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The X-Files #1&2
The X-Files: Goblins/Whirlwind
A maverick FBI agent and the female agent assigned to keep him in line are given the eeriest unsolved cases--those filed under "X"
416 pages, Paperback
First published May 25, 1996
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Charles L. Grant
309 books267 followersCharles Lewis Grant was a novelist and short story writer specializing in what he called "dark fantasy" and "quiet horror." He also wrote under the pseudonyms of Geoffrey Marsh, Lionel Fenn, Simon Lake, Felicia Andrews, and Deborah Lewis.
Grant won a World Fantasy Award for his novella collection Nightmare Seasons, a Nebula Award in 1976 for his short story "A Crowd of Shadows", and another Nebula Award in 1978 for his novella "A Glow of Candles, a Unicorn's Eye," the latter telling of an actor's dilemma in a post-literate future. Grant also edited the award winning Shadows anthology, running eleven volumes from 1978-1991. Contributors include Stephen King, Ramsey Campbell, R.A. Lafferty, Avram Davidson, and Steve Rasnic and Melanie Tem. Grant was a former Executive Secretary and Eastern Regional Director of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and president of the Horror Writers Association.
Grant won a World Fantasy Award for his novella collection Nightmare Seasons, a Nebula Award in 1976 for his short story "A Crowd of Shadows", and another Nebula Award in 1978 for his novella "A Glow of Candles, a Unicorn's Eye," the latter telling of an actor's dilemma in a post-literate future. Grant also edited the award winning Shadows anthology, running eleven volumes from 1978-1991. Contributors include Stephen King, Ramsey Campbell, R.A. Lafferty, Avram Davidson, and Steve Rasnic and Melanie Tem. Grant was a former Executive Secretary and Eastern Regional Director of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and president of the Horror Writers Association.
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March 2, 2026
IVE READ FANFICTION BETTER THAN THIS!!!
The dedication says something about how inspired he was by the x files and loved it, but the writer doesn’t seem to have a grasp on even the basic characteristics of Mulder and Scully. Also why are you horny on main? Why is every female character written through the view of someone trying to fuck them?? The back literally describes scully as “a female agent” as though she wasn’t one of the first major female characters in a drama not to be written as a romantic interest of the male lead??? Like x files is beloved by many for how well rounded as a character she is and how much depth she is given, but the writer for this book seems to think of her as a boring, overly direct, science hot chick. Mulder has a deep respect for scully that seems to have mysteriously vanished, and that doesn’t touch on the dialogue that was used as like a fucking exposition device!!! Like you know in movies when there’s like a voicemail scene and that’s used to just tell the plot for a second to the audience? Or like Netflix slop?
I felt like I was trudging through sewer water to get through it, and it was easy to figure out the twist half way through the novel.
I can only hope the writer for the rest of the novelization is at least a little better. Disappointed, disheartened, disgruntled by this unfortunate read as an x files fan.
The dedication says something about how inspired he was by the x files and loved it, but the writer doesn’t seem to have a grasp on even the basic characteristics of Mulder and Scully. Also why are you horny on main? Why is every female character written through the view of someone trying to fuck them?? The back literally describes scully as “a female agent” as though she wasn’t one of the first major female characters in a drama not to be written as a romantic interest of the male lead??? Like x files is beloved by many for how well rounded as a character she is and how much depth she is given, but the writer for this book seems to think of her as a boring, overly direct, science hot chick. Mulder has a deep respect for scully that seems to have mysteriously vanished, and that doesn’t touch on the dialogue that was used as like a fucking exposition device!!! Like you know in movies when there’s like a voicemail scene and that’s used to just tell the plot for a second to the audience? Or like Netflix slop?
I felt like I was trudging through sewer water to get through it, and it was easy to figure out the twist half way through the novel.
I can only hope the writer for the rest of the novelization is at least a little better. Disappointed, disheartened, disgruntled by this unfortunate read as an x files fan.
May 11, 2022
X-Files novelization. Goblins is set in NJ. People near Ft. Dix being killed by an invisible man--some call it a goblin. Turns out to be a gov't experiment in creating human chameleons. But the subjects become unstable.
takes place in NM. People and cows discovered flayed. No one is sure how. No connection between them. The Konochine Reservation becomes the link--and sacred rituals that take place there. One member of the tribe using the Blood Wind to have power and control through fear.
OK as adaptations although mannerisms didn't always fit.
takes place in NM. People and cows discovered flayed. No one is sure how. No connection between them. The Konochine Reservation becomes the link--and sacred rituals that take place there. One member of the tribe using the Blood Wind to have power and control through fear.
OK as adaptations although mannerisms didn't always fit.
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June 23, 2019
Reading this book is like reading scripts that Carter or the writing team never approved. Even considering the point that this is the first time reading this one, kit's bland and boring. It's as if they have Mulder, Scully and Skinner but it's not them. Copies/clones that absorbed the three of them, just not what makes these three individuals whole.
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July 23, 2015
I have been enjoying The X-Files as I have started watching the show recently, and these two stories seem bland in comparison. Maybe I will just stick to the show.
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