![]() For years, however, Koontz has aimed at more than just thrills today he is a novelist of metaphysics and moral reflection. It's only when they drive to a nearby town that they learn of a global alien invasion the tension ratchets as a weird fog descends and the aliens not only manifest physically but animate the dead. ![]() The new novel also features abundant suspense, as a couple in an isolated California home endure a phosphorescent rain and learn that, around the world, something is attacking humans and laying waste to communications. Invasion was mostly speed and suspense-a brilliant if superficial exercise in terror. Koontz's new novel also concerns alien invasion, and a comparison of the two books offers insight into the evolution of this megaselling author's work. ![]() ![]() In 1975, the now defunct Laser Books issued Invasion by Aaron Wolfe, aka Koontz (who later expanded that novel into Winter Moon, 1994), a breakneck tale of alien invasion centered on an isolated farm. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |