Resurrection Dreams
Written by Richard Laymon
Narrated by Randy Hames
3.5/5
()
About this audiobook
A man discovers he has the ability to bring people back from the dead, and he’s determined to work his magic on the girl of his dreams—but first he’ll have to kill her.
Richard Laymon
A former President of the Horror Writers Association, Laymon has written over thirty novels, more than sixty-five literary short stories (which were published in Ellery Queen, Alfred Hitchcock, and Cavalier), poetry, crime fiction, two suspense novels, a Western, and two romance novels. Until recently, his books were unavailable in the US for more than twenty years. His novel Flesh was named Best Horror Novel of 1988 by Science Fiction Chronicle, and both Flesh and Funland were nominated for the Bram Stoker Award. He won this award posthumously in 2001 for The Traveling Vampire Show. Richard Laymon died in 2001 of a heart attack.
More audiobooks from Richard Laymon
Flesh Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Savage Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dark Mountain Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Traveling Vampire Show Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beware Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Lake Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Woods are Dark Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Come Out Tonight Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5To Wake The Dead Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Related to Resurrection Dreams
Related audiobooks
The Lake Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Joyride Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Woods are Dark Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Come Out Tonight Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Sorrows: Fiction Without Frontiers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Death Instinct Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Siren and The Specter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Summoning Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Castle of Sorrows Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5To Wake The Dead Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Hungry Moon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Darkest Lullaby Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Gloria Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Devil's Equinox Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Vanishing Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Town Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Nightmare Girl Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Walking Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Covenant Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dominion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dark Game Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Revelation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dust Devils Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Disappearance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Academy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Mouth of the Dark Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Policy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Circle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Bank Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ghost Mine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Horror Fiction For You
Holly Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Later Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Institute: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Watchers Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Outsider: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Misery Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mr. Mercedes: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/511/22/63: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Troop Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pet Sematary Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Reformatory: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hidden Pictures: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silence of the Lambs: 25th Anniversary Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last House on Needless Street Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ghost Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dead Zone Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Cabin at the End of the World: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5FantasticLand: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Frankenstein Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Coraline Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Under The Dome: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Good Marriage Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Piñata: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Green Mile Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Regulators Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Doctor Sleep: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Different Seasons Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Bird Box: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for Resurrection Dreams
80 ratings4 reviews
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Well that was a gross and twisted, funhouse kind of ride! The story keeps you paying attention, almost yelling at the narrator to hurry up to tell you what perversion is coming next, and then he tells you and it's ickier in many varieties than you may have been prepared for... A good listen to keep you awake. So will the narrator. He's got a good voice, but very ill-suited for this project, and his inflection choices constantly had my hackles up, even while thoroughly committed to the story, and... Why is it a deep voiced male voice when the protagonist is a young woman?
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Laymon fluctuates with the plot of many of his books. There's the normal crazed killer stalks young coeds or teens for reasons that don't always make sense but then it's a crazed killer so it doesn't have to be that logical. There's the dual focus books where two incredible coincidences happen to the same person/group; for example, while running away from a mummy that is stalking her, our heroine escapes into a warehouse where a serial rapist is capturing and keeping his victims alive in metal cages. These books you kind of wish were separated into two books instead of combined into one. And the finally category is something supernatural happens to someone and has rippling effects upon others. RESURRECTION DREAMS falls into the last category barely missing the dual focus category.Melvin Dobbs is the social outcast of his high school. And he only makes it worse when he uses a car battery to try to bring back a recently killed classmate. It's now years later. Dobbs is out of the mental institution, supposedly healed. And Vicki, the only girl who never picked on him and thus Dobb's biggest crush, is back in town. Dobbs is still trying to revive dead bodies and finally reaches success. Now he has big plans for Vicki.While I wouldn't say that this was my favorite Laymon novel nor was it even near the top, it is still an enjoyable read. I've heard folks say it is violent but thinking back on it, I don't remember it being any more violent or sexual than some of his others. I would consider it a good read. Nothing overly amazing but still better than lots of other crap out there.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Melvin Dobbs is a social outcast with dreams of bringing the dead back to life. Not to bring back lost loved ones, but rather to have servants that will obey him unconditionally. Vicki Chandler, was cordial to Melvin in high school and when she returns to town to pursue being a small town doctor, Melvin has grand plans for her.Richard Laymon does not hesitate when it comes to writing horror fiction. If a highly disturbing image escapes his pen, it is not edited out. In fact, it may be enhanced to bring the shock factor to the next level. If you do not like gruesome, taboo and gory horror fiction, do not read Laymon. Save him for us, those with a bit of a sick twisted side that enjoy a good scare.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Laymon has times when he's an excellent writer--Island--at other times he's downright awful--The Woods Are Dark--and then there are books that are okay, such as Resurrection Dreams. It has an interesting premise, with a doctor returning to her old home and finding someone who she stuck up for in high school, but regrets due to his later actions. This same man has found a way to resurrect the dead, and has plans for her, plans that will place the people around her in grave danger.Like I said before, this book isn't anything spectacular, but it's good fun, so I'd encourage Laymon fans to read it, and anyone curious about his works as well, but I wouldn't start with this one.