Paperback, 207 pages
English language
Published 1990 by Warner Books.
They slime, the ooze, they kill...One female slug can lay one and half million eggs a year- a fact which holds terrifying consequences for the people of Merton. As the town basks in the summer heat, a new breed of slug is growing and multiplying. In the waist-high grass, in the dank, dark cellars they are acquiring new tastes, new cravings. For blood. For flesh. Human flesh...
Obviously, Hutson never even tries to appeal. He exerts not the least effort to write well, to characterise the main figures beyond their job description, nor to structure the story except as a hodge-podge with intersected slug attacks.
The only merit of this book is that the pure, gut-level disgust does work in part.
When I was a kid I stole this book from my uncle and read it in one sitting, scared the crap out of me. It didn't teach me lesson though cos I then stole his VHS of The Thing and that gave me nightmares for weeks. :)
Not sure how well this book would work today, ya gotta have a fear of slimy things to appreciate it, no fear and you'll probably find this a dull read. Shaun Huston's writing style makes it easy to read and the book is short so give this one a go.
