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Author: David Nickle
Publisher: Open Road Media
Imprint: Open Road Media
ISBN: 9781504064347
ISBN 10: 1504064348
Pages: 482
Publication Date: 24 November 2020
Recommended Age: From 16 years
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
While recognizably 'genre,' whatever that may mean to the reader (and their prejudices about the same), Rasputin's Bastards is not of a genre. Instead it's an ambitious melange of them all. Nickle's horror is the theft of body and will; the revelation that one's father is 'a cold, soul-dead killer.' His science fiction feels like '50s pulps, his fantasy a dark-lensed fairy tale with literary heft. Rasputin's Bastards is a testament to the fact Nickle can write anything. -The Winnipeg Review A fever dream of a novel. It's something you must jump into and allow to take [you] along through the tides and currents. . . . Highly recommended. -Chaotic Compendiums This reminded me very much of Dan Simmons' Carrion Comfort (one of my all time favorites), and it's been quite a while since I've read a book with this much teeth. Lovely, rich writing only serves to make the creepy bits (of which there are plenty), well, even more creepy, and fans of subtle horror will find much to like in Rasputin's Bastards. -My Bookish Ways
“While recognizably ‘genre,’ whatever that may mean to the reader (and their prejudices about the same), Rasputin’s Bastards is not of a genre. Instead it’s an ambitious mélange of them all. Nickle’s horror is the theft of body and will; the revelation that one’s father is ‘a cold, soul-dead killer.’ His science fiction feels like ’50s pulps, his fantasy a dark-lensed fairy tale with literary heft. Rasputin’s Bastards is a testament to the fact Nickle can write anything.” —The Winnipeg Review “A fever dream of a novel. It’s something you must jump into and allow to take [you] along through the tides and currents. . . . Highly recommended.” —Chaotic Compendiums “This reminded me very much of Dan Simmons’ Carrion Comfort (one of my all time favorites), and it’s been quite a while since I’ve read a book with this much teeth. Lovely, rich writing only serves to make the creepy bits (of which there are plenty), well, even more creepy, and fans of subtle horror will find much to like in Rasputin’s Bastards.” —My Bookish Ways
Author Information
David Nickle is an award-winning Toronto-based author and journalist. He has written several novels and numerous short stories. Nickle’s most recent book is Volk: A Novel of Radiant Abomination (2017).
