**Warning...possible spoilers**

 

 

I have to say that recently I lent my copy of Necroscope to a work friend of mine as she told me she likes watching horror movies and wouldn't be adverse to reading them...so she read it....she took her time mind you, but over last weekend, she walked into waterstones in manchester and bought ALL FIVE of the Necroscope books!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

She loves them! and she is also now coming with me (when i pay for the tickets!) to the convention! SO i have made a recruit

 

Anyway, my question is, what is your favourite bit in any of the Necroscope books, leave it to the first five and it can be the most goriest, scariest or even the most mundane part that you love to bits.

 

Mine is the part (and i think everyone knows this) in Deadspeak where Janos *recruits* Vulpe and the description by Brian is amazing! Its gory, its frightening as anything and just pure evil!

 

 

So go on, whats yours...

 

:cool:

Hmmm... first 5 books huh? :confused:

The one that comes to mind is that of Lady Karen ripping Lesk the glut's heart out with her gauntlet.

That was one fine Lady

tell me if I'm wrong about this, but the first meeting with Dragosani. Nothing comes close... it set the scene for the whole series. i think this is the furst (ish) chapter from Necroscope.

 

note, I read the 3rd one first, but does it really matter??? heh

I think mine is when Harry is just about to leave for starside, as his leech ascends fully. I love the image of the bonnyrig (sp) house burning and Harry fully Wamphyri scaring the shite out of everybody especially Jeffery Paxton

 

Sophie

Alright here goes. The end of Deadspeak when Harry is coming down the mountain.

 

For oh so many reasons, including that it was my first Lumley book!

For me it's got to be the part in Wamphyri when poor Peter Keane (may not be spelt right) gets it outside Harkley house, I found Brian's description of his blind panic run to his car quite scary.

Plus Vlad was scarier than Zoltan the hound of Dracula any day

 

[ November 05, 2003, 03:54 AM: Message edited by: The Helm ]

A certain dream sequence featuring a disembodied pelvis...

 

Can anyone say Freudian?

Ex- i might have known!!!!

 

 

I'm with our Techie on this one... the very first demonstration on Dragossani's skills...

 

Thinking about it made me want to read it again, which will probably mean a full on NecFest, so The Bloody Red Baron will go unread for a while (although I've read it probably a dozen times already!)

I think the end of Necroscope was my favorite. I've always loved time paradox and Dragosani's end blew my mind.

 

Harry and Karen's sordlittle affair runs a close second...

 

Pretty difficult to pick just one ... but I thought the end was brilliant. Sometime when you finish reading something as epic as Necroscope you are left vaguely disappointed with the ending but the way this tied up the saga was sheer class.

 

On the other foot the very start with the young Harry coming to terms is gripping reading.

I know I'm going slightly off thread here but please forgive me.

Paul old boy I see Deadspawn slightly different, to say the end left me feeling vaguely disappointed is an understatement, I mean he died Harry Keogh Necroscope DIED for gawwdd sakes.

I know he goes onto a higher rung and all that but he's still dead.....yes I know death isn't the end but as far as living is concerned it bloody well is.

 

Typical though, just when you start to actually love someone and let them in, they bog off and leave you with a cat you don't want and a house you can't afford.

 

[ November 05, 2003, 10:13 AM: Message edited by: The Helm ]

Love? Is that the platonic love between two men or is it something more? :eek:

It was an example of love, and what happens when you give into it and are unlucky in it.

 

I do love the fictitious Harry Keogh in a purely plutonic way, and can safely say that I've never bought a cat and set up home with him or him's.

I'm a straight straight straight hetro love machine GRRRRRRRRRR

 

[ November 05, 2003, 10:20 AM: Message edited by: The Helm ]

Hmmmmm.......

 

Me thinks there is summit your not tellin us.

There are too many good bits, but the first thing that came to mind was, when Shaitan & shaitis, in Deadspawn,tortured & Burned Harry and karen on their crosses.

Originally posted by The Helm:

It was an example of love, and what happens when you give into it and are unlucky in it.

 

I do love the fictitious Harry Keogh in a purely plutonic way, and can safely say that I've never bought a cat and set up home with him or him's.

I'm a straight straight straight hetro love machine GRRRRRRRRRR

The Helm doth protests too much me thinks

 

Sophie

 

[ November 05, 2003, 02:00 PM: Message edited by: Sophie ]

I just reckon that the end of Necroscope fits in so well with the whole tone of Brians writing and the Necroscope saga so well.

 

I love Stephen Kings work, but often am disappointed with the rushed endings of his epic stories -- IT is a good example IMHO. Whereas Necroscope hooked me from the start, was compelling throughout and the ending was perfect - Harry died but you were left feeling that he had acheived something and the reader had been there from the start ..... a well rounded story. Its just how I feel about it really, happy endings with no hummph really don't appeal to me!

It's so hard to think of just one bit, everything that's been said so far has made me think, oh yeah, that bit was great! (except the stuff that The Helm said about love, that was just wierd!)

 

I would say the end of the first one, the way everything ties in so neat and tidy, everything is revealed, it's pure genious!

 

Also the bit where Harry is young and tells his teacher "I could give you formula you've never dreamed of" (appoligies if I've miss quoted, I can't remember if they are the exact words or not) It would have been so cool to be able to say something like that to a teacher!

Hmmm...just one part, eh? Damn, that's a tough one...

 

But I'll lay one out here anyway. Harry chucking Faethor through the time door. I can picture the panicked look on Faethor's face and Harry's sadistic grin and equally sadistic wave bye-bye!

 

And don't worry, Helm, I, for one understand where you're comin' from with the 'love' bit. Harry DOES tend to grow on ya.

Thank you

I@ve just re read Necroscope and i keep finding more favorite parts!!!!

 

its just so cool dammit!!!!!

 

a bit late and already stated twice at least, but my favorite bit is the evisceration. i found it in front of my house, just the one page. it is what got me reading necroscope. it is still my favorite part. i read one page a hundred times before i finally got the book. the rest is hisssssstory.

I like the bit where Harry needs to ride a Harley and allows a dead Hells Angel to possess him, which helps Harry out of a tight spot and fulfils the Angels' dreams. Touched my dark heart that did

i also like when harry's mom comes back for shushkin.