Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Jack ketchum was a horror legend, multiple winner of the bram stoker award and has many notable fans, including stephen king. Jack ketchum is the pseudonym for a former actor, singer, teacher, literary agent, lumber salesman, and soda jerk. Off season is a 308page cannibal horror novel by jack ketchum. It became so controversial that the original publisher withdrew their support of the novel. Jack ketchum s offspring is a guilty pleasure of mine, even more so than its predecessor, off season. Probably jack ketchum, the outlaw horror writer whose terrifying first novel is finally available uncut from overlook connection. Buy a cheap copy of off season book by jack ketchum.
Discount prices on books by jack ketchum, including titles like shining in the dark. Off season is my first venture into the novels of jack ketchum. Jack ketchum s first horror novel, off season is one of the authors most popular works. A family of savage murderers preys on unsuspecting tourists on a small island off the coast of maine. Jack ketchums first novel, off season, was published in 1980, and he further established himself as a master of horror with the lost, the woman, the girl next door, offspring and red. A not to be missed early piece by the master, jack ketchum, pick up a copy of this if you can find it. It was ketchum s first novel and was partially based upon the legend of sawney bean, which also inspired wes cravens 1977 cult classic horror film the hills have eyes.
His novels included off season, offspring, and red, which were adapted to. Apr 11, 2018 dallas mayr, the horror author known under the penname of jack ketchum, passed away this january. Examples of his works range from off season and the girl next door to red and the woman, both of which have been turned into movies. Ms en scene presents a series of articles celebrating his life and work by taking a look at film adaptations of his fiction.
Jack ketchum books list of books by author jack ketchum. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. In 1984, the legendary night visions series was conceived by dark harvest press as a showcase for the outstanding short fiction being produced by the best of the established authors and the most talented of the new writers in the fields of horror and dark fantasy in 2001, the series was resurrected by subterranean press with night visions 10, featuring original novellas by jack ketchum and. There is a short story, winter child, that bridges the two novels. A beautiful new york editor retreats to a lonely cabin on a hill in the quiet maine beach town of dead riveroff seasonawaiting her sister and frie. Unfortunately, ketchum passed away on january 24 of 2018, having succumbed to cancer at the age of 71. Off season is a gore streaked feast for those inclined to gruesome horror. Phibes, maniac, along with a host of many other others. A beautiful new york editor retreats to a lonely cabin on a hill in the quiet maine beach town of dead river off season awaiting her sister and friends.
The book takes place in september at the quiet beach town of dead river, maine. Jack ketchums dead river series also posted in rhorror. His good friend writer christopher golden confirmed the sad news on twitter. Offspring off season, book 2 by jack ketchum book cover, description, publication history. He was the recipient of four bram stoker awards and three further nominations. Jack ketchum began the dead river series, set in the small coastal town of dead river, maine, with his first published novel, off season 1980. Jack ketchum was a wellknown writer of horror fiction. In 1980, jack ketchum published his first novel off season. But apparently no one ever explained this difference to jack ketchum. If you like jack ketchum books, youll love clive barker. Just read off season by jack ketchum and it is perhaps the most terrifying and disgusting horror book ive ever read, but also the best ive ever read.
Offspring 30th anniversary edition by jack ketchum preorder. See all books authored by jack ketchum, including the girl next door, and off season, and more on. Tellingly, ketchum himself suffered the exact lack of support when his first book off season concerning a tribe of modernday cannibals was released. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. After jack ketchum shocked the world with his debut novel off season, he followed it up with a sequel just as terrifying and shocking. The story begins with off season 1981 and continues in offspring 1991, making the woman 2012 the third in this series of books. Just read off season by jack ketchum and it is perhaps the. Jack ketchum has published twelve novels and several short story collections. Jan 24, 2018 jack ketchums first novel, off season, was published in 1980, and he further established himself as a master of horror with the lost, the woman, the girl next door, offspring and red. The only other titles in the dead river series are offspring 1991 and the woman 2010, although his short story winter child 2006 is linked to the.
Unfortunately, ketchum passed away on january 24 of 2018, having succumbed to. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Off season 35th anniversary edition by jack ketchum dark. Includes interviews and insights from troma head honcho lloyd kaufman, artist bob fingerman, jack ketchum, special effects artist tom sullivan evil dead, and scream queens debbie rochon and caroline munro dr. He has won numerous bram stoker awards, and four of his books were recently filmed as movies. According to king, off season completely changed the horror novel landscape in a way that nobody had ever done until clive barker. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them.
Jack ketchums offspring is a guilty pleasure of mine, even more so than its predecessor, off season. Essentially, i consider anything written since 1970 a relatively new book. American actor and horror writer jack ketchum has died at the age of 71 from cancer. I then began spinning the ideas into a longer piece on the aesthetics of new england horror. Beautys edgethe true nature of jack ketchums off season. Jack ketchum audio books, best sellers, author bio.
