I picked up this book expecting a werewolf story but got a zombie apocalypse in lycanthrope clothing. The novel opens with a meteor storm which deposits thousands (tens of thousands?) of werewolves around the world—werewolves who immediately begin biting people who also turn into werewolves and begin to overrun the globe. Now think about that for a moment. I’m all for putting a new twist on a genre, but this really isn’t a lycanthrope story at all. Werewolf tales and their brethren typically foc...

Picked this up based off the ridiculous cover and got exactly what I expected and wanted. It's been compared to a B-movie horror film and I'd say that's a perfect description. Pseudo-science, action, and an over the top ending. A quick, fun read.I'm glad second hand bookstores still exist.

I found this book to be incredibly frustrating. The first half of the book deserves four stars, but the second half only two, averaging three.The first half was a survival story, in the same overall genre as I Am Legend, with the same sense of overwhelming doom and a struggle against impossible odds. Using a poet as the central character makes the flavor very different from comparable books, in a good way. I only wish we had seen more of his version of things, as filtered through his own creativ...

Werewolves aren’t usually my favorite form of horror, especially when they’re done as a substitute for beastiality.Thank God that’s not the case with Moonbane.Instead of lovelorn and horny werewolves, Sarrantonio gives us angry, bloodthirsty rampaging beasts and actually manages to explain why. It’s a bit out there (blending a lot of sci-fi elements into this one) but it works. In essence, he flips the entire werewolf genre on its head and makes a damn good story out of it.My only complaint? At

This is part of the 2008 Cemetery Dance book club(October selection?). I've just received it in June of 2009. It is a pretty cool story because of the telling of it.Premise: Werewolves howl at the moon because that’s where they come from.You’d think a story with that to work with would be—oh, I don’t know—juvenile at best. Add into that a volcanic eruption on the moon which releases werewolf spores into Earth’s atmosphere during the Geminid meteor shower. Soon, it’s raining werewolves and all he...

Al Sarrantonio's "Moonbane" is an entertaining Sci-fi / horror novella. If you are able to put critical thinking into autopilot and let someone else take the wheel for a bit, go ahead and give this one a run. If lapses in reality, sometimes brutal lapses, and an "Independence Day" style climax annoy you, give it a pass.3 STARS

One of the things that I love about Sarrantonio's work is that he quickly jumps into the action and gets you hooked. This directly leads to his novels being a fast and exciting read. They seem to be over so quick.This time we follow Jason Blake, a poet, and Ritchie, his son. Events start with the two of them watching a meteor shower which turns into an unexpected surprise when the meteors start landing on Earth in huge numbers. Then to make the surprise worse, the meteors turn out to be pods tha...

DISCLAIMER: I am the author's son and I won't shy away from that fact. I'll be as objective as possible.This is one of my top favorite books of all time. The imagery is beautiful, the story is taught and suspenseful, and it actually is pretty scary.Yes, the ending is a little out of left field but it jives. I've been debating that ending with my dad and people who've read it for years now and that's why I think its absolutely fantastic. There's a new version coming out soon with illustrations. L...

Good read!!

It's a little simplistic but it kept me entertained, specially the second half. Plus I really liked the ending which won it an extra star on my rating.

What I really like about Al Sarrantonio is his uncanny ability to marry some fantastic science-fiction with gut wrenching horror to produce a story unlike no other. This tale is of the abomination of man kind as it is pushed a step down on the food chain and its feeble struggle against a superhuman force.Moonbane is about Jason Blake, a poet, who witnessed a meteor shower with his son, so blinding and luminous that it made night as bright as day raining rocks from outer space. We learn they aren...

I thought the idea of "space werewolves" would be more entertaining.It's one thing to make a few things convenient for the story's sake, but this is just ridiculous, he happens to live next to a base that just happens to have the solution to everything and the hero just happens to stumble upon the exact person he needs to meet... It's just too much.The fact that the author "studied up" on The Moon makes the hard to swallow story even more hard to swallow.Sure, The Moon actually can actually have...

Why do werewolves howl at the moon, because that's where they're originally from, or so says Al Sarantonio. MOONBANE is a great, fast paced thriller. I picked it up and before I knew it I was halfway through, and what a super twist at the end. Jason and his son Richie are out stargazing when they see a strange meteorite shower. One of the meteorites land in a field near their farmhouse and Richie goes to investigate...

Great werewolf tale with and ending you won't see coming! The writing is terrific.

Dark, gripping little werewolf novel. We lose.

Ended up kind disappointed in this one. The concept was fun (werewolves from space? How can you go wrong with that), but outside of that a few things just didn't work for me. Considering I was fine with the space werewolves, I had a surprisingly hard time suspending my disbelief over (view spoiler)[there being a secret space shuttle and enough nuclear weapons to blow up the moon stored at an Air Force Base in the desert just because (hide spoiler)]. The ending also fell pretty flat for me, as (v...

I was watching Howling tonight and it reminded me of a book I read in school a while ago. I looked it up on line. Sure enough this was the book. I remember liking it. Now I'd like to read it again.

Al is a great author who could have a used a better agent or editor. Space werewolves are just the silliest thing; however, his characters are sympathetic and his writing is eminently readable. I love his short stories but have yet to consider his novels of a superior nature. If you know what to expect you won't be disappointed.

I don't know why I finished this book, because I hated it right from the beginning. The main character is a poet - I hate poets. The monsters are called werewolves but they're very clearly zombies - I hate zombies. The characters are irritating, the plot is nonsensical, the action is boring. There's no tension or intrigue. And it's painfully generic.For me personally, the biggest problem with this book is that it hits on every single problem I have with "realistic" zombies (which basically boil

This was pretty good. A quick, enjoyable read.