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Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:20:35 +0000

[...] by Richard Laymon • THE BEAST HOUSE by Richard Laymon • THE CELLAR by Richard Laymon • COME OUT TONIGHT by Richard Laymon • ISLAND by Richard Laymon • THE LAKE by Richard [...]

By: Bookgasm » After Midnight

Bookgasm » After Midnight — Fri, 19 May 2006 23:58:12 +0000

[...] When Laymon is good, he’s great, but when he’s bad, he’s terrible. Unfortunately, AFTER MIDNIGHT falls into the latter category. Like THE LAKE, it smells as if Laymon wrote a single draft in one long night and turned that in. It’s lazy, and there’s no need for it to be more than 400 pages; when something this loose gets that long, it’s not plotting, but typewriter masturbation. [...]

By: Bookgasm » The Lake

Bookgasm » The Lake — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 13:03:51 +0000

[...] But they do know how to get freaky. The sex is always abundant and fairly explicit in Laymon’s novels, but these gals have to be the horniest female characters he’s ever written. Alas, this isn’t enough to save THE LAKE from drowning in its own mediocrity. Tighter plotting and more believability may have resulted in a more satisfying suspenser, but what we have is something like feels like a hasty first draft. It’s not the worst of Laymon’s books I’ve read, but there are far better ones. [...]

By: Bookgasm » Dark Delicacies

Bookgasm » Dark Delicacies — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 11:58:07 +0000

[...] On the plus side, Richard Laymon pulls out his patented sexual-fantasy-laden tricks for “The Diving Girl,” and you have to love him for doing so. Everything I read of his – well, almost everything – is a concrete reminder of how great a hole in the horror world his absence has left. [...]

By: Rod Lott

Rod Lott — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 14:18:32 +0000

I haven’t read NIGHT IN THE LONESOME OCTOBER, but from the description I just checked out on Amazon, it sounds better than COME OUT TONIGHT.

Yeah, I’d pass on this. It’s the first time I’ve been disappointed by Laymon. Still, one bad out of four ain’t bad.

By: Flash

Flash — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:37:37 +0000

I haven’t read this one but it sounds a *lot* like his novel “Night in the Lonesome October,” which I didn’t care much for, even though its literary homage of a title and Bentley Little’s glowing review gave me hope.

I’ve almost picked up “Come Out Tonight” several times but think I’ll avoid it now.