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Title: Mad Moon of Dreams by Brian Lumley, Dave Carson ISBN: 0-932445-28-4 Publisher: W Paul Ganley Pub Pub. Date: December, 1987 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: An epic, ambitious adventure
Comment: In my opinion, this book gets off to a shaky start. Hero and Eldin are to do battle with a conspiracy of the Dreamland's most evil forces. But rather than set up the situation with a gradual unfolding of events, Lumley shoves his characters right into it, explaining the full background of the conspiracy in a long letter from Randolph Carter. I found this to be somewhat forced and awkward, it was as if Lumley couldn't be bothered to set up the story in a more natural way.
Still, I can forgive him that, because once the weak setup is done, Hero and Eldin are launched into their most sweeping adventure yet.
But it's also the corniest adventure yet. All of the old villians are back and united - it reminds me of a silly Batman plot, with the arch-villians banding together to fight the caped crusader, but spend as much time fighting with themselves. Still, it works, as long as you don't take it too seriously.
This is the first of the Dreamlands books that introduces some Great Old Ones into the action. As usual with Lumley, he shows them as being far more interested in and susceptible to the affairs of men than Lovecraft ever would have. The HPL purists out there will probably be disappointed or offended. I'm not a purist myself, but I did have problems with some of the Nightgaunts starting to act heroic, on their own, being even a little bit human.
Once the action gets started, this is the most ambitious of Lumley's Dreamlands books, with harrowing escapes, battles between large fleets of sky-ships, all the way up to the incredible fate of our heroes at the end of the story. If you're willing to tolerate the absurdity of some of it, and can deal with the liberties Lumley takes with some of HPL's creations, it's a fun ride.
Rating: 4
Summary: Reunion!
Comment: Our heroes are back for more adventures! In Mad Moon of Dreams everyone is back. The Hive Queen, Zura, almost every evil and good character we have ever met in this series so far. It leads to a fun reunion. Hero and Eldin however, still have their duties. An ancient god residing on the moon wishes to take over dreamlands. It is up to them to stop it.
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Title: Iced on Aran (New Adventures in H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands, Vol 4) by Brian Lumley ISBN: 0812524225 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: March, 1994 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Titus Crow, Volume 2 : The Clock of Dreams; Spawn of the Winds by Brian Lumley ISBN: 0312868685 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 06 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Titus Crow, Volume 1 : The Burrowers Beneath; The Transition of Titus Crow by Brian Lumley ISBN: 0312868677 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Titus Crow, Volume 3 : In The Moons of Borea, Elysia by Brian Lumley ISBN: 0312868669 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 20 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Whisperer and Other Voices by Brian Lumley ISBN: 0312878028 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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