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Martin Ruben #3
Brotherkind
Book by Williamson, J.N.
288 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1987
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About the author
J.N. Williamson
62 books55 followersGerald Neal Williamson (April 17, 1932 - December 8, 2005) wrote and edited horror stories under the name J. N. Williamson. He also wrote under the name Julian Shock.
Born in Indianapolis, IN he graduated from Shortridge High School. He studied journalism at Butler University. He published his first novel in 1979 and went on to publish more than 40 novels and 150 short stories. In 2003 he received a lifetime achievement award from the Horror Writers of America. He edited the critically acclaimed How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction (1987) which covered the themes of such writing and cited the writings of such writers as Robert Bloch, Lee Prosser, Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, H. P. Lovecraft, August Derleth, William F. Nolan, and Stephen King. Many important writers in the genre contributed to the book. Williamson edited the popular anthology series, Masques. Some of his novels include The Ritual (1979), Playmates (1982), Noonspell (1991), The Haunt (1999), among others.
He was also a well known Sherlockian and received his investiture (The Illustrious Client) in the Baker Street Irregulars in 1950.
Source: Wikipedia
Born in Indianapolis, IN he graduated from Shortridge High School. He studied journalism at Butler University. He published his first novel in 1979 and went on to publish more than 40 novels and 150 short stories. In 2003 he received a lifetime achievement award from the Horror Writers of America. He edited the critically acclaimed How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction (1987) which covered the themes of such writing and cited the writings of such writers as Robert Bloch, Lee Prosser, Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, H. P. Lovecraft, August Derleth, William F. Nolan, and Stephen King. Many important writers in the genre contributed to the book. Williamson edited the popular anthology series, Masques. Some of his novels include The Ritual (1979), Playmates (1982), Noonspell (1991), The Haunt (1999), among others.
He was also a well known Sherlockian and received his investiture (The Illustrious Client) in the Baker Street Irregulars in 1950.
Source: Wikipedia
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December 16, 2017
Saved from space Bigfoot by the power of "Firehouse" by KISS.
July 27, 2019
An extremely terrible book. Ridiculous crap. Not worth reading.
March 29, 2021
That was bananas and fairly terrible.
March 6, 2024
This book was pure chaos from beginning to end. I loved every second of it! Bigfoot being taken down by KISS blasting on a radio? Sign me up for this absolute ridiculousness.
December 17, 2025
Jesus christ man, that J.N Williamson loves to ramble on for pages after pages without adding anything new to the story.
I could imagine him with his smug look and pipe writing this shit.
And whats up with all the Sherlock Holmes referances?
But so far in all the J.N. Williamson books i have read, the conclusion kicks ass. He knows how to make the ending stick! Just too bad he bores you to death before you get there.
I could imagine him with his smug look and pipe writing this shit.
And whats up with all the Sherlock Holmes referances?
But so far in all the J.N. Williamson books i have read, the conclusion kicks ass. He knows how to make the ending stick! Just too bad he bores you to death before you get there.
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