The first thing that attracted me to Charles Gilmore’s Professor Gargoyle was the cool lenticular cover (aka, holograms). First you see a stogy Professor (left, above). Then you move the book and suddenly the professor transforms into a demon looking at you! And, of course, you know my weakness for H. P. Lovecraft pastiches. This book is aimed at teenagers, but adults can enjoy the fun of this book, too! Strange events happen at Lovecraft Middle School. I like the two-headed rat! GRADE: B
COVER: A
Great cover!
Lovecraft really is an industry these days, isn’t he?
Jeff, Lovecraft is everywhere! These Young Adult volumes bring Lovecraft to teenagers.
Looks, sounds awful.
Rick, you are so right! Lovecraft and faux-Lovecraft pastiches deal with awful alien menaces. That’s the whole point!
When I think of alien menace, it’s science fiction I expect, not Lovecraftian horror or semi-horror. Matter of taste.
Rick, Lovecraft is a science fiction writer. All that cosmic horror comes from alien planets and strange dimensions.
Let’s agree to disagree on that one, George.
Never cared for Lovecraft!
Bob, I sometimes get in the mood for creepy SF. Lovecraft (and his followers) fit bill.