This science fiction/horror tale is totally agenda driven.
It’s about the day that toxic waste, thrown into the creeks, rivers, and earth,
become sentient and rise up against humans. It’s about as subtle as a sledge
hammer with its message that we are destroying the earth.
Written in 1991, the novel is sited in the town of Paradise,
Pennsylvania, a small to medium sized city. It’s large enough to have some
industry, and that industry creates waste. So there is a company that deals
with relieving businesses of their waste. Problem is, they are not very
particular about disposing of said waste. Their subcontractors- redneck yahoos
who consider ‘out of sight, out of mind’ a good working plan- aren’t any more
particular. One day as they dump 55 gallon drums into the creek, the creek
itself- joined with the waste already there- rises up. Then there is the
nuclear power plant in the county that is starting to sing to itself as all
hell breaks loose…
It’s a very grim novel, with lots of vivid gore; the
descriptions of what happens to the humans is revolting. I didn’t realize until
after I read the book that they authors are considered splatter punk kings.
There are a lot of characters in the book; sometimes it’s hard to keep track of
them. Sadly, none are fleshed out at all. They are just puppets doing their
jobs for the story. The plot is also lacking. The book is powerful, but still a
letdown because of that.
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Thanks for the review. I don't know what splatter punk kings are but I think it is safe to say I'm going to pass :-)
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