Moon
A First Look

-Otra muestra de “lo ochentero” en el subgénero.- Género. Narrativa fantástica. Lo que nos cuenta. El libro Luna (publicación original: Moon, 1985) nos presenta a Jon Childes, ingeniero y profesor de informática en una pequeña escuela de una isla del Canal de la Mancha. Jon está divorciado, tiene una......more

Years ago I read Once by Herbert, which I didn't particularly care for and it sort of turned me off the author. Now I've decided to give Herbert a second chance with Moon and I'm so glad I did, cause this was a very good book. At its heart it was a murder mystery wrapped into a supernatural horror a......more

Moon was a decent supernatural novel. Herbert is a very skilled writer the way he can describe landscapes, characters and moods is a real talent he is very poetic especially in this novel. The plot whilst it was enjoyable just didnt grab me. I liked Childes a man with psychic abilities and the strai......more

For me, this is what James Herbert is all about, gory, trashy, fun, horror. First of all, and I don't usually care about such things but Herbert makes every man seem like a pervert in this one .... I won't deny that most men (me included) will take time to .... How can I put this..... Admire the fem......more

This is a book of two halves. The first half I struggled to stay interested. Jon Childes is a man running from his past. A reluctant psychic who solved a murder case but resulted in divorce and publicity he did not want. So he now lives on a channel island teaching computer science at several school......more