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Summary: Long live The NAZGUL
Review: I've read this book many times since I first purchased the paperback I forget how many years ago,each time I enjoy it even more than the last time.My poor paperback is falling apart and is taped together in so many places. Martin creates a legendary band,surrounds it with believable characters and plot. I prowl through record and cd shops hoping oneday to see a Nazgul album.Maybe some day. If you loved the rock music of the late 60s and early 70s ,by all means read this book. I want a copy in hardcover this time.
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Summary: A Classic-Rock / Horror Masterpiece
Review: It seems quite appropriate that praise from Stephen King can be found on the back of this book. Like many of King's better novels, the "Rag", doesn't seem like a horror novel at the start. Instead, we are given an engaging mystery set in a real-life setting. But as you continue to turn the pages, you begin to get the sense that something is definitely not right, and eventually, we encounter the supernatural.I highly recommend this book, but as I write this review, the question I ask myself is, "Exactly *whom* would I recommend it to?" When I first picked up the Rag, I was dubious. Of course I loved Song of Ice and Fire, and I found myself quite impressed with most of Martin's horror and sci-fi works as well... But I didn't have much confidence in an out-of-print horror book with a hippie/seventies/classic rock setting. Fortunately, I read it anyway, or I would have missed out on one fabulous book.
But will YOU like it?
-If you occasionally find yourself enjoying episodes of VH1's Behind The Music, or the movie Almost Famous, you will appreciate Martin's meticulous attention to the music industry.
-If you are a fan of Stephen King, The Rag will make you feel right at home.
-And, if you've enjoyed any of Martin's other writings, you're sure to approve of his style here as well. The bottom-line is, this is one book that truly doesn't deserve to be out-of-print, and thanks to Martin's rocketing popularity- it soon won't be. As soon as you can, give it a try!
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Summary: Awful, awful book by my favorite author
Review: Let me make this abundantly clear: George R. R. Martin is bar none my absolute favorite author. Yes, the "Song of Ice and Fire" series is magnificent, but then so are most of his short stories from the 70's and 80's that most folks don't know about. Almost everything he writes works, and works well. But then in 1982 this turkey flowed from his typewriter, and being the huge GRRM fan that I am, I had to pick it up...and I had to force myself to finish it. This is not Martin at top form. The story is less than gripping, and the characters are, for the most part, vastly uninteresting, especially our "rebel without a cause" protagonist. Martin sounds like a prattling fanboy seeking camaraderie, spouting off an unending list of hallowed rock names seemingly to let us know just how cool classic rock is and how we should show our respect. Whole chapters are devoted to pointless dream sequences that do nothing to advance the already thin plot, and the dialogue is laughably novice. How did Martin fall so far from his untouchable greatness?? We'll never know. Thankfully he hasn't hit this low since, and let's pray he never does. Read it only if your curiosity cannot be quenched otherwise.
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