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The Hungry Moon

Ramsey Campbell

Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 368 pages

Rating: 3.6 | 1451 Users | 81 Reviews

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Original Title:	The Hungry Moon
ISBN:	0812516621 (ISBN13: 9780812516623)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	British Fantasy Award for Best Novel (1988)

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A town trapped in the grip of spreading evil.

Isolated on the moors of northern England, the town of Moonwell has remained faithful to their Druid traditions and kept their old rituals alive. Right-wing evangelist Godwin Mann isn’t about to let that continue, and his intolerant brand of fundamentalism has struck a chord with the residents. But Mann goes too far when he descends into the pit where the ancient being who’s been worshipped by the Druids for centuries is said to dwell.

What emerges is no longer Mann, but a demon in Mann’s shape, and only the town’s outcasts can see that something is horribly wrong. Slowly, as the evil spreads, Moonwell becomes cut off from the rest of the world. Telephone lines become disconnected. Roads no longer lead out of town. And the monster’s power only grows... and grows.

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Title	:	The Hungry Moon
Author	:	Ramsey Campbell
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 368 pages
Published	:	June 15th 1987 by Tor Books (first published July 16th 1986)
Categories	:	Horror. Fiction. Fantasy

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Plot Summary: Located in Englands Peaks District, the town of Moonwell is a popular tourist stop named after a large cave that dominates the surrounding moorlands. Each year on Midsummer Eve, the people of Moonwell hold a ceremony inspired by ancient Druid customs in which they decorate the cave with flowers. However, this year is different. When a charismatic Christian evangelist named Godwin Mann comes to stop the pagan tradition, Moonwell residents are quickly spellbound by his extreme

The somewhat secluded town of Moonwell in Derbyshire has some traditions tracing back to the ancient druids, peacefully co-existing with modern day christians and secular inhabitants both, as is just the case for many places and communities. This is the fundamentalist preacher Godwin Mann determined to put and end to and he manages to win over a large portion of the residents to "his side". Rather than "dressing the cave" according to local tradition, Mann undertakes to enter it and confront

Continuing Samhain Horror's line of reprinted Ramsey Campbell's novels is "The Hungry Moon", an eerie tale about a small England village besieged first by rabid Christian Evangelicals and then the dark, pagan, moon-worshiping force they accidentally awaken. For the most part a smart story offering acute observations on the dangers of religious fanaticism, Campbell's usually suspenseful "quiet horror" does drag a little towards the end. Taken as a whole, however, Campbell delivers the goods, as

I was really torn about this book; on the one hand, it had a great premise (a gigantic fucking Lovecraftian beast that lived on and took up most of the entire dark side of the moon is summoned by Druids 2000 years ago to kick the snot out of the Romans, it's coming back out of it's cave in the 80s to kill people), and cool details (like the headless priest romaing around blindly in the old church looking for people to kill), but it suffered from the typical Ramsey Campbell dorkiness, cliche

Moonwell is a quaint town located in the Peak District of Northern England. In keeping with the pagan traditions of the Druids, it still celebrates Midsummer Eve by decorating a local cave with flowers. But this year things will be different. A fanatical evangelist, Godwin Mann, has come to save the people of Moonwell and show them the error of the old ways and introduce them to salvation. Mann convinces most of the town that the cave ritual needs to be forgone for another type of ritual - he

This is one of the scariest books I ever came across. A small English town named Moonwell is falling under a mysterious darkness caused by an evangelist who tries to christianise an ancient druid cave. Campbell really rises tension to the utmost level with his long winded style, his slow start and his shift of scenes and his shift of characters. It's no superficial reading. When you get involved with his writing and progress through the book you are highly rewarded. In Hungry Moon book you get

2.5 starsWhile I was very drawn to some aspects of the story (isolated northern English town, Druids, folklore, moon magic, scary religious nutty people - always sure to give me the heebie jeebies), and there are some particularly vivid horrific images to enjoy, getting through this felt like something of a slog at times. The cast of characters is too wide and I could only really visualise a few, and a great many of them felt a bit pointless and unsympathetic. I'd only really recommend if you're