yellogecko Wrote:I have always been a fan of recurring characters in books...I have even been toying with one of my own for several years....Repairman Jack is one of my all time favorites.
I was in a bookstore with my family a couple weeks ago looking for a new read when I stumbled across 'Hosts'. It was the only F Paul Wilson book on the shelf, and I had no idea who he was or who Jack was. I liked the synopsis, bought it, read it, and have been a fan ever since. I just finished 'The Tomb', loved it, and I've been eager to read the next RJ novels in order.
I stumbled across this site while browsing for 'Legacies' and I have enjoyed reading thru the forums,and...this is my first time posting as well.
XamberB Wrote:There is a place between Patricia Cromwell and Donald Westlake. Cromwell was great to begin with, then Kay got way to moody. Westlake's character's to me are a little too two-dimentional, but then that's just me. Thankfully, everyone likes something a little different, otherwise there'd be no copies of Robert Crais's latest Elvis Cole novels and no one would have written Water for Elephants.
Lon Wrote:I read HOSTS two years ago or so, as something to keep the monotony of a mother-in-law visit under control. I knew from the first 50 pages that I was on to something special. I devoured THE TOMB and every RJ in paperback since then*, tossing in THE KEEP, some of THE BARRENS, and the story in THRILLER, too.
I figure I'll toss in the rest of the Adversary books as I go, but I'll hold off on NIGHTWORLD till our host has finished the RJ arc leading up to it. SIMS looks good too.
I'm also especially interested in the YA RJ series. I write a bit myself, including a couple YA novels I'm shopping, and I'm always reading YA anyway, so it would be great fun to see RJ in that medium.
*Just picked up INFERNAL today as a matter of fact!
Lon Wrote:I read HOSTS two years ago or so, as something to keep the monotony of a mother-in-law visit under control. I knew from the first 50 pages that I was on to something special. I devoured THE TOMB and every RJ in paperback since then*, tossing in THE KEEP, some of THE BARRENS, and the story in THRILLER, too.
I figure I'll toss in the rest of the Adversary books as I go, but I'll hold off on NIGHTWORLD till our host has finished the RJ arc leading up to it. SIMS looks good too.
I'm also especially interested in the YA RJ series. I write a bit myself, including a couple YA novels I'm shopping, and I'm always reading YA anyway, so it would be great fun to see RJ in that medium.
*Just picked up INFERNAL today as a matter of fact!