The Night of the Long Knives

author: Fritz Leiber
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.55
book published: 1960
rating: 4
read at: 2015/10/21
date added: 2015/10/21
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'The Night of the Long Knives' is a novella by Fritz Leiber. It's a crazy post-apocalyptic tale that holds it's own against today's tales.

Ray is a survivor and scavenger in the Deathlands, a post-apocalyptic wasteland where there are no rules beyond survival. When Ray sees a lone woman wandering around, he has two thoughts and one of them is to kill her. It seems he shares the second thought with her as well. They are taken by surprise by a crazy old man named Pop, then doubly surprised by a strange craft landing on the road they are on. Before long, the three of them are off on a strange journey that may see them dead or changed forever.

I really liked this story. It seems a bit too weird for the early 1960s, but perhaps Leiber was that ahead of his time. I've read other works by him, but never anything like this. He's a good writer and a lot happens in the 112 pages of this book, and I enjoyed the journey.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Dover Publications and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.


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