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Title: Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon ISBN: 0-671-74103-9 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1987 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.76 (358 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Hard to put down
Comment: Despite being 956 pages long, I read through this book very quickly. The epic story of nuclear holocaust and the hope brought to the human race brought by a young girl named Swan is fast paced, exciting and yet, very sad too. The relationship between Swan and her protectors help you identify strongly with them.
I downgrade Swan Song one star beacuse I thought the Man with the Scarlet Eye was a bit weak as an evil character. Also, the author didn't give much about this character's origins, which I would've liked to know more about. Also, I found the post-nuclear U.S. to not be quite credible. I realize it is just a fantasy, but I don't the think the U.S. government would've completely disappeared the way it did in the book. It is also wrong to blame "Star Wars" defense for a nuclear war. Too bad the author didn't wait a couple of years to write the book. He would've seen the "Star Wars" helped end the Cold War, not heat it up.
Still, this is an entertaining book and readers will not be bored.
Rating: 5
Summary: A BEAUTIFUL SONG..ONE OF THE BEST
Comment: Having previously read only one of Robert McCammon's books (the brilliant "Gone South"), I knew I would be entertained by this book, which won the 1988 Bram Stoker Award. I had NO IDEA how I would be BLOWN AWAY by this mammoth classic. Although compared to King's "The Stand," this novel goes a little bit further into examining the people behind the terror. McCammon's post-apocalyptic view of the world is frighteningly realistic. But what this horrifying novel so brilliant is the richness of the characters he has created. There are so many wonderful characterizations in this novel that it's hard to begin writing about them. The ultimate battle of good vs. evil is convincingly and yet "fictitiously" told. Some of the things that do stretch credibility feel quite at home in McCammon's hands. And oh what hands!
To me, the character who stands front and foremost, and upon whose shoulders this novel truly stands is Sister Creep. A combination of Whoopi Goldberg/Carol Burnett and Rosie O'Donnell, this woman is truly a heroine to be admired and respected. Starting out as a bag lady in the pre-nuclear New York, Sister Creep shows such fierce dedication, loyalty and strength that you can feel her reaching out of the book to embrace you. I don't think there's ever been such a rich female characterization as Sister Creep in any horror novel I've read so far. And I've read plenty!! The way she and her ragtag crew of survivors forge ahead to find the mysterious Swan is heart-rending, encouraging and downright amazing.
Close behind is Josh, the Black Frankenstein of the story. A Professional wrestler (i.e, actor), Josh embodies the strength of his gigantic size with the gentle heart of a child. Like Sister Creep, Josh feels the need to "protect the child" and goes through several visions of hell to do so. His relationship with Glory and Aaron in Mary's Rest is simply beautiful. McCammon is uncanny in his capture of what characters feel and don't express.
And then of course, there is Swan. What a remarkable character. We first meet her as a helpless but magical child, who is left parentless after the apocalypse. Her fate has been decided and she is the one to save the world. As she matures into a young woman, we can see the confusion, fear and doubt in her mind, sort of a Gethsemane, but she grows so much in her resolve, her love of mankind, and her belief that there is good in the world. Simply a beautiful creation, no doubt.
The other characters, both good and evil are outstanding: the manic Corporal Macklin; the blood-thirsty boy Roland Croninger; the ill-fated Leona; the happy Rusty Weaver and Artie; the evil Lt. Lawry; the prostitute Sheila; the demented Alvin; even the President of the United States. There are SO MANY I can't begin to let you know how good they are.
And, of course, there is the evil one...the man with the scarlet eye...never has a creature of such evil and malevolence wormed its way into the pages of modern horror. He is worse than Hannibal Lechter; Jason; Freedy; Michael Meyers; he is closer to the devil than anyone in this genre.
This book is outstanding; it will move you and will stay with you long after you've closed the pages. And even after 956 pages in paperback, you still wish there was more!!
BRAVO MR. MCCAMMON
HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Rating: 5
Summary: A page turner
Comment: This book starts out great and ends great and leaves you with a feeling of wanting to remain with the characters despite the life that they face. McCammon masterfully creates characters that you feel for, both good and evil alike. What makes you feel for them is that despite their innate predisposition towards either the light or dark side of humanity you still catch glimpses of who the character could have become if things in their lives had went differently, shown especially through the salvation of Sheila. I would recommend this book highly to anyone who liked the stand, despite other people saying it's a ripoff. The Stand was a disease these are nukes. Also it's hard to right a doomsday horror novel and not compare it to the stand.
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Title: The Wolf's Hour by Robert R. McCammon ISBN: 0671731424 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 15 August, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Boy's Life by Robert R. McCammon ISBN: 0671743058 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Speaks the Nightbird, Vol. 2: Evil Unveiled by Robert McCammon ISBN: 0743471393 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Mystery Walk by Robert R. McCammon ISBN: 067176991X Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: BLUE WORLD : BLUE WORLD by Robert R. McCammon ISBN: 0671695185 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1990 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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