Robert R McCammon

**Randwill** · December 1st, 2009

Boy's Life is one of my all time favorites. Swan Song and Gone South are also really good!

**jack12k8** · December 1st, 2009

Great thread...I am astonished I was not familiar with this author. I just downloaded Swan Song from the Kindle. Unfortunately, that book appears to be the only one of his books on the Kindle. Are his books in paperback available in the major bookstores does anyone know? I know I could order from amazon, etc., but I like to get a look at a book sometimes.

**Patricia A** · December 2nd, 2009

Originally Posted by jack12k8

Great thread...I am astonished I was not familiar with this author. I just downloaded Swan Song from the Kindle. Unfortunately, that book appears to be the only one of his books on the Kindle. Are his books in paperback available in the major bookstores does anyone know? I know I could order from amazon, etc., but I like to get a look at a book sometimes.

I'm pretty sure a lot of his stuff is back in print. I think you can buy most everything he's written from his website and on Amazon. He's one of the best. You ought to check out Boy's Life. That's quite a piece of work.

**jacobtlong** · December 2nd, 2009

I've never read anything by Robert McCammon, but I'll be sure to check his work out in the future.

**jack12k8** · December 2nd, 2009

Queen of Bedlam is also on the Kindle...I started Swan Song last night...like how it is setting up so far.

**goathunter** · December 3rd, 2009

Originally Posted by jack12k8

Great thread...I am astonished I was not familiar with this author. I just downloaded Swan Song from the Kindle. Unfortunately, that book appears to be the only one of his books on the Kindle. Are his books in paperback available in the major bookstores does anyone know? I know I could order from amazon, etc., but I like to get a look at a book sometimes.

Currently, only Swan Song and The Queen of Bedlam are available for the Kindle.

Much of McCammon's backlist is currently out-of-print, but in the last couple of years, there have been new trade paperback releases of Boy's Life, Gone South, Swan Song, Speaks the Nightbird, and The Queen of Bedlam.

Hunter

**Wayne C. Rogers** · December 4th, 2009

Because I write book reviews for the local newspaper's blog, I got an advance reading copy of Mister Slaughter, and it was truly excellent. I know Mr. McCammon hated it, but back during the eighties when I reviewed a number of his books for Fantasy Mongers magazine, I used to call him the next Stephen King, and I meant that in sincere admiration. At that time, no other writer could come close to King's craftsmanship and storytelling ability, except for Robert McCammon. I've enjoyed all of his novels over the last three decades, and I'm happy as a clam that he's writing again. He's written three Matthew Corbett novels, with Mister Slaughter due out in January. He has a stand-alone novel due out at the end of 2010, which may be his first horror novel in twenty years. Hunter Goatley can confirm whether the next book will actually be horror or not. Last, Mr. McCammon's book, Boy's Life, is certainly in my top ten list of favorite novels to read. This book is in many ways a literary classic.

**Patricia A** · December 6th, 2009

Originally Posted by jack12k8

Queen of Bedlam is also on the Kindle...I started Swan Song last night...like how it is setting up so far.

So what do you think of Swan Song so far?
People are always comparing it to The Stand, I don't understand that.
The only real thing the two stories have in common is that they are both apocalyptic type stories, but they go in completely different directions and have a different voice. So whatever, I don't get it.
Well they do have another thing in common, they are both great reads.

I don't recommend reading them back to back as you may wind up wanting to dig a fallout shelter in your back yard. If you already have one then, hey, that might work.

**jack12k8** · December 7th, 2009

I'm about a quarter of way through with it so far. Its been almost 20 years since I read The Stand, so I can't do a great comparison so far other than as you suggested, the fact both deal with end of the world scenarios. So far I really like it...very good character development. If someone gave me the book without revealing the i.d. of the author, frankly I would think I'm reading King.

**HorrorHero** · December 7th, 2009

I've read nearly everything he has written, Its taken me 15 years to find all of them because most are out of print. Some of the Best that he has written are - The Wolfs Hour, Usher's Passing, Swan Song, Stinger (This is the first one I read and had to find all the rest), Gone South, Bethany's Sin, Blue World (in and out of Hollywood limbo, Blue World itself none of the others from the book) Baal, and They Thirst (with a little update I think this one would do really well on the market again. I talked to Goatley about a month ago and there is someone talking to McCammon about making some of his out of print works into audio books.