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Jeremy Dyson

Auteur van Never Trust a Rabbit

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Werken van Jeremy Dyson

Never Trust a Rabbit (2000) 123 exemplaren
The Haunted Book (2012) 64 exemplaren
What Happens Now (2006) 50 exemplaren
The Cranes That Build the Cranes (2009) 46 exemplaren
Ghost Stories (2018) 27 exemplaren
Rise of the Dead (2016) 16 exemplaren
The Warlock Effect (2023) 13 exemplaren
Return of the Dead (2017) 6 exemplaren
Funland [2005 TV mini series] (2006) 5 exemplaren
Rage of the Dead (2016) 3 exemplaren
The Maze 1 exemplaar

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Gangbare naam
Dyson, Jeremy
Geboortedatum
1966-06-14
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
UK
Geboorteplaats
Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Woonplaatsen
Highbury, London, England, UK
Ilkley, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Opleiding
Leeds Grammar School
University of Leeds (Philosophy)
Northern School of Film and Television (MA)
Beroepen
screenwriter
Prijzen en onderscheidingen
British Academy Television Award
Royal Television Society Award
Golden Rose of Montreux
Korte biografie
Jeremy Dyson (born 14 June 1966) is an English screenwriter and, along with Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, a participant in The League of Gentlemen.

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Not quite sure why this had such stellar reviews. It's great on period details and on magicians and stagecraft but the story is rather slight. Compare it to any spy/espionage novel and you will find it disappointing. Without giving too much away you will definitely find elements of Len Deighton's novels. But still worth reading for the other elements.
 
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basilisksam | Jun 15, 2023 |
Entertaining, yet uncomfortable short stories. I liked the ambiguous endings, the way the outcomes were not clearly described, but left to the imagination of the reader... which is presumably why I didn't find the stories truly macabre - but this is something lacking in my imagination more than the author's writing I suppose.
I also liked the grounding of many of the stories in northern England.
 
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jkdavies | 1 andere bespreking | Jun 14, 2016 |
I don't read a lot of horror literature so I didn't have a lot to compare this book against. But I liked it a lot. The book had a bit of a ghost story meets cyberpunk feel in many places. It was also quite eclectic in the sorts of supernatural horror it contained.
 
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kvandenbreemen | 4 andere besprekingen | Dec 22, 2014 |
Enjoy getting lost in a good book? Well getting lost in this one could prove fatal.

Jeremy Dyson has been asked to fictionalise true accounts of the supernatural and so we are introduced to a book of deliciously creepy stories, personally introduced by Dyson. A homage (as he says in the intro) to the scary books of his childhood. There are unsettling modern hauntings and hidden crimes, disappearances, terrifying
meetings with other selves, desolate moors and secret government bunkers. Then of course they start to bleed their themes into the authors reality and then .. and then they .. well um.. hmm.. lets just say this is not a book to take to bed it is a book to be constrained in a locked bookcase in case it gets out.

It's wonderfully written, with a lovely mix of tales and almost, but not quite, too clever for its own good. It incorporates good old fashioned horror with a modern spin and it knows its genre. Knows exactly how to worm its way into your head. I couldn't put the book down and this is while I was truly, utterly freaked out (note to self: do not read this alone in the house & never visit Library basements).

If you are not a sensitive soul like me there is still much to like here, much to appreciate not just the stories
themselves but the unusual, fun narrative. Horror aficionados as much as meta fiction fans will lap this up. If there is anything else out there like it I would love to know.

Highly recommended.
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Werken
18
Ook door
8
Leden
397
Populariteit
#61,078
Waardering
½ 3.6
Besprekingen
11
ISBNs
32
Talen
1
Favoriet
1

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