Readers of this blog might recall a post I made a while back that featured my thoughts on a book I had just finished titled
Garden of Evil by Edmund Plante. At various points within the ‘review’ I posted a question / speculation on whether or not the book was actually a sequel to the book noted on the cover, one that bore the title
Seed of Evil. The reason for this was twofold. First, I felt like something was missing within the story, something that was hinted at within the prologue and various back-story segments, but not really displayed in detail. Second, having noted that I felt something was missing, I thought about the title
Seed of Evil being promoted on the cover, and, given that it had obviously come before
Garden of Evil, theorized that it might have told a story that was further played out in
Garden of Evil. Seemingly cementing this theory was the sharing of a link by Will Errickson from the
Too Much Horror Fiction site that listed the two books as being the first and second within a two volume series. Now, however, having just gotten the book in the mail, I’m pretty certain that listing the books like this was a mistake by whoever added the listings to that website. Nothing about the detailed description on the back leads me to think the two books are connected. Instead it just looks like they each tell separate stories, the only connection being the link one could mistakenly create given the similar titles and idea that the word ‘Seed’ could easily be a precursor to the word ‘Garden’. Not that I’m disappointed by this;
Seed of Evil sounds pretty good, better than Garden of Evil, actually. Speculating on this before reading the book is not my reaso
n for posting though. Instead it was my viewing of the cover. Anyone recognize it? A few weeks ago I posted an entry on this blog titled
Surprise - Six Horror Paperbacks.
Garden of Evil was one of those six books. Another was one called
Deadly Friend by Keith Ferrario. Both were published by Dorchester;
Seed of Evil bearing their Leisure imprint, and
Deadly Friend bearing the name Book Margins, Inc, which, I’m guessing was either an imprint of Dorchester or a paperback house that leased titles from them. Both also, I believe, shared the same cover artist. Now the question is, did any other books from this company get dressed with this cover? Also, will the cover image actually play a part in both these novels, or was it more a case of ‘we need a horror cover and since people love creepy kids let’s use this?’ Each book does hint at the possibility of an evil child. Descriptions can be misleading, though (remember my post on
Daddy’s Little Girl by Daniel Ransom), so only reading the books themselves will answer the question.
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Readers of this blog might recall a post I made a while back that featured my thoughts on a book I had just finished titled Garden of Evil by Edmund Plante. At various points within the ‘review’ I posted a question / speculation on whether or not the book was actually a sequel to the book noted on the cover, one that bore the title Seed of Evil. The reason for this was twofold. First, I felt like something was missing within the story, something that was hinted at within the prologue and various back-story segments, but not really displayed in detail. Second, having noted that I felt something was missing, I thought about the title Seed of Evil being promoted on the cover, and, given that it had obviously come before Garden of Evil, theorized that it might have told a story that was further played out in Garden of Evil. Seemingly cementing this theory was the sharing of a link by Will Errickson from the Too Much Horror Fiction site that listed the two books as being the first and second within a two volume series. Now, however, having just gotten the book in the mail, I’m pretty certain that listing the books like this was a mistake by whoever added the listings to that website. Nothing about the detailed description on the back leads me to think the two books are connected. Instead it just looks like they each tell separate stories, the only connection being the link one could mistakenly create given the similar titles and idea that the word ‘Seed’ could easily be a precursor to the word ‘Garden’. Not that I’m disappointed by this; Seed of Evil sounds pretty good, better than Garden of Evil, actually. Speculating on this before reading the book is not my reaso
n for posting though. Instead it was my viewing of the cover. Anyone recognize it? A few weeks ago I posted an entry on this blog titled Surprise - Six Horror Paperbacks. Garden of Evil was one of those six books. Another was one called Deadly Friend by Keith Ferrario. Both were published by Dorchester; Seed of Evil bearing their Leisure imprint, and Deadly Friend bearing the name Book Margins, Inc, which, I’m guessing was either an imprint of Dorchester or a paperback house that leased titles from them. Both also, I believe, shared the same cover artist. Now the question is, did any other books from this company get dressed with this cover? Also, will the cover image actually play a part in both these novels, or was it more a case of ‘we need a horror cover and since people love creepy kids let’s use this?’ Each book does hint at the possibility of an evil child. Descriptions can be misleading, though (remember my post on Daddy’s Little Girl by Daniel Ransom), so only reading the books themselves will answer the question.
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