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Plunge
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I enjoyed this novella for what it worth. A nice, sort of retro 1950s, IMO, blast of science fiction mixed with horror. I find it difficult to think of a rescue/salvage ship sent off to the Artic to see if anyone can be saved from another ship that lost communications with no explanation without thinking of The Thing (movie not the novella).
When the salvage crew reaches the site they discover, for lack of a better term, zombies being controlled by alien creatures inside of them.
There is not a whole of characterization here, nor can there be in a six issue series. It pretty much has to be story driven to work, unless the writer is going to pour themselves into one character and make every other character one dimensional (which lessens the horror aspect for when something does happen to the salvage crew). Maybe no one character makes it much past two dimensional, but that little bit of attention to detail and character should enable most readers to care when something goes awry for the crew.
When the salvage crew reaches the site they discover, for lack of a better term, zombies being controlled by alien creatures inside of them.
There is not a whole of characterization here, nor can there be in a six issue series. It pretty much has to be story driven to work, unless the writer is going to pour themselves into one character and make every other character one dimensional (which lessens the horror aspect for when something does happen to the salvage crew). Maybe no one character makes it much past two dimensional, but that little bit of attention to detail and character should enable most readers to care when something goes awry for the crew.
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Reading Progress
February 19, 2020
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Started Reading
August 29, 2020
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Finished Reading
August 31, 2020
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