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The Waking: Dreams of the Dead: Scary!


November 18th, 2009  Posted by Beth Johnson

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Considering what an awkward foot Dreams of the Dead by Thomas Randall (Christopher Golden) starts off on, I was pretty surprised when, shortly after beginning, I found myself unable to put it down. In spite of my overactive imagination, I like something scary once in a while. Poor Thomas Randall was already up against some stiff competition, since only days ago I wheedled my husband into watching Ringu (the Japanese horror film re-made as The Ring) with me. Fortunately, Dreams of the Dead has a lot of its own strengths to carry it. Read the rest.

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3 Responses to “The Waking: Dreams of the Dead: Scary!”

  1. brizmus November 18th, 2009   4:58 pm  

    I keep seeing this book around and have been dying to read it, as I am sort-of obsessed with Japan. I was shocked to learn in an interview that the author has never actually been to Japan.
    Wasn’t Ringu good????

  2. Sheila Deeth November 18th, 2009   6:45 pm  

    I keep seeing it around too. Sounds interesting. Heading over to read more.

  3. Beth Johnson November 25th, 2009   10:08 am  

    Yeah, Ringu was fantastic. Though I was twitchy for days after watching it!

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