Incubus Hardback(for 16stepper)

by Ann Arensberg | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0394556968 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Kattwoman of Columbia, Missouri USA on 11/8/2003
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Journal Entry 1 by Kattwoman from Columbia, Missouri USA on Saturday, November 8, 2003
Surrounded by hills and pasturelands, the town of Dry Falls is a thriving agricultural community. The town itself and St. Anthony's, the local church, are deeply rooted in the natural order--blissfully ordinary and uneventful. But suddenly life in Dry Falls begins to go awry. A heat wave spikes in March; a three-month drought blights farms and gardens; animals give birth to monsters; women complain of sexual persecution. As one uncanny incident follows another, the natural order is disrupted. The townspeople seem to be living under a glass bell: the conditions in Dry Falls extend only as far as its borders--over the town line the weather is seasonable and crops ripen on schedule.

Marital discord has reached epidemic proportions. In one-third of the households in town, men have lost sexual desire and the women blame them. Henry Lieber is the rector of St. Anthony's. He is an arch-believer, but his faith in the Christian God is wavering. He seeks proof of the spiritual dimension in any form, and will take it as he finds it. His wife, Cora, an expert cook and gardener, is a self-professed materialist, believing that the natural world is wise and orderly, and that the supernatural is the creation of a morbid mind or the product of wishful thinking.

Evidence of the mysterious evil grows. An outline of the incubus experience gradually emerges. Although the attacker of the townswomen is invisible, every victim refers to it as "he." And it is clear to Henry Lieber, the self-appointed chief investigator, that the Dry Falls invader is both one and many. It takes the shape of traditional entities--an incubus demon, a succubus, a Frankenstein monster, an extraterrestrial, the Blessed Virgin. Its complex and absurd intelligence can masquerade as every kind of supernatural phenomenon.What kind of interaction does it want? Why is Dry Falls the target of demonic infestation? How can Henry Lieber, with his limited Christian magic, prevail against it? There is one thing the townspeople of Dry Falls can be certain of: if one invasion is repelled, another will follow . . .


Journal Entry 2 by Kattwoman from Columbia, Missouri USA on Friday, August 13, 2004
Sent this to fellow book crosser 16Stepper.Enjoy

Journal Entry 3 by 16stepper from Gilbert, Arizona USA on Friday, September 3, 2004
Received and ready to pass along in the continuation of my bookray. Current participants are:

busybusybee (LA)
talkland (UK)
puppymummy (AU)
katrina77 (NZ) - asked to be skipped
squirrel818 (MN)
Fofum (UK) <----- stranded here
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Journal Entry 4 by talkland from Eastbourne, East Sussex United Kingdom on Sunday, October 10, 2004
"Incubus" is a well-written book, however, I thought the writer succeeded in making a promising and exciting plot incredibly dull with boring flat characters with whom I never really engaged with.

Journal Entry 5 by puppymummy from Melbourne CBD, Victoria Australia on Friday, December 24, 2004
Arrived, just before Christmas. I have a couple of others ahead of it, but will get to it soon. Thanks!

Journal Entry 6 by puppymummy from Melbourne CBD, Victoria Australia on Saturday, February 26, 2005
Not at all what I was expecting - I found it moved slowly when I was expecting quite a lot of suspense. It was more about the small town and the narrator's life than the events going on in the town.
Will be posting it on this week.

Journal Entry 7 by squirrel818 from Tafton, Pennsylvania USA on Friday, March 18, 2005
Received in todays mail. I will read it assap.

Journal Entry 8 by squirrel818 from Tafton, Pennsylvania USA on Wednesday, March 23, 2005
This is a really fun and spooky read. Thanks for sharing!

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Journal Entry 10 by Fofum from Beverley, East Yorkshire United Kingdom on Saturday, April 16, 2005
This arrived last week, thanks!
My Mum picked it up when she popped around and is hooked - she says it's scary! I'll start it once she's finished.

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