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In this Repairman Jack novel we learn a bit more about his family. His divorced lesbian sister is the one in need of repair on this go round, though Joe and Stan, the arsonists from a previous novel, do make a rather large cameo appearance (and then disappearance).

I usually rate Wilson's novels with five stars, but this just didn't have the oomph I'm used too. As mentioned by a previous reviewer, it lacked certain repairs. Sure there was suspense, and it sure moved at a quick pace, but this supernatural thriller didn't have quite enough closure. I will, of course, read the next novel in this series, with just a little apprehension, not much, just a little. I think the editors at Forge slipped a little bit also with some of the spelling. One more gripe. There is no microwave oven, in home, that will run 99 hours.

Still highly recommended...because it's F. Paul Wilson.

F. Paul Wilson brings Repairman Jack for another adventure. And his sister too! Finally, we learn more about the personal life of Repairman Jack. This installment plays off the supernatural element introduced in The Tomb and continued in a lesser form in Conspiracies, All The Rage, and now in Hosts. Once you start Hosts, be prepared to read through the wee hours of the morning. The Keep, The Tomb, The Touch and Nightworld were all extraordinary novels. All the Rage and Hosts fall a step below the aforementioned novels, but any novel involving Repairman Jack is addictive . . . and you keeping asking for more.

If you haven't read any of the Repairman Jack books, you don't know what you're missing. Buy them at Amazon today! Start with The Tomb and work your way up Hosts, the latest installment in the Repairman Jack series by F. Paul Wilson. It proves that you can't keep a good man down!

Of all the trains in the city, the gunman just had to pick the one that Jack was riding. Jack saves a trainload of passengers in the first few pages of the book, almost has his identity blown by an overzealous reporter and then has to help his long lost sister get her friend out of what appears to be a weird cult. Jack is back and at his best. Get ready for a wild ride that only Repairman Jack can provide. I couldn't put this one down! This has something for everyone. Die-hard Jack fans will learn more about his past and be delighted to know that he's got some adventures ahead! Looks like the Otherness has a thing for him and it's not letting go. I can't wait for the next book!

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Repairman Jack returns in another great story by F. Paul Wilson. This time he must get the best of a haunted house, as well as a mysterious and powerful group of thirteen men who sacrifice young children in order to achieve longevity. Jack also delves into the world of the psychics and their scams.
This is no doubt a gripping and sometime scary novel that will keep you riveted to its pages. The reason I didn't give it 5 stars was because of the editing. Being filled with quite a few errors, Guantlet Publications should be blamed for this.

Still highly recommended.

First, I would like to say that while the print is small, reading glasses are cheap.

I fully understand why there is a discomforture with the evolution of Jack from a force for mindless vengence, to a fully fleshed out character confronting choices and responsibilities, I am happy to see this character involved in a mature relationship and friendships that defy convention.

Like Joe Landsdale, Wilson is far too good a writer to be tied down to the cliches of male oriented pulp adventure, and the Repairman Jack series is always full of wonderful surprises.

Not surprisingly, the introduction of Lyle and Charlie, who bust every stereotype in their dialogue on skepticism vs. belief and their overly decency, makes one hope they become part of the RJ ensemble of players.

This book is totally delightful, funny, smart, and action packed.
And it is smart...about people, ideas, and the unknown.

A great treat, and fast read....dispite the the print size.

Before Repairman Jack got "resurrected" in 1998, I had no idea who he was. Now I do, and I keep waiting anxiously for each new story. "The Haunted Air" left me breathless! It's wild - funny - fantastic - gut-wrenching - exciting - and creepy! I loved it! All the characters are sharply drawn, especially the Kenton brothers. I would have liked a more detailed explanation of the "Circle", but maybe that will be forthcoming in another book. And I can't wait to see how Jack handles fatherhood, although I sure hope it won't change the tone of the Repairman Jack books.

Plot synopses:

YEAR OF THE QUIET SUN: U.S. government casts a time machine increasingly further into the future to gather political and demographic data, in an attempt to avert a looming civil conflict.

