Psychomech

Once again Brian Lumley stands tall in the battlefield of sci fi and horror fiction. It is extremely difficult to rate any of his series above the other. There are not too many writers out there who can escape the dregs of Sequelitus. But he manages to soldier through and keep you interested. Mr. Lumley is a surgeon with words and he will cut you to the quick. I believe this series came out just prior to Necroscope. The story and its writing are obviously stronger than his previous efforts. And that is saying something because those are not bad either. Here we get a sense of what he was going to unleash upon us with Necroscope. Our protagonist is a good man who is injured by an explosion and is given the opportunity to become part of an show more experiment to not only see again but to see another side that hides within us all. Ultimately it will all come down to a man who wants to keep his mind and soul and man who wants to take it. show less

Those of you who like Mr. Lumley's Vampires will also like Psychomech very much.

The story revolves around British Army Corporal Richard Garrison and Thomas Schroeder. You get to delve a bit into the post-war era of the Nazis; observe the life of a millionaire who likes hallucinogenic mushrooms and refers to the smell of them as "semen"; witness the love-lives of both men; observe the IRA get pummeled; and a whole lot more fun stuff.

Richard is blinded early on which marks the beginning of his journeys into the world of ESP—Levitation, Precognition, Teleportation, etc. His study of parapsychology is fueled by the elderly and in-ill-health Thomas, who believes he can be reincarnated through Richard. I must mention Koenig, Thomas' right show more hand man. He plain kicks arse.

Psychomech reminds me of the Mushroom experience very much. Lumley's "dream world" is robust with dark detail and character. Gives one almost a warm feeling just thinking about the black lake and black castle.

I hatesTerri and Wyatt—low-down, dog-gone, no good, back-stabb'n... BOOM! hehehe show less

I'm starting to get the vibe the author's work just really isn't for me.

The action isn't much of an issue but the rest of it feels disjointed and lacking. The sex scenes are male middle school bad.

In the end I didn't really care what happened to any of the characters. Moving on.

83% into it.... I think I should have stopped reading way before then. On to better books....

Obviously one of his earlier works.
Not much to say about the book beyond that