Halfway Down The Stairs (Hardcover)

from scot2

This is the third Gary Braunbeck book I have read and with each one I become more of a fan. Admittedly, I am a "read on the train" kind of person and with these books I find that impossible to do. I must be home, sitting comfortably and concentrating. The author invariably finds a topic that chil...

from brokenangelkisses

I like to watch TV series in installments: ideally no more than one episode a night so I can savour each one, digesting the ideas and developments before moving on to the next. Gary A. Braunbeck's collection of short stories requires the same approach. There are 40 stories in total but to gorge y...

from Nipf

Das Buch enthält eine bunte Sammlung verschiedener Geschichten. Diese sind sehr unterschiedlich, nicht nur vom Inhalt, sondern auch in ihrer Art. Manche davon fand ich gut, andere haben meinen Geschmack nicht ganz getroffen. Viele der Stories haben überraschende Enden oder Wendungen. Ich denke, d...

from xxcoder

I thought it was a collection of science fiction stories, but it turns out to be horror stories. Not really my style, but I enjoyed reading it, besides from some boring stories. That is around par for compilation of stories, so it is actually quite good.

from lauriebrown54

Gary Braunbeck has been writing since the late '90s, but somehow I'd never discovered him. I'm glad that I have now. I have to admit that some of the stories were not to my taste. He mainly writes horror but the type is all over the map. Some of the stories in the collection were what I refer to ...