Alan Rodgers (1) (1959–2014)
Author of Fire
For other authors named Alan Rodgers, see the disambiguation page.
Works by Alan Rodgers
Associated Works
Prom Night: All Original Tales of That Special, Once-In-A-Lifetime Night as No One Has Ever Experienced It! (1999) — Contributor — 77 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Rodgers, Alan
- Birthdate
- 1959-08-11
- Date of death
- 2014-03-08
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Montclair, New Jersey, USA
- Place of death
- Anaheim, California, USA
- Occupations
- writer
science fiction writer
horror writer
poet
editor - Organizations
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
- Awards and honors
- Dal Coger Memorial Hall of Fame Award (2006)
Members
Reviews
Lists
Awards
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Associated Authors
Statistics
- Works
- 16
- Also by
- 32
- Members
- 181
- Popularity
- #119,336
- Rating
- 3.5
- Reviews
- 7
- ISBNs
- 71
- Languages
- 2
At the beginning of each chapter Rodger's mentions a modern myth or urban legend, for example: Roswell, the devil in a malls basement, zombies, UFOs, crop circles, haunted trains, and an alien invasion. The chapter then ties in the myth he mentions to the story of Pandora. This organization of the chapters has the capacity to be clever, but I'm sorry to say that once Pandora made her way to a shopping mall, started shopping, and kept calling herself a little space alien girl who is looking for her daddy, I could no longer take the story seriously. It became a comedy for me.
Despite my viewing the novel now as a comedy rather than sci fi/horror, it was intended to be, it certainly a compelling, entertaining story and kept my interest - and laughter. If you happen to find a copy, as I did in the clearance section of the local used book store, I'd recommend it as an entertaining book, but don't go out of your way to find it. http://shetreadssoftly.blogspot.com/
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