Member Since: Aug. 10, 2011

Terry Sanders

Smashwords book reviews by Terry Sanders

  • The Dancer in the Dark on Sep. 09, 2011

    Most Lovecraft follow-ons tend to copy the mythos, the style, even the wording, of the orginal. As if the Greater Universe--that Man Was Not Meant to Know because it is Too Big For Us--is somehow LESS diverse than we pygmy insects are. Thomas Fuller avoided that trap, giving us a different view into another realm of that dark place. And gave us people we care about to see it. If you're looking for "Call of Cthulhu 23," you might want to look elsewhere. There isn't a slimy tentacled horror in sight. And descent into madness isn't one of the major plot points. As one of the reviews below suggests, this isn't a Lovecraft pastiche. More of a logical extension. In THE DANCER IN THE DARK, Fuller and Strickland show us real people trying to deal with a terrible wrongness. A workmanlike and artistic (both!) blending of Lovecraft's "the world is more than you know--or want to know" theme with a real world full of real people with their own concerns--some petty, some not. Recommended.
  • Through Struggle, the Stars on Nov. 29, 2011

    A good, solid start to the series he hints at. Believable science, believable characters, and a situation that's complex enough to match the science and the characters. The prose style is a bit clunky in places--it reminded me in some ways of THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, before Tom Clancy got his polish. Not enough to make it worth putting down, and I expect him to get better in the next one. And yeah, I'm gonna get the next one.