Open Road Media has released nine of Robert McCammon's books as ebooks. Exciting news! Now, about that Swan Song audio. . .
Here's the press release:
Open Road Media is pleased to announce the publication of nine terrifying tales by New York Times bestselling master of horror Robert R. McCammon, including Swan Song, his first novel to win the coveted Bram Stoker Award. From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, McCammon, an Alabama native, contributed significantly to the reemergence of the horror genre by crafting intense, character-driven narratives that blended elements of magical realism, science fiction, fantasy, and Southern gothic literature. McCammon’s wonderfully ambitious Swan Song tells the story of a post-apocalyptic world in which a girl with psychic abilities struggles to evade a mysterious force intent on destroying all remaining traces of beauty and hope. The novel is regarded as a horror classic in the same league as Stephen King’s The Stand. Recently Amazon.com called it “a monster of a horror book, brimming over with stories and violence and terrific imagery—God and the Devil, the whole works.”You can get Swan Song on Kindle here at Amazon.
THE FIVE on King's Summer Reading List:
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| From robertmccammon.com |
King briefly included Mccammon's new book "The Five" in his June 3, 2011 summer reading list. King wrote in Entertainment Weekly, “The Five isn’t just Robert McCammon’s best novel in years; it’s his best novel ever. Terrifying, suspenseful, unputdownable, and full of rock and roll energy. It’s also uplifting, a book you’ll finish feeling better about your world, your friends, and your music. Here’s one you’ll beg friends to read.”
Five McCammon Novels Worth Adapting
And while we're on the subject of Robert Mccammon, I really enjoyed the article at Shock Till You Drop titled "Five Robert McCammon Novels Hollywood Should Be Adapting."
After listing the five novels he thinks should be headed to the screen, Ryan Turek shares, "These are just my own personal selections I'd like to see brought to the screen. Frank Darabont has been trying to get an adaptation of "Mine" off the ground for years. "Swan Song" and "Baal" might be a fan faves, but I don't know if a filmmaker can properly pull these off."
I didn't know McCammon was from Alabama! That means we've got something in common.
ReplyDeleteI loved reading his books in high school; I've still got them all, and would love to go back and reread them (as well as pick up the ones which he's written since then). Might be a good topic for my own blog one of these days...