Poddities: A Creative Tribute To Jack Finney's Novel The Body Snatchers

by Suzanne Donahue (Editor), Nicholas Kaufmann, Ed Gorman

A tribute to "The Body Snatchers" by Jack Finney.

Genres: Horror

104 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Michael Fierce · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great collection of sci-fi horror stories written by all very quality writers, some of which I'm already a fan, Brian Keene, Tim Lebbon, a couple of which I'm familiar with but never read anything by, some I'd like to check out more from, Stefano Donati, Suzanne Donahue, and several I didn't know before this, Nicholas Kaufmann, Harrison Howe, Kurt Newton, D.F. Lewis, Dan Keohane -- all of which I'd very much like to read more by.

Some stories were like continuations or side-stories to Invasion of the Body Snatchers, while others were in the spirit of Jack Finney's themes and/or style.

I liked them all but my favorites were, Lest Ye Become, by Brian Keene, and The Doll Wagon, by Dan Keohane, which was one creepy story.

So if you be readin' this Dan, I'm a be checkin' you out, bruh.

The commentaries were also very fun to read by Michael Marshall Smith, Ed Gorman, Nicholas Royle (who btw wrote one of my absolute fave short stories elsewhere, The Crucian Pit - I implore you to read!, Thomas F. Monteleone, Stanley Wiater, Jack Williamson (check out my review of his Darker Than You Think, Christopher Fowler, David B. Silva, Jack Ketchup, Christopher Golden, and Ramsey Campbell.

I'm afraid to say, this being only 1 of 50 copies, I doubt you'll get your hands on a copy.
:(

However, if you get lucky like I did, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT!!!!!

But.

I should say.

If you do find it, I'm not sure you people will be jumping out of your pod to give it a full 5 stars like I did, though I do believe you'd find it a fun read. I just have a thing for

BTW, the cool cover art is by Jeffrey Thomas, author of Punktown.

[Quirkyreader · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great companion book to "The Body Snatchers".