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avalon111's review
2.0
Very dated. The title short story is terrific, and perhaps an inspiration for 'Boogie Nights', or a Boogie Nights with a touch of the paranormal.
The rest of the stories range between 'okay' to 'awful' . Most read like movie synopsis', perhaps not surprising in that Reamy wrote most of his stories set in California, notably Los Angeles and its environs. 'Insects in Amber' is perhaps the most obvious, a sort of precursor to 'Stranger Things'.
The final story though '2076: Blue Eyes' is fabulously poor, though it does emphasise just how good Patrick Tilley was at writing of a post-apocalyptic world with a Native American resurgence.
Reamy died a proper authors death; a cardiac arrest at the typewriter. He never really got into his stride, leaving this collection and the novel 'Blind Voices'. There was potential, but it was never realised.
There's an introduction by the late, great Harlan Ellison, who writes about his favourite subject...Harlan Ellison.
The rest of the stories range between 'okay' to 'awful' . Most read like movie synopsis', perhaps not surprising in that Reamy wrote most of his stories set in California, notably Los Angeles and its environs. 'Insects in Amber' is perhaps the most obvious, a sort of precursor to 'Stranger Things'.
The final story though '2076: Blue Eyes' is fabulously poor, though it does emphasise just how good Patrick Tilley was at writing of a post-apocalyptic world with a Native American resurgence.
Reamy died a proper authors death; a cardiac arrest at the typewriter. He never really got into his stride, leaving this collection and the novel 'Blind Voices'. There was potential, but it was never realised.
There's an introduction by the late, great Harlan Ellison, who writes about his favourite subject...Harlan Ellison.
dwango's review
3.0
I'm giving this a three as there were some good stories that stick with me like Beyond the Cleft and the story of people in the future slowly going extinct. But some stories just left me cold, such as Under the Hollywood sign and the last story in the book on people becoming tribal. The tital piece was unfullfilling in the resolution for me. So, it was a mixed bag.
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