Floating dragon peter straub

Peter straub is the author of eighteen novels, which have been translated into more than twenty languages. I original read this book over 2 decades ago, and on the back of that thought that this was a 3 star read. I good story that takes you to the heart of a small town gone crazy. Floating dragon, published in 1983, was to be his final horror novel for a long time till the 1999 return to the genre with mr x. His prose style is above average hence the two stars but his plots are ridiculous, full of sharkjumping plot holes, and his characters are caricatures or cliches or both. However, i didnt like floating dragon as much as most of his readers. By the time i finally got around to reading floating dragon by peter straub, the. He has won the bram stoker award several times, and his novel koko won the world. Philadelphia inquirer a book that positively bubbles with invention, jammed with characters, color. When i read it the first time i was very young and i just didnt absorb some of the nuances but having read it now i got so much more out of the story. Floating dragon 2003 read online free book by peter. Floating dragon floating dragon peter straub the berkley publishing group published by the penguin group penguin group usa inc. Peter straub has the same themes and characters he repeats from book to book. Floating dragon one of the few books ive read more than once.

Praise for peter straub and floating dragon here is a novel guaranteed to double the national nightmare quotient, so watch out. He has had two novels adapted for filmfull circle was based on his 1974 novel julia, and his novel ghost story was adapted with the name unchanged. Floating dragon, peter straub, signed, first ed ebay. Peter straub 1943 is a popular american writer and poet, best known for his horror fiction. Floating dragon by peter straub pdf free download ebook. As a novel, floating dragon operates on the ever familiar canvas of horror in a small town, popularized in the 70s by. Within this crazed, hyperbolic, fatally excessive monstrosity, a horror novel which proved too much even for horrors undemanding and starstruck readership, there exists the teasing little ghost of a tale about the intersection of an industrial accident and an accursed village. Buy a cheap copy of floating dragon book by peter straub. After ten years in dublin and london, my wife and i moved back. Last january, bob pastorella and i started a retrospective of peter straubs most important work that would sprawl over the entire year. All of this couldnt make author peter straub happier.

Oddly enough, my decision to read floating dragon was not born out of my love of all things draconic, but rather because ive been busy with fantasy and science fiction and needed a change of setting, and because my recent rediscovery of stephen king prompted me to try. Its obviously a long novel the reader knows that going in but i also found it to be overstuffed. Pork pie hat peter straub signed limited cemetery dance. Floating dragon was the first straub novel that i read. Straub is a master at having whole communities rocked by the forces of wickedness. When i first read him back in the 80s, i thought his books were cool. He is the new york times bestselling author of a dozen novels, including the horror classic ghost story and the. Peter straub constructs a scary tale of chemistry gone mad and a returning evil, combining together to make the perfect storm cloud. Im so disappointed and feel completely scammed 11 people found this helpful. Floating dragon ebook by peter straub rakuten kobo. This is a great novel by peter straub though my favorites are ghost story, shadowland and koko. Straubs effects are quite spectaculari was fairly awed by some of the more nightmarish scenes in floating dragon. Floating dragon signed edition by straub, peter dillon, leo and diane.

Normally peter straub has a distinct style from stephen king, but in the case of floating dragon, i feel peter straub outdoes stehpen king in a stephen king like novel. The new supernatural thriller from the acclaimed author of koko, the talisman, floating dragon and the throat. By the time i finally got around to reading floating dragon by peter straub, the book was a beaten and torn library copy that needed to have some of the pages taped back inside to keep it together. Even then, its more ambiguous, nuanced and cohesive than the latter. If so, thats just another reason to dig floating dragon, as far as im concerned.

Floating dragon is a horror novel by american writer peter straub, originally published by underwoodmiller in november 1982 and g. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Floating dragon is a typical example of straubs talents and thematic concerns, a long novel filled with ghostly or perhaps not ghostly doings, upper middleclass marital strife, vaguely malevolent children, somewhat experimental narrative disjointedness, the disorienting conflation of place and time, and a selfconsciously literary. Spoilers ahead in 1979 peter straub wrote ghost story, arguably the greatest modern horror novel. Anything by straub is worth several thousand john sauls and a million v. We do not collect or store information about visitors of our site. Oddly enough, my decision to read floating dragon was. Peter straub s an unquestionably accomplished writer, and, at times, even a prose stylist. He has written two volumes of poetry and three collections of short fiction, and he edited the library of americas edition of h. From what i can gather via the admittedly limited amount of research i have done on the subject. Since rereading this book i have reevaluated this and given it a 4 star rating. The author has described this book as an exuberant valentine to the horror genre and to fans who had devoured his supernaturalthemed novels up to that point, but also acknowledges that he was distancing himself from. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read floating dragon.

Listen to floating dragon by peter straub, fritz weaver for free with a 30 day free trial. His horror fiction has received numerous literary honors such as the bram stoker award, world fantasy award, and international horror guild award. X, in the night room, and two collaborations with stephen king, the talisman and black house. Three signatures limited edition, number 90 of 500 signed by the author, and in this case signed by both illustrators, too. Floating dragon by peter straub, revisited this is. We were so out of touch with american realities that to us cape cod, long island, and connecticuts fairfield county seemed within a hour or two drive of each other and more or less identical. After ten years in dublin and london, my wife and i moved back to the united states with our our twoyearold son in the summer of 1979. Floating dragon, signed by peter straub, cemetery dance. Observer the terrors afflicting the sleepy town of hampstead, connecticut, were beyond. Floating dragon is an incredible book, one of my favorites. It stands tall above everything else ive read from him, except perhaps floating dragon. X marks straub s triumphant return to the tale of the paranormal and the supernatural.

Floating dragon by peter straub the truth inside the lie. And the spine has a lean to it, which will go away when the book is placed on the shelf with other books. I hadnt previously read straub and was earnestly excited at digging into the legacy of such an iconic author. He has also coauthored two novels with horror legend stephen king. Observer the terrors afflicting the sleepy town of.

Floating dragon is notable for containing not one but two nonhuman antagonists, both of them too indistinct to make a full impression. If you want to get at the heart of that peter straub thing, his novel floating dragon is a one way ticket. I think the biggest problem with floating dragon was that it couldnt decide if it wanted to be a supernatural or sciencegoneawry tale. Read it when youre done with the straub titles ive mentioned above. Still, i generally liked floating dragon a lot, and was only let down by the middle section. The combination of dark fantasy elements and outright horror were new to me and i. After the success of ghost story and shadowland, peter straub wanted to try his strenght in tales that do not involve anything supernatural. When peter straub turns on all his jets, no one in. It might theoretically be a coincidence, but on page 30 of floating dragon, there is a reference to a lawyer named phil sawyer. After reading king for years and only king floating dragon was a revelatory experience. Floating dragon is a whole other feel from ghost story more violence, gore, and mayhem. Ghost story is widely considered to be peter straubs best novel and i can confirm its fantastic. How can they release a title with the same name that is nothing like the book.

Floating dragon by peter straub first edition signed. Like many another genre novelist who hasnt been able to come up with a fresh twist, occulthorrorman straub has instead thrown a little bit of everything into this massive mess of a book. A classic tale of supernatural horror from the acclaimed author of koko, the talisman and mr x. Listen to unlimited audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. Floating dragon by peter straub peter straub is one of the more popular novelists on this list, thanks to works like ghost story and his collaborations with stephen king. Floating dragon by peter straub in chm, fb3, rtf download ebook. It begins with a pretty good setup of a dod expereimental project getting released into the atmosphere and then becoems the tale of a curse over hampstead that recurs every 30 years or so. Im so disappointed and feel completely scammed 10 people found this helpful.