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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.92
EAN num: 9781568822129
ISBN number: 156882212X
Label: Chaosium Ltd.
Manufacturer: Chaosium Ltd.
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 320
Printing Date: June 27, 2007
Publishing house: Chaosium Ltd.
Sale Popularity Level: 385562
Studio: Chaosium Ltd.
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The Spiraling Worm is a collection of seven interconnected tales concerning the adventures of Australian Army intelligence officer Harrison Peel and NSA agent Jack Dixon, in their global battles to halt the horrors of the Cthulhu Mythos destroying the world.
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I came here to write a nice review of the book, but after reading all of the positive comments already posted I don't think there's much I can add. The only detractor for me was the cover art. I know Chaosium reissues their more successful titles and if this one gets a reprint I'd like to see it with a new cover. I hope these two authors pair up again for another go at it.
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This was a great book with well conceived stories and top rate characterization and writing - best Mythos work I've read so far.
HOWEVER. I'm one of those who read all the info on the front and back covers of the book before I start on the innards, and I was not happy to find that the editors had felt it necessary to print the full culmination of the final story on the back cover. This was a spoiler of epic proportions.
Buy the book, but do NOT read the cover text... What the HELL were they thinking? *sharon*
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No-one is harder on Lovecraft homages than I am. I despise the imitators, the writers who make nary an effort to honor HPL. I was dubious when I very first received this book with somewhat hokey cover art. I groaned inwardly when I noticed it was not so much an anthology but a series of stories centered around a few main characters.
But...
...it works. It works wonderfully. Think of it as part Tom Clancy, part Dan Brown, part john Shirley and even part of the master himself. While working within the Cthulu mythos the authors deftly sidestep the cliches and pitfalls so many other authors have fallen into.
Well worth the price. Get it and enjoy it.
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The Spiraling Worm chronicles two men's endeavor to make the world free from evil. Dixon and Peel are on a mission to stop the men who are trying to bring back the creations of the Elder Gods, and through their adventure they will find that there is much more at stake then a strange artifact.
The Spiraling Worm is a well-done story written by two of today's finest small press authors. John Sunseri has had over 50 stories published since 2000 and David Conyers' stories have been nominated for several awards. These two authors work together to create a believable and easy-to-understand glimpse at H.P Lovecraft's grand Cthulhu mythos.
If you're interested in Lovecraft, the mythos, or any of the two authors' work, The Spiraling Worm is a book you will want on your bookshelf. If this review could be longer, it would, but doing that would reveal plots of the short-story chapters.
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Exotic locales, extra-dimensional monsters, black-ops--The Spiraling Worm is a terrifying action-packed collection from two terrific authors. In each tale, a new monster is introduced, and the heroes--Major Harrison Peel of Australia and NSA man Jack Dixon--must find a way to maintain order in an increasingly chaotic universe.
The episodic nature of the stories is reminiscent of TV shows such as X-Files, but sometimes the installments fail to resolve the way an episode should. David Conyers' story "Impossible Object," for example: one of the most interesting stories in the book--yet also the most unsatisfactory. In this one, scientists are studying a mysterious relic that appears differently to each viewer: what is a door to one is a jar to another. Most of the researchers disappear while examining the object, and no one can figure out its purpose. The idea is intriguing but the cliffhanger ending doesn't resolve the mystery and the impossible object garners only a brief mention later in the collection; it could have been used to greater effect.
Despite this falter, most of the stand-alone stories produce an awesome impact: John Sunseri's "To What Green Altar" effectively mixes terrorists, Roman Catholics, and the fire deity Cthugha, while Conyers' "False Containment" spawns a hideous monster that absorbs and infuses with humans, animals, and plant matter, growing as it goes. Nevertheless, the most memorable stories are heavily interlinked. "Resurgence" by Sunseri and "Weapon Grade" by Conyers both feature shoggathai, giant protoplasmic slaves of the Old Ones. In "Resurgence," these beasts rise from their prisons in Antarctica to devour plant, animal, and human life, and in "Weapon Grade," the fates of the shoggathai are revealed--while one of the heroes suffers the consequences of saving his homeland.
Filled with fast, action-packed stories that read like episodes of a good TV show, The Spiraling Worm is an excellent installment in the Cthulhu mythos.
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