Comments on: 20th Century Ghosts

By: admin

admin — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 01:47:26 +0000

The book you described is HEART-SHAPED BOX. If that’s the case, Miranda, you have this collection to look forward to now. It should tie you over for a while!

By: MIranda Richardson

MIranda Richardson — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:14:32 +0000

I had no idea who Joe Hill was when I checked his book out of my public library on Monday night. I simply found his title when I checked the card catalog as I was browsing under Subject: Ghosts fiction.
If I didn’t have to work all day I would have devoured that book in a day or two. At the risk of sounding trite, I simply can’t get it out of my mind. I feel like Craddock is now following me everywhere, relentlessly haunting me with quiet determination.
Joe Hill knows how to tell a story, regardless of his familial connections. His sentences weave together a splendid fabric that wraps around me when I’m scared, yet suffocates me with its insistenct cold eeriness. When I read that Georgia burns the suit, I literally felt nauseous.
The only disappointment I have is that this book was just published, so I will probably have to wait a while before I can read more by Mr. Hill.

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By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:37:52 +0000

Heart-Shaped Box was published well before anyone knew of Joe’s paternity. He sold that book on its own merits and it scared the crap out of me in many places. Superbly written and characterized, just a damn fine book that everyone I’ve loaned it to loved.
I cannot wait to read 2CG. Kudos to you, Joe, and I hope to be reading your stuff well into my geriatric years, lol.

PS- your great review, Rod, was enough to really make me impatient! C’mon, Oct. 16!
LK

By: Nerak

Nerak — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:47:21 +0000

What an awsome review!!

I read 20th Century when it was published across the pond. I cannot wait to get my US copy so I can read it again and catch the missing story.

By: Barry Wood

Barry Wood — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:04:16 +0000

Damn fine review, Rod Lott, for a damn fine man and a damn fine book.

By: mike baron

mike baron — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:36:47 +0000

I agree with the previous poster. The book never raised a hackle.

By: Matt Staggs

Matt Staggs — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:16:21 +0000

Oh, this sounds pretty good.
I feel like I’m taking crazy pills when it comes to HEART SHAPED BOX - everybody loves it, and apparently I’m the sole human being that felt it was adequate enough, but certainly nothing worth writing home about. I suspect that were Joe Hill anyone else it probably would have been released in paperback to little applomb.