[books 2007] Spectre
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inulro64. Spectre by Stephen Laws
Straight-up horror, set in Newcastle in the 80s. 10 years after leaving college, a group of friends are being bumped off in horrific ways, and when each one dies, they disappear from the group photo. There's some quite scary and suspenseful stuff in there. I had immense fun reading this, to the point where I wished my bus would be late or get stuck in traffic!
It was originally published in the 80s but Laws made some changes to it when the new edition came out in 2003. One of those changes was taking out some of the things that he felt made it too 80s. It's still really obviously set in the 80s, but it has a retro feel, as if it was written now about the 80s, which is - possibly the right call in terms of making it age better, but - odd.
Straight-up horror, set in Newcastle in the 80s. 10 years after leaving college, a group of friends are being bumped off in horrific ways, and when each one dies, they disappear from the group photo. There's some quite scary and suspenseful stuff in there. I had immense fun reading this, to the point where I wished my bus would be late or get stuck in traffic!
It was originally published in the 80s but Laws made some changes to it when the new edition came out in 2003. One of those changes was taking out some of the things that he felt made it too 80s. It's still really obviously set in the 80s, but it has a retro feel, as if it was written now about the 80s, which is - possibly the right call in terms of making it age better, but - odd.
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Date: 2007-11-12 09:21 am (UTC)I also really liked 'Ghost Train', tho' it's probably horribly dated now.
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