The Insider (Evans novel)

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The Insider is a novel by Christopher Evans published in 1981.

Plot summary[edit]

The Insider is a novel in which aging author Blair is controlled by a parasitic alien psychic vampire.[1]

Reception[edit]

Dave Langford reviewed The Insider for White Dwarf #43, and stated that "More chilling than any number of lurching, blood-spattered vampires, Evan's low-key tensions and domestic concealments make you feel that this lurking mind – always play-acting for fear of exposing its real personality to an unsympathetic world – could almost be your own. Isn't this play-acting what we all do? The ending is sad but satisfying; The Insider is recommended."[1]

Reviews[edit]

  • Review by Brian Stableford (1982) in Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, #2, March 1982[2]
  • Review by Ian Watson (1982) in Foundation, #25 June 1982
  • Review by Ken Methold (1982) in Omega Science Digest, July-August 1982
  • Review by Joseph Nicholas (1983) in Paperback Inferno, Volume 6, Number 6

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Langford, Dave (July 1983). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf. No. 43. Games Workshop. p. 14.
  2. ^ https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1094932