THE WINDS OF TIME: A spacefaring race crashes a ship on earth in prehistoric times and travel to the future by hibernation, waiting for a civilization to arise with sufficient technoogy to repair their spacecraft.

THERE WILL BE TIME: Random humans are born with the ability to move themselves forward and backward through time purely by mental will. They ally and utterly change the world.

All of these are excellent stories, with THERE WILL BE TIME standing out as the best of the three. Anderson beats the stuffing out of the time travel theme, as Alfred Bester did for telepaths in THE DEMOLISHED MAN. Not only do the characters jump between historical periods, they also find interesting uses for jumps of a few minutes forward or backward. Babies time travel with surprising results. THERE WILL BE TIME is very well thought out and worth the price of the book alone.

Three very different tales, each excellent in its own way. Shows the versatility of the time travel idea. Interesting how gloomy these authors thought the future (in some cases, our day) would be

this is one I read more that once. Startling now, how well Oliver portrays both the emptiness and boredom of 1950's middle class life and how well he gets us to fell the sense of loss among human like aliens whose spaceship crashes on Earth..all in the course of a really good story. Don't miss it!

What makes Repairman Jack run? For a hero that is usually mercenary, Jack is enduringly colorful, entertaining and just plain fun. His background is murky, to say the least. His description is, umm, nondescript. In a world where everyone has a paper trail the size of your average phone directory, Jack does not exist. I like that. Maybe I'm a bit envious. When faced with adversity, Jack is not adverse to hiding and/or running away. But when he's backed into a corner, the sparks fly.

All the Rage is actually a departure from previous Jack novels as the monsters in this book are violence and greed, albeit with a cameo appearance by an old nonhuman adversary. What makes the book truly enjoyable is Wilson's portrayal of characters, multifaceted, and his concise, but not tedious expositions. Sprinkle some eclectic, screwball humor and you've got the makings of a wonderful read.

Ignore the cheesy cover. Get the book. Enjoy Jack. And, by the way, although this is a series, you can start anywhere. After all, do we really know Jack?

I have to agree with Susan's review above and add that I think this is the best Repairman Jack story yet. This limited edition is bound in red leather, signed by the author and Stan Wiater, a fine author in his own right, who wrote the afterword. There is an interesting and enlightening chart at the end of the story detailing how all of Mr. Wilson's stories intertwine around the Grand Unification Theory. Accompanying this fine book is a limited edition chapbook called Demonsong written by Mr. Wilson.

Unwillingly thrust into a world of a dangerous designer drug, Jack also finds himself confronting an old enemy from the recent past. Loaded with action, suspense, humor, and Jack's ever present dilemma of delicately maintaining a romantic relationship with a woman who disapproves of his "lifestyle", F. Paul Wilson has once again given us an excellent story loaded with thrills and serpentine plot lines. Rumor has it that there are at least two more Repairman Jack books coming in the near future. Hopefully, this is true. Highly recommended!

F. Paul Wilson has done it again. The Repairman Jack series have been the best books I've read in a long long time. "All The Rage" had me from the beginning until the surprising conclusion. The new characters - The Ozymandias Prather Oddity Emporium crew and the "bad guys" Milos Dragovic and Dr. Luc Monnet were fresh and original. The old characters Gia, Vick, and Abe were wonderful as usual. (The inclusion of the Rokoshi was el perfecto') I have read every book which features Repairman Jack and none have been the least bit disappointing. Each one has a unique and interesting premise. Wilson has a great talent for storytelling -he blends the real and supernatural so well. (read his Adversary series to get the full effect.) I've always been looking for a hero who bridges the gap between reality and fantasy and to me Jack is duh man. His character is the everyman, yet he also embodies the rebel we all wish to be. In "All the Rage" Jack is put through the wringer - his worse fears are realized - getting caught by the police, losing control, hurting Gia and Vick, and the Rokashi's return and he manages to not only survive but to do it with his unique style. Jack is an action oriented guy but his "repairs" are well crafted. If you are a fan of Repairman Jack you will love this book. If your not a fan, then read this book and you soon will be. (You'll be a Repairman Jack junky like me.) The only trouble with Repairman Jack novels is the wait in between.

