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Title: Other Worlds by Barbara Michaels ISBN: 0-06-109749-7 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 February, 2000 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2 (39 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Two Tepid Ghost Stories
Comment: I've never read anything by Michaels (who also writes under the name Elizabth Peters), but this seemed mildly interesting (although I gather this book is nothing like her other works). The premise here is neat enough, we are taken to an old-fashioned gentlemen's club somehere in time and allowed to eavesdrop on a convocation of experts on trickery, pschology, and the paranormal, including Harry Houdini, Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle, a veiled Sigmind Freud, Nandor Fodor, and one or two others. They gather to share their research on unexplained paranormal events and propose solutions based on their own theories. The first tale is about the "Bell Witch" hauntings in Tennessee (which I had never heard of). The "ghost story" just barely maintained my interest, but when the sleuths started proposing their solutions, the writing got overly clever in trying to replicate the mannerisms of each. The second story "The Phelps Case" failed to hold my interest and I moved on to other things. If you're into ghost stories you might like this, but otherwise I'd suggest giving it a miss.
Rating: 4
Summary: Get the Geist
Comment: I had not read any of her works as either Barbara Michaels or Elizabeth Peters before, so this was my introduction to her work. This mystery is actually two stories in one, with each story around 100-120 pages long. I preferred the first to the second; both dealt with families being tormented by a spirit of some kind or poltergeist activity. At the close of each story, the ghostly gentleman's club - including Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - draw various conclusions. Thus there is not just one right answer, but instead various opinions and scenarios. Good work, quick read, fun for classic mystery / poltergeist fans.
Rating: 1
Summary: Dissapointed!
Comment: I had waited sooo long for this novel to come out, and when its all been read and done, it was bad. boring and slow, with no intrest at all the novel just never hit it off. I love Barbara Michaels, but this just was not her.
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Title: Prince of Darkness by Barbara Michaels ISBN: 0425108538 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: April, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Master of Blacktower by Barbara Michaels ISBN: 0425149412 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: September, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Wait for What Will Come by Barbara Michaels ISBN: 0425120058 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: June, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Into the Darkness by Barbara Michaels ISBN: 042512892X Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: May, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Dark on the Other Side by Barbara Michaels ISBN: 0425109283 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: August, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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