Rating: Summary: Scary some of them, good definitely not Review: This book has 13 stories, I think Robert R. McCammon wrote 13 stories because is a bad luck number to many people, so we start with 13 stories. Of these 13 stories the stories that I would recommend are:Yellowjacket Summer: This is a good story but it has a really bad end, you won't take anything of this story. Make Up: : This is a good story, better than Yellowjacket Summer but it also has a really bad end, you won't take anything of this story. Doom City: Is an interesting story and it has a really good end, as a matter of fact is the best end of all the stories, but it has no message at all. Nightcrawlers: This is the best story of all, it has a good end and a message for all those people who were in a war. Yellachille's Cage: Is a nice story and it has a very strong message, this and The Red House have the best messages of all the stories. Night Call's the Green Falcon: This is the nicest story of all, this story could you tell to your children before they sleep (you will have to change one or two things to do that but is really nice) The Red House: is almost as good as Yellachille's Cage. Blue World: This story is good and it has a message for all the priests and two or three messages for all the readers, the book goes out of the main story many times, but is worth it to read it. So here we have 6 good stories with good ends and two good stories with bad ends out of 13, I think you can choose another book before this one.
Rating: Summary: Great Stories, Great Variety - A Classic Collection Review: This collection show cases all of McCammon's skills. From the mature novella Blue World (a story about a priest facing his temptations) to Pin (No description could do this story justice - it was pure Sadomasochistic joy!!!!). If you are tired of the same old fiction, give this one a try
Rating: Summary: The Best of Robert R. MacCammon Review: This is one of the best collection of short stories ever compiled. They are scary, sick, disgusting, revolting, simply the best
Rating: Summary: Is this considered a classic? It very well should be! Review: This is Robert R. MCammon in top form, without doubt. After a long time I managed to finally get a hold of this book, and I am both happy and sorry that I did so. Because, as soon as I started reading it, I was hooked and couldn't let the book down. Mr. McCammon made me damn uneasy with the reading of "Mine" (it was the second ever book to actually made me consider stopping it for fear it was going to scare the heck out of me- the first was Stephen King's "Pet Sematary")and he repeats his success at scaring me with "Blue World". The novella is the only one I have not read as of yet, but I can say that of the stories which I read, "I Scream Man!", "Makeup" and "Doom City" especially got me turning the pages faster than I could read them. There is a "Twilight Zone" aspect to some of them, and in "Makeup" for instance I could already picture it as a "Tales of the Crypt" episode. Needless to say, I LOVE both Twilight Zone and Tales from the Crypt, and now have become an even greater fan of Mr. McCammon than I was before, thanks to this collection, scheduled to be (if not already) a classic in its genre. A note for Mr. McCammon: They can do any kind of comparison they want with your work, sir...but you are unique in your field. There is only one Robert R. McCammon out there, and he needs to come back on scene quickly. Hats off and a standing ovation to this man, author of classics such as the mind-numbing, stomach cramping "Mine" and the undescribably fantastic "Swan Song" alongside with seemingly everyone's favorite bedside companion, "Boy's Life" which could very well be re-titled as "An engrossing recollection of memoirs in the life of a 12-year old citizen of Zephyr, Alabama" This is what storytelling in the grand tradition is about, proving that there still are people who care enough to produce stories with the primary intention of entertaining, and not for the sake of a mere contractual obligation.
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