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This book provided one of the pivotal reading experiences of my life. Written as a homage to Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes (which, I should say, I hadn't read at the time -- and still haven't), it's a long novel in which a travelling carnival wreaks havoc in a small town -- and that's about it. I could see that even then, after I'd read it.But what makes Escardy Gap so special for me is its twist: it breaks a rule that, at the time, I didn't know stories were allowed to break. M...
Terrible. Couldn't finish this hamfisted pastiche of Ray Bradbury. Ridiculously overwritten too. Who on earth pees in a "cynical way"?
I found this novel to be very tough to rate. The first 200 pages were forgetable; too many cliches, too much over-the-top characterization, too many characters, and too many bad guys. But then, the plot started to take hold. We delve down into the major characters and begin to see them grow. The quirky plot device of getting the "main" character (the author who is writing this tale) actually into the novel seemed contrived at first and almost hokey but somehow, they pull it off. My interest leve...
This, like The Dead Zone by Steven King, is a derivative of Ray Bradbury's work, Something Wicked This Way Comes.Unlike King's work it's not attributed to the master, as far as I can see. And it's grotesque rubbish. All ugly stuff with nothing to redeem it and a feeble reality versus fiction conceit to justify it. Give it a miss.
A tough one for me, as I’ve been reading this book - on and off - for most of the year. Back when I had my review column in Interzone, I very nearly reviewed it (ended up covering another Earthlight title instead) and I certainly don’t know what I’d have thought of it then….but, for now, it’s been a mostly enjoyable read. Escardy Gap is like one of Stephen King’s town/community horror novels…but without all the in-depth character backgrounds and childhood reflections: that’s not to say it doesn’...
An author struggles with writer's block, until he is visited by an irresistible image of a train barreling inexorably to its destination. He continues to write...The train arrives, unscheduled, at Escardy Gap, an isolated desert town in the 1950s. It's one of those quiet, friendly towns where everybody knows each other. The passengers present themselves as a troupe of entertainers, and are immediately welcomed into the homes and lives of the trusting residents. But it isn't long before Escardy G...
One of the creepiest books I've ever read. Stephen-King-like horrors ensue when the dark circus pulls into the isolated Escardy Gap.
