As some of you might know, Robert McCammon's breakthrough novel, Swan Song, has just been released in an extremely affordable MP3 edition. For just over ten bucks you get a whole lot of listening pleasure.
There is a lot of talk about the so-called horror boom of the 80's. I was there, and there is a lot of truth to it. For me, the high water mark was the publication of Swan Song. McCammon was a damned good writer already, but this one put him in an entirely new, and breathtaking, category.
It starts off like a Cold War thriller, and segues into something else. Was it influenced by The Stand? Almost certainly, but that takes not a thing away from Swan Song. It and King's post apocalypse novel have distinct differences.
The reader of an audiobook can make or break its success. I'm happy to report that the narrator of Swan Song, Tom Stechschulte, does a good job with the material. Perhaps not in the league of someone like Stefan Rudnicki or Phil Gigante, but he has a good command of the characters and the feel of every scene.
If you are an audiobook fan, or are considering getting into them, you can't go wrong with Swan Song. The price, the delivery, and most importantly, the unbeatable story, make this an incredible bargain.
Coincidentally, I am about to read the latest Robert McCammon novel: The River of Souls. It is shipping to me as we speak from Subterranean Press. Or, it probably is not a coincidence. My bet is this new, inexpensive audiobook was released to coincide with The River of Souls.
I admit that I have the tendency to wax hyperbolic about things. But, yeah, no ones writes like McCammon. No writer has touched my heart, my soul, like he has. He was absent from publishing for a long time, until he returned with Speaks The Nightbird. We are infinitely richer having him with us.
There is a lot of talk about the so-called horror boom of the 80's. I was there, and there is a lot of truth to it. For me, the high water mark was the publication of Swan Song. McCammon was a damned good writer already, but this one put him in an entirely new, and breathtaking, category.
It starts off like a Cold War thriller, and segues into something else. Was it influenced by The Stand? Almost certainly, but that takes not a thing away from Swan Song. It and King's post apocalypse novel have distinct differences.
The reader of an audiobook can make or break its success. I'm happy to report that the narrator of Swan Song, Tom Stechschulte, does a good job with the material. Perhaps not in the league of someone like Stefan Rudnicki or Phil Gigante, but he has a good command of the characters and the feel of every scene.
If you are an audiobook fan, or are considering getting into them, you can't go wrong with Swan Song. The price, the delivery, and most importantly, the unbeatable story, make this an incredible bargain.
Coincidentally, I am about to read the latest Robert McCammon novel: The River of Souls. It is shipping to me as we speak from Subterranean Press. Or, it probably is not a coincidence. My bet is this new, inexpensive audiobook was released to coincide with The River of Souls.
I admit that I have the tendency to wax hyperbolic about things. But, yeah, no ones writes like McCammon. No writer has touched my heart, my soul, like he has. He was absent from publishing for a long time, until he returned with Speaks The Nightbird. We are infinitely richer having him with us.
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