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Last Night at the Bassline

David Coplan and Oscar Gutierrez

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In 1994 Brad and Paige Holmes opened a small, live-music venue in the bohemian suburb of Melville in...

Loxone Smart Home

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The Loxone Smart Home does many things by itself and saves around 50,000 tasks a year. With the...

Kelly Knows (95 KP) rated The House of Doors in Books

Jun 28, 2019

The House of Doors

Brian Lumley | 1990 | Fiction & Poetry, Horror, Science Fiction/Fantasy

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The sheer originality is refreshing. (0 more)

The government sub plot is kinda lame. (0 more)

Worlds of Horror

Wow, what a fantastic book. I am still surprised this story has not been optioned for a movie adaptation. House of Doors is a unique tale with a simple concept, the age old question of man meets aliens and how that first contact would go down. What if we were tested? Brutally? Would we measure up? This book answers those questions and more in terrifying fashion. Brian Lumley spins a rich tale of daring and adventure, with a new even more terrifying world behind each door the characters open. The illustrative text will illuminate wondrous monsters in your mind and fill your head to the brim with images of strange worlds twisted by alien machinery, born of the desires and fears within us all. The alien species in this story is unlike anything you've seen before. The characters are witty and engaging. Even the ones you hate are written so well you can't help but question your instinct to despise them. My personal favorite aspects of this book are the world designs. No spoilers, you'll just have to find out what I mean, but it is seriously awesome. Also bringing a lot to this fast paced thrill ride is the main character, Spencer Gill. A wry, clever man with more to him than meets the eye, Spencer Gill reminds me of the Indiana Jones/Jack Ryan, kind of heroes I grew up admiring. All of the characters involved have their moments to shine, whether it be a bright light or a darker moment. Even the sinister alien Thone get a role in the narrative in an unlikely writing style that pays off the investment, with interest. This is the kind of book that gets you into reading books, and if you like it, there is a pretty good sequel as well. Sci-fi and horror clash spectacularly as humanity finds out if they measure up, and the terrible consequences that will occur if they don't.