''The Skook'' is a novel by JP Miller published in 1984.

Plot summary

''The Skook'' is a novel in which Span Barrmann is trapped in a cave by biker cultists, and must escape with the aid of a fairytale creature called the Skook.

Reception

Dave Langford David Rowland Langford (born 10 April 1953) is a British author, editor, and critic, largely active within the science fiction field. He publishes the science fiction fanzine and newsletter ''Ansible'', and holds the all-time record for most ...

reviewed ''The Skook'' for ''

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'' #79, and stated that "His escape story is an epic quest in little, beset by extinct creatures of the underworld deep. Meanwhile, the minor characters glow with life, from Span's semi-nympho wife, to bikers who outdo Charles Manson in nasty inventiveness. Recommended."

Reviews

*Review by Algis Budrys (1985) in

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, January 1985 *Review by Don D'Ammassa (1986) in

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, #77 February 1986 *Review by Tom Easton (1986) in

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, March 1986 *Review by Anne Gay (1986) in

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, September 1986

References

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