[SPOILERS] Near the end of the book, Lowry (MC) is told by a demon in the form of a 12 year old blonde girl that he's the only living person on the planet and that everybody else is a body possessed by a demon. And, everybody that he's ever loved is now a demon in a human body, including his wife, Mary, and is best friend, Tommy. They have the ability to steal bits of his soul, so Lowry eventually avoids them until he no longer sees them. Also, whenever he turns his back on people, or "living" things, they fall down like limp marionettes, then when he looks back on them they start back up, as if the world is buffering for him. It seems that things somehow turned out fine, then in the last page he walks up to the neighborhood police officer, that he knows well, and said: "Follow me" he led him into his basement. Lowry then pointed at 2 bodies and said "I killed them last Saturday."; thats the last line of the book.
All in all, Fear was a suprisingly good book. However, right after the last page, my entire mood of "God that book was great!" was shattered by an "about the author page". This was a 1990 remake of the original 1951 version. It said L Ron Hubbard traveled the world and experienced 22 different cultures and races and he shared his adventures through science fiction. I couldn't stop laughing. He's a few quotes from Ol' Hubbard himself to justify his world-renowned Wisdom:
"I do love you, even if I used to be an opium addict."
"The Problem with China is that there are too many chinese here, they reek of the baths they didn't take."
Ok, this remake was obviously funded by the Church of Scientology; Smooth Move, Hubbard.
1 comment:
Glenn,
Your posts are fun to read, but I am not seeing enough critical thinking. To raise your blog score, start proposing thesis statements, quoting text, and citing page references.
Mr. Wells
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