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Orb Books (2003), Paperback
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Originally published under the pen name "Samuel M. Key" "Years after the death of a notorious child murderer, children have begun to die again...and a crime photographer begins to suspect he has the one true clue that connects the horrific events." In the early 1990s, Charles de Lint wrote and published three dark fantasy novels under the pen name "Samuel M. Key." Now, Orb presents them for the first time under de Lint's own name. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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LibraryThing member TadAD
This was a nice way to start off this year's Halloween Group Read.
From a Whisper to a Scream is the second of the three books Charles de Lint wrote books under the pen name of Samuel M. Key. They've since been republished under his real name. They are horror stories in nature and a bit more adult
This story takes place in his invented city of Newford and tells of Teddy Bird, a pedophile and serial killer, who is finally shot dead by the police. Unfortunately, Teddy's spirit isn't quite done with everything he wanted to do in life and what follows is a fairly classic horror story.
de Lint is good enough at what he does that everything he writes is enjoyable, even when he stretches himself beyond his normal bounds into something that is solidly horror. He manages to craft an atmosphere of tension and fear that will cause the reader to tense up. That said, this isn't his best work. The characters are a bit shallower than normal and I found the ending a bit anticlimactic—a bit too quick and simple.
By all means give it a try if you're interested but, for my part, his earlier Mulengro was a bit better in the horror vein, or The Onion Girl if it's his Newford stuff that interests you.
From a Whisper to a Scream is the second of the three books Charles de Lint wrote books under the pen name of Samuel M. Key. They've since been republished under his real name. They are horror stories in nature and a bit more adult
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(both in terms of violence and sex) than is his general wont. This story takes place in his invented city of Newford and tells of Teddy Bird, a pedophile and serial killer, who is finally shot dead by the police. Unfortunately, Teddy's spirit isn't quite done with everything he wanted to do in life and what follows is a fairly classic horror story.
de Lint is good enough at what he does that everything he writes is enjoyable, even when he stretches himself beyond his normal bounds into something that is solidly horror. He manages to craft an atmosphere of tension and fear that will cause the reader to tense up. That said, this isn't his best work. The characters are a bit shallower than normal and I found the ending a bit anticlimactic—a bit too quick and simple.
By all means give it a try if you're interested but, for my part, his earlier Mulengro was a bit better in the horror vein, or The Onion Girl if it's his Newford stuff that interests you.
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LibraryThing member mckait
This is one of de Lint's darker novels. For the Newford fans, and the fans of some of his other contemporary fiction, it might be a bit of a disappointment as it was for me. If you like a dark story, well written, then by all means read it.
I will stick to his other books from now o, but I will
I will stick to his other books from now o, but I will
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continue to read deLint. No one writes them better! Show Less
LibraryThing member LibraryCin
3.5 stars
Jim is a photographer and he suspects a woman he took a picture of knows something about some recent murders, so he sets out to find her. When they figure out what's actually going on, he (and the others) are in for more than they bargained for.
It took a little while to get into it. The
Jim is a photographer and he suspects a woman he took a picture of knows something about some recent murders, so he sets out to find her. When they figure out what's actually going on, he (and the others) are in for more than they bargained for.
It took a little while to get into it. The
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book is told from many different points of view, so the first number of chapters are all introducing different characters, so it made it harder for me to get into it, as I was trying to figure out who everyone was. Once I had a better idea of that and after the mystery woman is found, in about the second half, it really picked up for me. Overall, it was good. Show Less
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Original publication date
1992