A Night in the Lonesome October

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I didn’t love this little book, but I liked it. The aforementioned format was engaging and unique, and the plot was very original. But those were honestly my two favorite aspects of the book. Snuff, our canine narrator, was an entertaining and charming, and the Game he was involved in remained mysterious even at the novel’s end. All of the players were well known characters or tropes from classic horror fiction, which added to the fun factor. For a Game that had a possibly apocalyptic outcome, the way the story was told seemed very slice-of-life, which removed some of the tension needed to fully absorb a reader in a cosmic conflict. Mistaken for Badass: One of the characters everyone else assumes is a Player turns out to be, if not exactly an innocent bystander, in town on unrelated business and unaware of the Game. I was amazed. Thrilled. He was one of the small handful of authors that made me realize that all I wanted to be was a writer.

Where do I start??? Let's begin with my thanks to Evgeny, who had the good sense to invite several of us for the Halloween Read and made us read it! Thank you!!! We summarized the book, one day at a time, discussing the characters, their names & more about the book in the Roger Zelazny group in the spoiler topic. Every once in a while- when the moon is full on a Halloween night- a group gathers and a game begins...The game of saving the world from evil and destruction- who is on the right side and who is on the wrong one??? I guess you will have to read it to find out... A Night in the Lonesome October is a novel by American writer Roger Zelazny published in 1993, near the end of his life. It was his last book, and one of his five personal favorites. [1] My first reading of this was a wonderful surprise. I knew of Roger Zelazny, thanks to his classic Fantasy Amber series and his great SF tales ( Home is the Hangman, …. And Call Me Conrad, Lord of Light), but this is one I didn’t know much about until our Oracle of the Occult Randy Money pointed it out a couple of Octobers ago. It has been out of print here in the UK for years but is now available, thanks to Farrago Books, and is worth hunting out and read during the days leading down to 31st of October.Animal Talk: All the animals (including the non-magical ones) can speak to each other in what seems to be the same language. Though, oddly, it appears a werewolf can understand Snuff but not any of the non-canine animals.

Quella sera siamo usciti di nuovo. Abbiamo attraversato il ponte e camminato per un lungo, lungo tratto. In giro c'erano l’arcigno detective e il suo tozzo compagno; quest'ultimo zoppicava per via dell'avventura dell'altra notte. Li abbiamo incrociati un paio di volte nella nebbia.

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I went and dragged the corpse til I couldn’t manage another step. Then I dragged myself home, jaws aching, paws sore, my old injury from the zombie affair was acting up. You know. The big fellow the Good Doctor put together from all the parts his assistant dig up for him." Bad Moon Rising: At one point during the final showdown, the moon turns blood-red and starts dripping.