4.5 stars. I inhaled this slim David Mitchell novel in just a few hours yesterday. I was so pleased by Cloud Atlas earlier this year that I nearly jumped for joy when I heard he was putting out a haunted house story just in time for Halloween. I hardly ever dabble in the horror genre, but I’m glad I made an exception. While this book was definitely creepy, it wasn’t overly scary. It propelled me to keep reading and find out what happened next, but […]
Spooky story for a cold, winter night.
Mrs. Drablow has died so her estate must be settled. To that end, junior solicitor Arthur Kipps is dispatched from London to the far northern hamlet of Crythin Gifford to go through the deceased woman’s paper work. Mrs. Drablow resided at Eel Marsh House, a melancholy manor located in fog drenched seclusion inside a marsh that is only reachable during low tide. Shortly after arriving Arthur begins seeing a young woman dressed in black and he, rightly, soon ascertains she is a ghost. Numerous scary […]
The Dark Side of the Moon
NASA announces a historic lottery to help fund their new lunar expedition. Teens of between the ages 14 to 18 can sign up, and three lucky someones will be selected to train with the astronauts and come along on for a trip to the Moon. There is already a moon base they can stay at, DARLAH 2, established in the early 1970s for research and observation, but never actually used, for reasons the higher ups with the right security clearance would prefer not to answer. […]
Let’s just wait here a while, see what happens.
Who Goes There? is the basis for both the 1951 movie The Thing From Another World and the much more faithful adaptation, 1982’s John Carpenter’s The Thing, (the less said about the 2011 remake/prequel the better). The novella was published in 1938 and tells the story of American men stationed at Big Magnet research station in Antarctica. While investigating a magnetic anomaly the team discovers an alien ship and a frozen body. They bring the body back to their camp and after some discussion decide […]