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The Transition of Titus Crow

Cthulhu Mythos Series, Book 2

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The Transition of Titus Crow

By: Brian Lumley
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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A time-space chiller-thriller in the Lovecraft Tradition. This is the second novel in Brian Lumley's Cthulhu Mythos series.

©1975 Brian Lumley (P)2016 David N. Wilson Fiction Horror Science Fiction Scary

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The Transition of Titus Crow is very different from the first chapter of this series. The Burrowers Beneath was very much a straightforward Cthulhu horror tale, while this chapter is more of a mind-bending journey through time, space and alien dimensions.
Brian Lumley is a fantastic writer and this is another typically enjoyable adventure from him.
Simon Vance's narration is once again sheer class. A pleasure to listen to.
Another quality presentation from Crossroad Press.
Highly recommended.

Wonderfully Imaginative Dark Fantasy

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Titus takes off in a Tardis-like clock and has numerous adventures in a surreal Lovecraftian universe. The pace is quite frantic and reminded me of an Edgar Rice Burroughs book. Overall a disappointment as I ultimately felt nothing really mattered. Titus would end up in a location that would be described in careful detail, then be whisked off somewhere else. Then the same would happen again and again and again. Titus is gradually transformed (hence the title) and we learn more of Lumley's lore of the Elder Gods, but by the end, I have to say I didn't really care that much. There's also a very annoying story segment where half the text has been destroyed, meaning the tale skips around like a scratched record. I won't be picking up Book 3.

Enjoyable but messy.

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The deliberate gaps in the story were too much. They just became annoying. I will continue with the series though.

Hated the deliberately broken narrative

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I read these books many years ago and to hear them brought to life so brilliantly had been an absolute pleasure.

Great Story, Great Narration

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Lumley should never write romance. It didn't work in the Necroscope series and it certainly doesn't work here. A lot of this novel is superfluous and certainly fails in advancing the plot. That said, the rest is truly excellent and adds more arcane background to the Mythos.

Vance's narration hasn't improved here with the two main characters still feeling very flat but at least everything is crystal clear.

Titus in love would be a more apt title

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I started out with a really enjoyable extension of the prior books. Then we started to dip into the shallow end of the pool.

SPOILER ALERT:

When the hero learns that the most beautiful woman in the universe is madly in love with him, even though they have never met, and begins flying about on a talking dragon, I felt we had left the sphere of adult literature and were about age 11.

I have the third book in the series and hopefully the turn to pre-teen will not continue.

Other than this sad departure, the storyline has continued to develop. The writing is good and creative. Lets dump Peet and the Dragon and Thuvia maid of Mars.

Not as thrilled with this one SPOILERS

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I couldn't get into this book. I wasn't a fan of the narration style.

I was given this book for free of my own choosing and I voluntarily left this review.

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