Looking for a creature feature? Something kind in the realm of the absurd, but not as far out and ridiculous as killer bunnies? Well, Natural Selection, might be the book to read. The killer creature in this book, in case you don't recognize it from the cover, is a manta ray. Now, in real life they are, pretty damn scary. The things can be 20+ feet across and weigh a few thousand pounds. Now imagine, the gaping mouths, full of teeth...imagine that they come on land and that they FLY!!
To say this book actually caused me to have a nightmare speaks not to the narrative talents of the author, but to my fear of the creature he creates. The book is full of unbelievable feats, of stupidity and bravery and reality, all rolled into one and the amount of times that a character has a PLAN and Knows How to Kill it, Find it and Solve problems might annoy a reader, but the book was a fun read and it is the summer time....
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This looks interesting. I've been in the mood for horror here lately. I'm getting ready to start In The Blood by Stephen Gresham, but I may check this one out once I'm finished with it. :)
Let me know how 'In the Blood' is? I just looked it up on amazon and saw that it was about vampires. As for Natural Selection, it is does have some scary elements in it but its nowhere near as scary as 'The Cobra Event.'
The Cobra Event? Is that by the same author?
The Cobra Event is by Richard Preston, and it scared me. I think that they classify it as biological terror. More so than paranormal, viruses and germs that can pulverize internal organs, and dessimate populations give me the hebbies.
http://myasden.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Cobra%20Event
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