Daniel edward flowers bunkowski is a terrifying force that goes beyond imagining. Slob by rex miller 1987, paperback for sale online ebay. Isbn 9780330304382 9780330304382 softcover, pan books, 1988. Rex miller rex miller used books, rare books and new books. Chaingang, rex miller has created a character that is so grotesque and replusive, that its hard to imagine anything like him. Wriiten is a hyperkenetic style, slob mesmerized readers and most of those that read it considered rex miller something truly special. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading slob chaingang book 1. Slob, the first novel in the series, introduced the character of daniel bunkowski, a halfton killingmachine. Rex miller is the principal for mindshift, a leading futures consultancy, human performance, coaching, and organizational strategy company. Any book is up for discussion as long as that discussion is respectful. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
He wrote a series of novels detailing the investigations of jack eichord, a fictional homicide detective who specialized in tracking down serial killers. Brutal fictionwhen i realized that open road media had reissued rex miller s chaingang book, i was excited. He had gone on the air at 4 pm saying he was rex miller. A man who likes to feast on human hearts, spilling. I have not read slob, but i think the main character featured in a story by miller in the anthology fleshcreepers, edited by j. A spirited 100page look at the life and fiction of the late rex miller, one of the most distinctive horrormystery specialists of the eighties and nineties. Miller slob has created a horror story that is at once macabre, inhuman, implausible and boring. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to. In what is the first of a number of books about daniel bunkowski a.
Additionally, rex is a threetime international awardwinning leader and fivetime wiley author. Sign up below to a newsletter and receive a free book chapter. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your. While reading the word raw springs to mind almost constantly. Author rex was nominated for the 1987 bram stoker award for slob in the category of the best first novel. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Books best sellers new releases childrens books textbooks. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. What is the climax in the slob book by ellen potter answers. Its the last note his mother ever wrote before she died. But the book is fastmoving and gruesome, lots of graphic sex and violence both singly and together, so any weaknesses can be shot past as you try not to. This content was uploaded by our users and we assume good faith they have the. Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers.
Slob is unrelenting, uncompromising, and written with remarkable restraint his forcefulness comes through in the narratives lean economy. Slob chaingang book 1 kindle edition by miller, rex. Slob is one of the most unique, inventive, engrossing and fun books to read about a serial killer. In the book slob by ellen potter the note the owen keeps with the word slob on it is very sincere to him.
Shop the latest titles by rex miller, dr at alibris including hardcovers, paperbacks, 1st editions, and audiobooks from thousands of sellers worldwide. Its been manyyears since i read slob and dove right in. The authors first novel which introduces his character daniel bunkowski, aka chaingang. The authors second book, preceded by slob, a splatterpunk classic. Rex miller books list of books by author rex miller.
Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Stephen king hails rex miller as terrifying and original slob is his debut novel, the story of a man who thinks of himself as death a man who likes to feast on human hearts, spilling blood wherever he goes jack eichord is the detective who must hunt this human monster and genius killer years of working as a homicide detective for the chicago police department has hardestephen king. This week, our editor looks at the nowobscure crimehorror author rex miller and discusses millers two most famous creations. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. A search query can be a title of the book, a name of the author, isbn or anything else. Jack eichord is the detective who must hunt this human monster and genius killer.
This 1981 book also introduced the character of a killing machine of half a ton called daniel bunkowski. Slob is a fantastic adventure into the mind of a serial killer. There is also a rare essay by rex miller at the back of the book, never before reprinted in book form. Stephen king hails rex miller as terrifying and original. Slob is his debut novel, the story of a man who thinks of himself as death. Slob chaingang, book 1 by rex miller fantastic fiction. Slob is his debut novel, the story of a man who thinks of himself as death, a man who likes to feast on human hearts, spilling blood wherever he goes.
Hailed as a bold new book in the splatterpunk wave, rex millers slob appeared in 1987 to much sweatypalmed pageturning. Slob resembles a horror novel and a mysterysuspense book, but it is thoroughly unique. Only rex miller has the audacity to try and tame this monstrosity. Rex miller spangberg april 25, 1939 may 21, 2004, known professionally as rex miller, was an american novelist. When i was in high school, a copy of rex millers then brandnew debut novel slob went. Slob was a momentous book in the field, rex millers story of the quarterton serial killer chaingang, and it inspired a couple sequels. Rex miller describes his life as a perpetual escapist daydream shaped by the american dream merchants. Rex miller writes like a truckdriver tailgating you at 80 mph in a kenworth transorient. In earlier years miller was a radio dj and collectible dealer, but his true calling was cemented by the 1987 publication of slob, a blistering serial killer mindfuck.
A successful book series written by author rex miller is known as the chaingang. He had a number of horror stories and books published over the years. His bibliography includes 1 novel, saint louis blues, a series of books, slob, frenzy, profane men, stone shadow, iceman, slice, chaingang, butcher, and savant. See all books authored by rex miller, including hot blood. A man who likes to feast on human hearts, spilling blood wherever he goes. Graham masterton words like powerful, visceral, and monstrous dont even begin to describe the kind of book slob is. Rex miller spangberg april 25, 1939 may 21, 2004, known professionally as rex miller, was. The series of eichord novels, of which this is the second title, reflects his obsession with the ongoing, largerthanlife battle between good and evil slob, his previous book, was nominated for a bram stoker award as the best first novel. In slob he induces genuine panic making you read faster than you want to too scared to go on, too terrified to stop. Slob, by rex miller slob is an interesting horror noir book that i read very quickly and very much enjoyed.