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Title: The Wolfen by Whitley Strieber ISBN: 0-688-03347-4 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: August, 1978 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $19.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.38 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: a one night reader,couldn't put it down
Comment: I read Wolfen quite a few years ago,shortly after it came out in paperback.Not too many books have grabbed me and compelled me to read just one more page ,before I go to sleep.Needless to say ,I read the blasted book in one day till 3 am. The story is basically about a species of wolf,The Wolfen,that are the basis of the werewolf legends.They are a highly evolved species and you are allowed inside their pack ,you hear their thoughts,what makes them choose their kills. They attack with such speed,one character explains this by telling the two detectives ,if they saw a wolfen,your throat would have already been ripped out. As I said I read the book in one day and night,I had just put the book down ,when my dog came in and more or less indicated she had to go for a walk.In March ,at 3am,my luck,I looked under every car in the parking lot,jumped at every noise and couldn't relax till we were back in my apartment. I hope this book is published again,it really is terrific.Not at all like the movie.
Rating: 5
Summary: Classic
Comment: Two hardened NYC detectives, with a complicated relationship, stumble across a series of brutal murders and mysterious disappearances. Assigned to the case, they find themselves on the trail of predators who have hidden themselves from men so effectively, they are mentioned only in terrifying legends. As the impossible reality dawns on the two detectives, they find themselves targeted by a pack of highly intelligent creatures that will do anything to protect their race. They are The Wolfen. And they consider humans easy prey... This is a classic take on the werewolf legend. I was 12 or 13 when the book came out and I remember it scaring the hell out of me. The novel is well researched and has a gritty modern day reality to it; from the details of police work to theories on animal intelligence and wolf behavior. Strieber's approach is very credible and very scary. I'll admit, I prefer my werewolves as traditional man/wolf hybrids, but this was a fun read and a must for horror fans.
Rating: 2
Summary: Great Research Can't Save This Tired Werewolf Tale
Comment: The Wolfen is a great showcase for the lycanthropy research Whitley Strieber seems to have done for this story, which in parts reads like an account of werewolf history, demographics and behavioral patterns. In fact, Strieber apparently has so much respect for the society of werewolves that he imparts to creatures greater intelligence and cultural richness than I have seen in any other horror story. An interesting and previously unseen (for me, anyway) aspect of this story is its narrative from the Wolfen's perspective.
It's too bad that this dedication to and admiration for his subject couldn't save such a lame story, though. The dialog between all of the characters is dull and contrived, and there are a lot of relationship twists that get introduced and never resolved. For instance the crush that older, cranky detective George Wilson has for Becky Neff is mildly interesting, largely unbelievable (a 20 year age difference, a surface level disdain for one another), and completely useless. So is the confusion Becky feels for her husband Dick, who is mired in a police investigation for being on the take in order to fund his dad's nursing home bills. There are feuds and mistrust among the officers, medical examiner, and researchers as well, that seem to serve no other purpose than to create strife, and to make Becky and George's seem like mavericks in their pursuit of the werewolves that only they believe in (with a minimum of proof, I might add).
To swallow the premise of this story, you pretty much need to believe that werewolves have been among us forever, including in our metropolitan areas, yet are intelligent enough to avoid human detection despite eating the weak among us (hobos, drunks, the blind, etc.). In fact, the Wolfen of the story would still be undiscovered were it not for an uncharacteristic errant attack on two police officers at the beginning of the story, and a series of absurd coincidences that eventually lead them into Becky and George's hands. The ending doesn't really solve much, either, and tries to pass off noncommittal as mysteriously vague.
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Title: The Hunger by Whitley Strieber ISBN: 0743431022 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 22 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Lilith's Dream : A Tale of the Vampire Life by Whitley Strieber ISBN: 0743451538 Publisher: Pocket Star Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Last Vampire : A Novel by Whitley Strieber ISBN: 0743417216 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Wolf of Shadows by Whitley Streiber ISBN: 0449210898 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 12 July, 1986 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title: HOWLING by Gary Brandner ISBN: 0449138240 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 12 December, 1981 List Price(USD): $1.75 |
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