Since then, he has published 12 additional novels and several short story collections. He was the recipient of four bram stoker awards and three further nominations. Last week, dark scribe magazines martel sardina paid a visit to the movie set of offspring, the film adaptation of jack ketchums off season sequel. Pages can include considerable notesin pen or highlighterbut the notes cannot obscure the text. The book is the first in ketchum s dead river trilogy, followed by offspring and the woman. The book is the first in ketchums dead river trilogy, followed by offspring and the woman. The sequel follows a similar plotline to the original a clan of cannibalistic lunatics terrorizes the otherwise sleepy town of dead river, maine. In off season, a group of adult friends staying at a house in the woods become the target of the savages, and over the course of one long night are subjected to more horror than they could have ever imagined. Probably jack ketchum, the outlaw horror writer whose terrifying first novel is finally available uncut from overlook connection.
Oct 03, 2006 jack ketchum is the pseudonym for a former actor, teacher, literary agent, lumber salesman, and soda jerk. Probably one of the most respected and feared wordslingers in todays society, the man has been. He has won numerous bram stoker awards, including best collection 2003. This book has far more character development than the first book in ketchums series about maine cannibals, and relies less on inyourface gore and shock value while telling a pretty overdone tale. Wow, i thought, here is an author who isnt afraid to go the limit. However sales of over 250,000 mass market editions made this first time novelist a major force in the horror and. Like that first book, its the roaring, visceral tale of an inbred tribe of modern cannibals who have been living and hunting in the remote maine woods since the mid1850s, and how their hunger leads them to an. He used the button on the armrest to unlock her door. Offspring the sequel to off season by jack ketchum home. Offspring is the sequel to ketchum s gorfest off season.
Dallas mayr, better known to us as jack ketchum, was a novelist who during a career that spanned nearly four decades wrote some of the most powerful and disturbing horror fiction in existence. The local sheriff of dead river, maine, thought he had killed them off ten years. Some of these novels we should actually hate, downright loathe because of their subject matter and immoral ideals, but we dont. The local sheriff of dead river, maine, thought he had killed them off ten years agoa primitive, cavedwelling tribe of cannibalistic savages. Offspring 30th anniversary edition by jack ketchum preorder. Mar 12, 20 offspring by jack ketchum, 9781477806227, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Jack ketchum published his first novel in 1980 titled off season, a version of the sawney beane story. He has won numerous bram stoker awards, and four of his books were recently filmed as movies. Now offspring, the sequel to off season, is being released in a signed limited hardcover edition. Jack ketchum s original novel of cannibalism in maine, off season, was first met with a lot of controversy when it was originally released in 1980. The novel was subsequently slated by the village voice as violent pornography but, undeterred, the author continued to write fiction that deals with the cruelty and violence so often apparent in everyday life. What followed was offspring, the 1991 sequel to off season and the novel that introduced me to ketchum back in 92. Jack ketchum is the pen name of american horror novelist dallas mayr.
For those of you out there who like jack ketchum and his work, i figure you would probably enjoy them as well. Offspring, the book, is ketchums sequel to his brutal 1982 debut, off season. Offspring book by jack ketchum 6 available editions. He is also a former flower child and baby boomer who figures that in 1956 elvis, dinosaurs and horror probably saved his life. Jack ketchums original novel of cannibalism in maine, off season, was first met with a lot of controversy when it was originally released in 1980. Jack ketchums offspring is a guilty pleasure of mine, even more so than its predecessor, off season. He laughed until the pack was just a tiny speck behind them. This book has far more character development than the first book in ketchum s series about maine cannibals, and relies less on inyourface gore and shock value while telling a pretty overdone tale.
The sequel to off season jack ketchum, neal mcpheeters on. His novels included off season, offspring, and red, which were adapted to. This is the home of the official jack ketchum facebook fan page. The story behind the gruesome legend it shocked horror fans everywhere jack ketchums off season, the. His novels included off season, offspring, and red, which were adapted to film. It is based on the novel of the same name by jack ketchum, which is itself the sequel to off season. Feb 15, 2011 offspring by jack ketchum, hannah kane. In the second part of our indepth interview with the legendary dark scribe, ketchum chats at length about how his iconic 1981 classic novel off season made it into print, how the publishing industry didnt immediately. My weird life exploring horror, fantasy, and sciencefiction literature, with an emphasis on the weird. Any book is up for discussion as long as that discussion is respectful. There are writers, there are authors, and then theres jack. Jack ketchum talks offspring sequel the woman bloody. The story behind the gruesome legend it shocked horror fans everywhere jack ketchum s off season, the brutal and harrowing story of an inbred family of cannibals in presentday maine. Offspring off season, book 2 by jack ketchum fantastic fiction.
Indeed, ketchum worked many different jobs before completing his first novel. Hide and seek published in 1984 is another popular novel by jack ketchum. Dallas william mayr, better known by his pen name jack ketchum, was an american horror fiction author. But here, you can acquire it easily this offspring the sequel to off season jack ketchum to read. Following in the footsteps of off season this is a gruesome novel that will captivate the horror novel enthusiast. Mar 12, 20 jack ketchum s offspring is the fartamer sequel to his infamous shockhorror novel off season.