A very interesting read. This book focuses on the tragic end of Swilling's life and the events that resulted in his being jailed for a crime that he did not commit. The author carefully examines the evidence and goes to great length to exonerate Swilling, who may have been given a bad rap by other historians in the past. In this book we not only see Swilling as a significant individual in Arizona history, we also see him as all too human, with the frailties and personal problems that eventually lead to his downfall. A good book for anyone interested learning more about the history of Arizona and its pioneers.

I'm disappointed after I read first two good books (Tomb and Legacies). This book doesn't really make sense with a lot of mumbo jumbo and not as interesting as the previous ones. I just lost interested after reading a hundred pages, but forced myself to finish it as quick as I can. It would be nice if Mr. Wilson put more variety in his novels without using Pine Barrens in each story, for ex. Also, writing about supernatural in this Repairman Jack novel, please. They don't really fit together with RJ character to my opinion. Write something like in real life like Legacies or a short story in Barrens and Others. I hope the next novels will be much better.

If you've never read a novel by F. Paul Wilson, pick this one up, strap yourself in, and don't look down. You're in for a treat.

Repairman Jack is an immediately likable character. He's a mysterious guy who's part detective, part Indiana Jones, part street-wise tough guy. When he's contacted by a man who wants to locate his missing wife, Jack smells trouble. It's bad enough she's missing, but she also hangs out with a "conspiracy theory" crowd, some of them VERY wacky. Jack reluctantly decides to take the case. Almost immediately, he regrets it. I won't tell you why; that's half the fun.

Wilson does a great job of giving the reader colorful characters, breathtaking situations, snappy dialogue, and just enough weirdness. Wilson really knows how to tell a story and keep it moving in an entertaining and intelligent way.

CONSPIRACIES is the third Repairman Jack novel. It's not necessary to have read the first two (I haven't), but it might help. It would certainly help to have read something by Wilson. (His most popular novel, THE KEEP, is a great book that will give you a good sense of Wilson's style.) When you're reading, however, do remember that this is a series and that more books are on the way. (FYI: The hardcover edition contains many typos, which really shouldn't happen, but often does.)

318 pages

CONSPIRACIES puts Repairman Jack in the middle of a conspiracy theorists convention. That in itself is enough irony for me. Jack has a missing woman case. To solve it, he must subject himself to unbelievable theories and people. But the truth really is stranger than fiction. When Jack stumbles across the meaning of it all, it is one of the best moments in contemporary fiction. The only real problem I had with this book is that the time line is somewhat confusing. Wilson told me that it follows LEGACIES, which followed THE TOMB. He sprinkles mentions of previous Jack novels but it's not exactly clear which one, if any, is which. That aside, I love it that Wilson has another supernatural-type book out, I was getting tired of the medical thrillers he's been writing. The sequel to CONSPIRACIES should be great based on what Wilson has gotten Jack into here. Can't wait! Recommended.

This was my first "Jack Welch" Book/CD purchase. I bought this based on the first two reviews and was very disappointed. Reasons: 1) Way to short. 2) Nothing here that I didn't know or for most management types wouldn't already practice based on common sense. 3) I felt this CD was really a product plug for other Mark Thompson, Richard Wilson products. Especially at the end of the CD when they plug their stuff. 4) Jack is hard to understand, his voice is rough and his pronunciation is not clear. It is probably worth 2 stars, but I had to try and off-set the over-rated reviews. Are the first two reviews by the authors?

Forget everything you've heard or read about Jack Welch. This is by far the best way to capture the freshest insights from the man himself all in under an hour. One-on-One with Jack Welch is like getting the best of your MBA over lunch.

People either seem to love or hate Jack Welch. I happen to be a fan. He built GE into world power house and in this interview he gives most of the principles that were his foundation.

I greatly preferred this audio book over the others I've heard. Instead of someone else talking about Jack, or him reading his book to you, you actually get to hear him talking and telling his stories in a realistic conversation.

The rapport between the interviewer and Jack was good. The informal style made it quite listenable. The short segments made it easy to listen to while I commute.

Overall an excellent choice.

