Johnny Dixon: The Eyes of the Killer Robot (Paperback)

from themulhern

New England through a different lens. I don't know if whether reading these books would have made me more willing or more resistant to moving to Massachusetts. The baseball games, bad, the leaves good; the killer robot, endearing. The Gorey cover, which I'm certain I remember from my youth, certa...

from baroquem

I wouldn't describe anything that Bellairs wrote as bad, but this book certainly features one of his more bizarre plots. An evil magician builds a magical, baseball-playing robot and schemes to take revenge against Johnny's grandfather for not endorsing it? Okay .... Despite the strange premise, ...

from StormRaven

Mix together baseball, black magic, evil robots, and a creepy lunatic out for revenge, and you get The Eyes of the Killer Robot, a Professor Childermass/Johnny Dixon mystery. This story is not as much of a mystery as other books in the series, taking on more of the character of a gothic horror st...

from ChazziFrazz

I enjoy Bellairs' books. His characters are entertaining and the adventures keep me reading. He is able to keep the action going to make me want to read the next chapter and the next.The story of a robot that pitches and the idea that it comes to life is a fun premise.

from ChazziFrazz

I enjoy Bellairs' books. His characters are entertaining and the adventures keep me reading. He is able to keep the action going to make me want to read the next chapter and the next.The story of a robot that pitches and the idea that it comes to life is a fun premise.