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Title: Hosts by F. Paul Wilson ISBN: 081256166X Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: August, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Rating: 4
Summary: A Spear Has No Branches........
Comment: ...Or so says the mysterious Russian lady whose presence sets the strange events of Hosts, F. Paul Wilson's 5th Repairman Jack novel, in motion. Urban mercenary Jack is unwittingly hired by his older Sister to investigate a strange cult her lover Jeanette has (seemingly) joined. As usual with Jack, there's more than meets the eye with this case: All of the Cult members are patients of the same Doctor, and they've all been on the receiving end of an experimental Cancer treatment. The Virus used to treat the Cancer has been tainted by "Ms. Aralo" (Longtime Jack fans will recignize the letters in that name...), and soon the patients are joined in a Hive-mentality that threatens to mutate into an air-borne virus that could signal the end of life as we know it by eradicating individual thought and making Humanity drones and slaves to "The Otherness". Good thing Jack's on the case....
Hosts is probably the weakest of the Repairman Jack novels to date, but it's still head and shoulders above most horror or suspense novels. As usual, Wilson does a great job of making his characters seem like real,three-dimensional people, and he peppers the book with enough sub-plots (Revenge-seeking arsonists, a Reporter who discovers Jack's identity, the introduction of Jack's Sister) to keep the story moving along briskly. By the end of the book, the reader has learned a lot of new information about Jack, and the stage is set for more battles against The Otherness. As another reviewer pointed out, the hardcover is filled with typos and name transpositions, which is really sloppy. These were hopefully corrected in later printings. This was especially jarring when reading about the sibling arsonists, whose names kept getting switched around....Otherwise, Hosts is a pretty good read, and sure to please longtime Repairman Jack fans and newbies alike.
Rating: 5
Summary: Hosts: Repairman Jack Lives On!
Comment: If you haven't read any of the Repairman Jack books, you don't know what you're missing. Buy them at Amazon today! Start with The Tomb and work your way up Hosts, the latest installment in the Repairman Jack series by F. Paul Wilson. It proves that you can't keep a good man down!
Of all the trains in the city, the gunman just had to pick the one that Jack was riding. Jack saves a trainload of passengers in the first few pages of the book, almost has his identity blown by an overzealous reporter and then has to help his long lost sister get her friend out of what appears to be a weird cult. Jack is back and at his best. Get ready for a wild ride that only Repairman Jack can provide. I couldn't put this one down! This has something for everyone. Die-hard Jack fans will learn more about his past and be delighted to know that he's got some adventures ahead! Looks like the Otherness has a thing for him and it's not letting go. I can't wait for the next book!
Rating: 4
Summary: Good, not the best
Comment: See storyline above.
In this Repairman Jack novel we learn a bit more about his family. His divorced lesbian sister is the one in need of repair on this go round, though Joe and Stan, the arsonists from a previous novel, do make a rather large cameo appearance (and then disappearance).
I usually rate Wilson's novels with five stars, but this just didn't have the oomph I'm used too. As mentioned by a previous reviewer, it lacked certain repairs. Sure there was suspense, and it sure moved at a quick pace, but this supernatural thriller didn't have quite enough closure. I will, of course, read the next novel in this series, with just a little apprehension, not much, just a little. I think the editors at Forge slipped a little bit also with some of the spelling. One more gripe. There is no microwave oven, in home, that will run 99 hours.
Still highly recommended...because it's F. Paul Wilson.
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Title: The Haunted Air by F. Wilson ISBN: 0312878680 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 18 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: All the Rage by F. Paul Wilson ISBN: 0812566548 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Conspiracies by F. Paul Wilson ISBN: 0812566998 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Legacies by F. Paul Wilson ISBN: 0812571991 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Tomb by F. Paul Wilson ISBN: 0812580370 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: August, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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