Journal Entry 1 by glade1 from McLeansville, North Carolina USA on Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Picked up from the free shelf at the used book store over the weekend. From Amazon:

Cross Lassie with E.T., add a touch of The Wolfen and a dash of The Godfather, and you get a sense of some of the ingredients in this supernatural thriller, which should move Koontz's Strangers a notch closer to Stephen King's high-rent district. When Travis Cornell, Koontz's appealing hero, encounters a stray dog while hiking, he quickly realizes that the animal is most unusual and that something terrifying is stalking them both. The encounter with the dog is the beginning of a tightly woven plot involving genetic manipulation that has created two extraordinary animals; one is the dog, named Einstein, the other is a murderous hybrid called "The Outsider." Hunted down by both the government and a professional killer who has learned the secret of the animals, Travis, Einstein and Nora Devon, a lonely woman befriended by man and canine, attempt to escape their pursuers all the while knowing that a confrontation with The Outsider is inevitable. Though the climax packs a little less wallop than it deserves, this is the sort of thoroughly frightening and entertaining tale that has its readers listening for noises in the night. 

Journal Entry 2 by glade1 at McLeansville, North Carolina USA on Tuesday, August 31, 2010

This is an enjoyable, if dated, page-turner about genetic engineering gone awry. The heroes are lovable and the villains are detestable and the dog talks! What more could you ask for?

The fact that the characters do not have cell phones is frustrating but is due to the 1988 publication date. The only other jarring point is that the characters keep feeding the dog chocolate - why doesn't this author who seems to love dogs (as they have been important in most of the books I have read by Koontz) doesn't know that chocolate is poisonous to dogs? It's a minor point but it bothered me!

Otherwise, this is a nice, quick, and entertaining read. 

Journal Entry 3 by glade1 at Edward McKay's off Battleground Ave. in Greensboro, North Carolina USA on Monday, January 30, 2012

Released 5 mos ago (12/1/2011 UTC) at Edward McKay's off Battleground Ave. in Greensboro, North Carolina USA

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Released via our local used book store a few weeks ago. Hope it finds a nice new home!