Offspring 30th anniversary edition by jack ketchum. Published in 1980, the extreme violence and bleak vision of the novel is. Jack ketchums first horror novel, off season is one of the authors most popular works. Off season is jack ketchums debut novel, first published in 1980 to much controversy over the graphic violence depicted on the pages. Jack ketchum published his first novel in 1980 titled off season, a version of the sawney beane story. Off season reads like the winning entry in a grossout contest. If there were any doubt as to what ketchum is referencing, it is erased when the setting of the work is belatedly. But off season, the first novel from jack ketchum longstanding pen name of dallas mayr and published in july 1981 by ballantine, features some of the most primal images of human fear in the starkest terms just like that cover art so primal that they are nearly mythic. Just read off season by jack ketchum and it is perhaps. It was ketchums first novel and was partially based.
The lost 2001, the girl next door 2005, red 2008 and offspring 2009. He is also a former flower child and baby boomer who figures that in 1956 elvis, dinosaurs, and horror probably saved his life. For a period in the latter half of the 2000s, jack ketchum films were an annual. According to the back of the book, five civilized, sophisticated people and one tired old country sheriff will learn just how primitive we all are beneath the surfaceand that there are no limits at all to the will to survive.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading off season. Sep, 2015 this installment features jack ketchums amazing novel, off season, one of the finest and most disturbing tales ever typed. Practically banned back in 1981 for its disgusting content and mainly for its use of children as villains instead of victims. The novel was subsequently slated by the village voice as violent pornography but, undeterred, the author continued to write fiction that deals with the cruelty and violence so often apparent in everyday life. As the next entry in ketchum s dead river series, this novel is beloved by the authors fans and is now being published in a very special 30th anniversary edition format from. This book has far more character development than the first book in ketchums series about maine cannibals, and relies less on inyourface gore and shock value while telling a pretty overdone tale. Off season is the first book in the dead river series. In 2001, the series was resurrected by subterranean press with night visions 10, featuring original novellas by jack ketchum and john shirley, and five stories by david b. Off season was his introduction into the horror world and boy, did he make a fantastic entrance. Like all the stories, off season is set along the coastline from maine to canada, specifically in the fictitious town of dead river, maine. As the next entry in ketchums dead river series, this novel is beloved by the authors fans and is now being published in. And certainly if horror could be achieved simply by multiplying mutilations, he would be the master of the idiom. His novels included off season, offspring, and red, which were adapted to film. Horror author jack ketchum has died bloody disgusting.
Off season off season series, book 1 off season by jack ketchum. Dallas william mayr november 10, 1946 january 24, 2018, better known by his pen name jack ketchum, was an american horror fiction author. A beautiful new york editor retreats to a quiet maine beach town nearby, a savage human family lurks in the woods, watching, waiting and before too many hours pass, five civilized, sophisticated people will learn just how primitive we all are, and that there are no limits to the will to survive. Published in 1980, the extreme violence and bleak vision of the novel is still as vivid and influential as ever. Off season was not ketchums only foray into dead river. Off season by jack ketchum 2006, paperback for sale. Stephen king said in his acceptance speech at the 2003 national book awards that off season set off a furor in my supposed field, that of horror, that was unequaled until the advent of clive barker. Now awardwinning specialty publisher dark regions press has brought ketchums debut novel back in its best form. Instead his work stands as an example of how turn a horror book into a horrible book. Jul 25, 2018 off season is a 308page cannibal horror novel by jack ketchum. Oct 15, 20 the story begins with off season 1981 and continues in offspring 1991, making the woman 2012 the third in this series of books.
This book has far more character development than the first book in ketchum s series about maine cannibals, and relies less on inyourface gore and shock value while telling a pretty overdone tale. Review of the classic novel off season by jack ketchum. Jack ketchum is the pseudonym for a former actor, singer, teacher, literary agent, lumber salesman, and soda jerk a former flower child and baby boomer who figures that in 1956 elvis, dinosaurs and horror probably saved his life. A dash of fear from ghoulies and ghosties and long legged beasties, good lord, deliver usold scottish prayer some time ago a woman with an angelic face asked me if i had ever read anything by jack ketchum. The second book in the off season series a novel by jack. Off season is a horror novel written by jack ketchum and initially published by ballantine books in 1980. Offspring off season, book 2 by jack ketchum fantastic fiction. Off season by jack ketchum overdrive rakuten overdrive. Probably jack ketchum, the outlaw horror writer whose terrifying first novel is finally available uncut from overlook connection press. Click to read more about off season by jack ketchum. This installment features jack ketchums amazing novel, off season, one of the finest and most disturbing. Dallas mayr, the horror author known under the penname of jack ketchum, passed away this january. Jacks contribution, the passenger, follows the story of a woman who gets a flat tire, leading to a stretch of bad luck as she becomes a passenger in a car bound. Four essential novels by jack ketchum wicked horror.
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