Michael R. Collings
Autor(a) de Chain of Evil
About the Author
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Obras de Michael R. Collings
The Annotated Guide to Stephen King: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography of the Works of America's Premier Horror… (1986) 5 cópias
In the Image of God: Theme, Characterization, and Landscape in the Fiction of Orson Scott Card (Contributions to the… (1990) 5 cópias
reflections on the fantastic: selected essays from the fourth international conference on the fantastic in the arts (1986) — Editor — 4 cópias
The Art and Craft of Poetry: Twenty Exercises Toward Mastery (Borgo Literary Guides) (2009) 3 cópias
Accommodation 2 cópias
Three Tales of Omne: A Companion to Wordsmith / The Elder of Days: Tales of the Elders (Wildside Double #8) (2010) 2 cópias
In Darkness Drawn: Poems 1 exemplar(es)
The Work of Stephen King: An Annotated Bibliography & Guide (Bibliographies of Modern Authors) (1996) 1 exemplar(es)
In The Haunted Darkness 1 exemplar(es)
Toward Other Worlds: Perspectives on John Milton, C. S. Lewis, Stephen King, Orson Scott Card, and Others (2010) 1 exemplar(es)
The Work of Orson Scott Card: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide (Bibliographies of Modern Authors) (1997) 1 exemplar(es)
Space Opera 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
The Stephen King Companion: Four Decades of Fear from the Master of Horror (2015) — Contribuinte, algumas edições — 578 cópias
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Volume 24, Number 3, Fall 1991 (1991) — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Volume 25, Number 1, (March 1992) (1992) — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 33, Number 4 (Winter 2000) (2000) — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
Irreantum: Exploring Mormon Literature - Vol. 3:4 (Winter 2001-2002) (2001) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Irreantum: Exploring Mormon Literature - Vol. 2:2 (Summer 2000) (2000) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 21, Number 1 (Spring 1988) (1988) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 16, Number 4 (Winter 1983) (1983) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 17, Number 3 (Autumn 1984) (1984) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 17, Number 4 (Winter 1984) (1984) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 18, Number 1 (Spring 1985) (1985) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 20, Number 3 (Fall 1987) (1987) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Irreantum: Exploring Mormon Literature - Vol. 2:4 (Winter 2000-2001) (2000) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 25, Number 4 (Winter 1992) (1992) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 26, Number 2 (Summer 1993) (1993) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 27, Number 2 (Summer 1994) (1994) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Irreantum: A Review of Mormon Literature and Film - Vol. 8:1 (2006) - "Poetry" (2006) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Irreantum: Exploring Mormon Literature - Vol. 2:3 (Autumn 2000) (2000) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 31, Number 3 (Fall 1998) (1998) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 32, Number 1 (Spring 1999) (1999) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Collings, Michael Robert
- Data de nascimento
- 1947-10-29
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Rupert, Idaho, USA
- Locais de residência
- Thousand Oaks, California, USA
- Ocupação
- Professor of English
poet
science fiction writer
fantasy writer - Relacionamentos
- Collings, Judith (wife)
- Organizações
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Pepperdine University (Professor of English)
Dialogue Foundation (journal poetry editor)
Science Fiction Poetry Association
Seaver College (poet-in-residence)
Membros
Resenhas
Listas
Prêmios
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Associated Authors
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 44
- Also by
- 37
- Membros
- 155
- Popularidade
- #135,097
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Resenhas
- 34
- ISBNs
- 65
- Idiomas
- 1
The set-up to this novel was okay. But the execution? No, not so much.
So, I abandoned this thing a hair over 1/3 of the way in, having given the author all the chances in the world to just give me something, one little thing, to grab me and keep me reading. Instead, here's what I got.
Two characters, both male, both around the same age, both like old movies and beer and chess. One is renting a house, and the other inherited said house and the one next door that used to be owned by a somewhat eccentric aunt.
There's no horror here, though the author tries. I've decided the author has three things going against him.
The first is, he has no sense of what should go into the story and what should be jettisoned. We're treated to pages and pages of Nick dealing with various living conditions, including a creepy peepshow he pulls on his cousin's wife, before finally moving into the house. We're given an extended scene of Payne (the only other character) deciding to not do yard work, and instead go to the beach, and he walks around and stumbles on a nude beach where he meets a fully clothed woman who looks like she might be shaping up to the third character.
My point is, aside from meeting the woman, none of the rest, nor pages and pages of description on other topics amounts to anything. To the point where this feels like a bloated short story.
The second is, the author seems to be caught up in this new literary trend I've been noticing where two characters need to talk about something. Now, in decent writing, the author manipulates and twists and turns and essentially creates logical forces that prevent those two characters from getting a chance to discuss.
The trend now seems to simply have the characters have the desire, but not the ability to discuss. As an example, say Character One needs to know if Character Two is, oh, I don't know...maybe putting themselves in danger through sport fucking dangerous biker types. So, they should talk about it, right? Instead, what we get is Character One thinking, I must get this sport fucking information out of Character Two. I must know! It's dangerous! It's life or death! Then they meet and Character One asks Character Two about the weather, about what they had for breakfast, and their plans for the day, all the while wringing mental hands in anguish. Then they go their separate ways.
Yeah, all that? The author pulls that type of shit here.
And finally, and by far the biggest issue, is that the author is working at horror by association. Nick, at various times, name checks either the names or the stories of Stephen King, Peter Straub, Shirley Jackson, Edgar Allan Poe, as well as movies like Alien, etc.
As an example, during one of his many interminable spying sessions on the house next door, we're treated to comparisons to King's Marsten House from 'Salem's Lot, The Overlook from The Shining, and Hill House from the Shirley Jackson novel. He doesn't do much other description (that's the stuff he should be describing, but doesn't), but we're supposed to understand that the place is unsettling because all those other famous places by better authors took the time to make their places unsettling.
I could go on for days, but Jesus, this book just ain't worth it. Go read the authors this guy name checks. Every one of them is better.… (mais)