A search query can be a title of the book, a name of the author. You will see from the pdf that your photo album selected is absolutely right. Oct 03, 2006 horror writer jack ketchum is a true master of his craft. I just discovered jack ketchum, read his first book, off season, and was blown away by it.
With jessica butler, kelly carey, holter graham, t. Maine sunday telegram, april 15, 2007 offspring isnt a book you pick up to relax. See all books authored by jack ketchum, including the girl next door, and off season, and more on. His january 24, 2018 demise was an incalculable loss to the field, and this reader in particular. Its primary reason for being, ketchum once suggested, was to get the earlier book back into print, but that didnt happen, and no wonder. The story behind the gruesome legend it shocked horror fans everywhere jack ketchums off season, the brutal and harrowing story of an inbred family of cannibals in presentday maine. Jack ketchum s offspring is the fartamer sequel to his infamous shockhorror novel off season. After jack ketchum shocked the world with his debut novel off season, he followed it up with a sequel just as terrifying and shocking. The woman is back, and shes got a whole new cannibal family. Nov 15, 1991 jack ketchum s offspring is a guilty pleasure of mine, even more so than its predecessor, off season.
Offspring the sequel to off season by jack ketchum, hiram, ga. Four essential novels by jack ketchum wicked horror. Jun 24, 2007 offspring has the feel of a wellexecuted horror movie, although the themes and underlying meaning has much more depth than many of the current crop of films. The cannibals in this film speak a language of grunts which is subtitled for the viewer. The film centers on survivors of a feral flesheating tribe who abduct locals. Jack ketchum s debut novel, off season 1981 an updating of the sawney beane story prompted the village voice to publicly scold its publisher for publishing violent pornography. Against the backdrop of grisly murders and child abductions, a clan of cannibalistic savages which plague the northeast coast since 1858, is after an unsuspecting family and their innocent baby girl. That second book was published much later as ladies night. Offsprings distribution, by diamond books, was handled even more poorly than warner. However sales of over 250,000 mass market editions made this first time novelist a major force in the horror and suspense genres. Jack ketchum s offspring is a guilty pleasure of mine, even more so than its predecessor, off season. Offspring by jack ketchum, hannah kane 9781897304846.
As the next entry in ketchum s dead river series, this novel is beloved by the authors fans and is now being published in a very special 30th anniversary edition format from. Jack ketchums offspring is the fartamer sequel to his infamous shockhorror novel off season. This ocp edition is the first release in hardcover with an. Jack ketchum survivors of a feral flesheating clan are chowing their way through the locals. As the next entry in ketchums dead river series, this novel is beloved by the authors fans and is now being published in. We have permission interview with jack ketchum by quentin dunne. Offspring by jack ketchum, 9781477806227, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Ketchum, jack off season keyes, daniel flowers for algernon king, stephen carrie kundera, milan the book of laughter and forgetting kunzru, hari gods without men lafferty, r.
It was ketchums first novel and was partially based. Mar 12, 20 jack ketchums debut novel, off season 1981 an updating of the sawney beane story prompted the village voice to publicly scold its publisher for publishing violent pornography. Offspring has 6 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Offspring book by jack ketchum half price books marketplace. Jack ketchum is my favorite writer of horror tales, and offspring lived up to my.
Jack ketchum books list of books by author jack ketchum. Offspring has the feel of a wellexecuted horror movie, although the themes and underlying meaning has much more depth than many of the current crop of films. Jack ketchum interviews as a selfconfessed jack ketchum fan, i like reading interviews about what makes him tick as a writer and as a person. Offspring is the sequel to jack ketchums off season. Oct 23, 2018 after jack ketchum shocked the world with his debut novel off season, he followed it up with a sequel just as terrifying and shocking. Probably jack ketchum, the outlaw horror writer whose terrifying first novel is finally available uncut from overlook connection press. If you read it on thanksgiving, you probably wont sleep until christmas. The violence and gore were truly over the top, but what set it off from similiar stories was that no one in the book, absolutely no one, was safe. Offspring 30th anniversary edition by jack ketchum. Jack ketchums debut novel, off season 1981 an updating of the sawney beane story prompted the village voice to publicly scold its publisher for publishing violent pornography. Born in livingstone, nj, ketchum has worked as a lumber sales representative, a teacher, and actor before becoming a novelist.
Off season is a horror novel written by jack ketchum and initially published by ballantine books in 1980. As known, afterward you door a book, one to recall is not by yourself the pdf, but in addition to the genre of the book. An exlibrary book and may have standard library stamps andor stickers. Jack ketchum has published twelve novels and several short story collections. Horror writer jack ketchum is a true master of his craft. Offspring is the sequel to ketchums gorfest off season. The beginning of the story starts with the cannibal clan taking out a 16 year old babysitter, the 18 month old baby, and the mother returning from a night out at the bar. We learn that one of the savages from the first novel survived the final debacle and has rebuilt her. The lost 2001, the girl next door 2005, red 2008 and offspring 2009. As a teenager, he had the honor of meeting psycho author, robert bloch, who would become his mentor and friend until his death in 1994. It doesnt matter if youre into stephen king or edward lee, jack ketchum or lovecraft, this is the place to share that love and discuss to your hearts content. Offspring the story behind the gruesome legend it shocked horror fans everywhere jack ketchums off season, the brutal and harrowing story of an inbred family of cannibals in presentday maine.
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