reading the series, it is one you don't want to stop. But the original Necroscope still reigns supreme in this reviewers opinion.
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Summary: Slow but Fresh
Review: The story, which seems to drag on slightly slower than the previous volume, offer strange and facinating new insight into the authors theory of the wamphyri and vampirism. It does however get slightly redundant and predictable toward the end as it starts to run parralell to its predecesor. Even thus, it is still a gripping book.
Rating:
Summary: Slow but Fresh
Review: The story, which seems to drag on slightly slower than the previous volume, offer strange and facinating new insight into the authors theory of the wamphyri and vampirism. It does however get slightly redundant and predictable toward the end as it starts to run parralell to its predecesor. Even thus, it is still a gripping book.
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Summary: AVERAGE AT BEST
Review: This book had some interesting moments. And I love the idea behind the necroscope series. The problem is that Lumley does not do a good job at developing characters. They are all 2 dimensional. And there are no surprises, very straight forward and boring. The book is not fun, I do not reccommend this book.
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