A Review from BLACK PEARL: The Journal of the College of Thelema (Vol. I, No. 71, March, 2000). Copyright 2000, College of Thelema (permission by editor granted Amazon Books to use). With its campy sci-fi cover featuring a leggy woman, a rocket ship, and the Enochian alphabet, the tone is set for this long overdue biography of Jack Parsons, the man at ground zero of what we now consider the modern "arts" of rocketry, science fiction, and magick. In this treatment by John Carter (pseudo-nym), Parsons comes across as a compulsive and restless spirit who, in his short lifetime, attempted to reconcile these seemingly strange bedfellows - with varying degrees of success. Seeming almost gossipy at times, the book reads with deceptive ease for a biography, due in large part to its lack of in-depth background information on Crowley and related occult theory. Though brief histo-ries of the O.T.O., Enochian magick, and the like are given, the reader is wisely referred to other sources, thereby avoiding what could easily become a massive and confusing tome where the import of Parsons' contributions would be lost. This makes Sex & Rockets a treat for those with a knowledge of Thelema and the esoteric. By the same token, this allows the casual reader to enjoy all the "good stuff," supplementing their knowledge as they see fit. Ultimately, I am inclined to agree with the author that, at the end of the day, Parsons' contributions to rocketry are vastly underrated and those to the occult overrated. However, I think that Parsons' approach to Thelema, and the occult in general, was highly subjective and, taking into account his own personal demons, his methods may gain merit as time goes by and may even become considered innovative. The book culminates in the chapter "Death and Beyond," a veritable avalanche of tangential relation-ships and events as diverse as UFOs and Beat Culture, leaving one with much food for thought. Knowledgeable, well researched, with great photos, and not a little scandalous, this book is seminal. - GREG FIORINI

John Parsons made some of the most important contributions to science in the 20th century, yet he had a dark fascination with the occult. This book reads very much like Hollywood Babylon -- lots of juicy and shocking details -- but essentially it skims the surface and doesn't explore Parsons' psychology. Why would a brilliant scientist involve himself with the fantasy world of the occult? I myself have read The Book of Lies by Crowley, and some of his other work, yet none of it has convinced me magick is a worthwhile pursuit. Parsons himself never really got any of these rites to work, so why did he faithfully continue on this path? In spite of this book's lack of depth (or an answer to this question), I found it to be an enjoyable read. Always fascinated by the hijinks of the church of Scientology (not yet formed when the events of this book took place), it was amusing to read the true account (as opposed to the Churh of Scientology's account) of L. Ron's affiliation with Parsons -- also bravely told in Bare-Faced Messiah, now sadly out of print but available on the net. The book contains a good selection of photographs, but could use more footnotes. Anyone interested in Parsons, Crowley or Hubbard should find this book interesting.

Sex And Rockets: The Occult World Of Jack Parsons is the engaging, highly recommended biography of John Whiteside (Jack) Parsons, a primary architect of modern rocket science and co-founder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Parsons (who had a crater on the dark side of the moon named for him) had dark, secretive interests which overshadowed his outstanding public career for Parsons underwrote Aleister Crowley's "Book of the Law", held numerous soirees celebrating science fiction, and performed weird black magic rituals under the eyes of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. After being investigated by the FBI and become estranged with the United States government, Parsons met his death when a mysterious explosion leveled his home. Sex And Rockets is riveting reading, enhanced with Parson's never-before-printed writings and period photographs.

What to do if you're trying to make something as stupid and boring as the bible into something that a poor gullible child will accept? This is the problem faced by the authors, and they do a half-way decent job of presenting bible idiocy as something partly entertaining as a comic book. Should be useful for gullible, brainwashed parents attempting to produce gullible, brainwashed children. Start them with Santa, and if they believe that, move on to the bible in comic book form.

Great idea with uneven results. Some superb art in places, but not always as an appropriate counterpoint to the accompanying Scriptures. The parts that do succeed are worth the cover price alone.

This book was well received by me and my teenagers. There needs to be more artistic interpretations like this that tackle scripture. Not every translation done in this book is accurate to the Word of God but every piece is brilliant in its own right. Bravo! Encore!