A Night in the Lonesome October, Roger Zelazny
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A Night in the Lonesome October

Author: Roger Zelazny

Narrator: Matt Godfrey

Unabridged: 6 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/23/2022

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Paranormal


Synopsis

Loyally accompanying a mysterious knife-wielding gentleman named Jack on his midnight rounds through the murky streets of London, good dog Snuff is busy helping his master collect the grisly ingredients needed for an unearthly rite that
will take place not long after the death of the moon. But Snuff and his master are not alone. All manner of participants, both human and not, are gathering with their ancient tools and their animal familiars in preparation for the dread night. It
is brave, devoted Snuff who must calculate the patterns of the Game and keep track of the Players—the witch, the mad monk, the vengeful vicar, the Count who sleeps by day, the Good Doctor and the hulking Experiment Man he fashioned
from human body parts, and a wild-card American named Larry Talbot—all the while keeping Things at bay and staying a leap ahead of the Great Detective, who knows quite a bit more than he lets on.

Boldly original and wildly entertaining, A Night in the Lonesome October is a darkly sparkling gem, an amalgam of horror, humor, mystery, and fantasy. First published in 1993, it was Zelazny’s last book prior to his untimely death. Many
consider it the best of the fantasy master’s novels. It has inspired many fans to read it every year in October, a chapter a day, and served as inspiration for Neil Gaiman’s brilliant story “Only the End of the World Again.”

Author Bio

Roger Zelazny was a science fiction and fantasy writer, a six-time Hugo award winner, and a three-time Nebula award winner. He published more than forty novels in his lifetime. His first novel This Immortal, serialized in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction under the title "...And Call Me Conrad," won the Hugo award for best novel. Lord of Light, his third novel, also won the Hugo award and was nominated for the Nebula award. He died at age 58 from colon cancer. Zelazny was posthumously inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2010.

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