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Author: Dean R. Koontz
Release date: November, 1998
Media: Hardcover
ISBN: 0399144420
The next "novel" in this book is Demon Seed. Demon Seed is one of those books that people read and typically love or hate with very little middle ground. The truth is that Demon Seed is weak from a literary point of view. There is not a whole lot of flesh on the bones. Even DK himself acknowledges that Demon Seen was more a "good idea than a novel". It is about a computer that believes itself to be in love with a woman and uses that as an excuse to do anything it wants to her, which it does. After it proceeds to lock her within her highly automated home, the really scary stuff begins. DK does a good job making the computer sound like an abusive man who had any number of reasons why his abuse was ok, even good for, the woman that he "loves". While thin and disappointing in some areas, this is still a fast and entertaining read with quite a bit of insight into the abusive mind thrown in for salt. I give it four stars.
The last book, The Eyes of Darkness, was the most disappointing. The idea for the novel was very good, which is probably what makes it so diappointing. Even what there was of the novel was pretty good, but it wasn't well fleshed out at all. The characters were all very static. Also, it seemed that everything came too easily to the characters as they were going through their struggles. It is not surprising to me that this book was originally released under the name of Leigh Nichols before DK was writing under his own name. It has every bit of the feel of what a DK outline would turn into in the hands of a less expereinced writer. I give it 2 and one half stars. - an Amazon customer review