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	Manufacturer: Bantam Dell Publishing Group UPC: 978055338199 Retail Price: $14.00 #Deals: Choose between 7 deals below Avg. Rating: Read 5 reviews Write a review

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Product Name	The Arcanum
Manufacturer	Bantam Dell Publishing Group
Product Number MPN	3292121
Retail Price	$14.00
EAN-13	0978055338199
UPC	978055338199
Weight	1 lbs.

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"Some tree died for this???"	2007-09-25
- Reviewed By User: A8P0235CGYQJP
This load of crap had to be excreted--no way was it written. Set in 1919, the author references transistors, which weren't even invented until 1948, What turned this book into a doorstop was the author placing the Winchester Mystery House in San Francisco, not San Jose where it really is. Give this mess a wide pass!!! Gill Avila

"This Novel is Not Historical Fiction..."	2006-02-09
- Reviewed By User: AW5LMKTAJ1YUV
I need to repeat that because it's important: This novel is not historical fiction. The characters could have been anywhere, anywhen, and the story would have been exactly the same. The setting was a matter of convenience so the author could get the players in place and move straight into the plot - which Wheeler did. This novel, despite having some amazing characters in it, isn't a character driven book. It's a story driven book, and - like the setting - I got the distinct impression that the author chose familiar personalities who not only could contribute to the plot, but who didn't require so much explanation that the book would have needed to be another 50+ pages. The story is fantastic and well-paced, and one hell of a fine read. It's not what you might expect, so leave your expectations at home and hang on for a wild ride.

"Okay, so the concept's been done before, but the guy can write."	2005-11-10
- Reviewed By User: A3BAT0FFNP8GY2
Maybe it's because I just finished "The Nimble Man" by Christopher Golden, which has a similar premise but a lot more corn, but I really enjoyed this book. Yes - they're stereotypes of themselves. It needed fleshing out. But some of the phrases, the bits, the wordings, all speak very well of his skills as an author. The guy is going to be a pretty good author. And he doesn't do this book with a nudge and a wink, he goes straight with it - this could have been camp, this could have been cheese - it wasn't. If you want an enjoyable read, and like the idea of seeing Houdini, Laveau, Lovecraft, Doyle, etc in a action thriller together, I'd definitely recommend it.

"A bit of fluff"	2005-04-08
- Reviewed By rhiannonek
I got this book from the library expecting an easy and fun read, and that's what I got. I think it's a mistake to expect anything else from it. It wasn't the best written book in the world, but certainly not the worst and it was just a bit of fluff for me to read between more serious books. I don't recommend buying this book, but if you see it at the library and you're interested in the period or concept, give it a read.

"The Arcanum"	2004-11-05
- Reviewed By penngos
Thomas Wheeler's The Arcanum is an ambitious novel by a competent novelist. Regrettably, a story this ambitious requires more than mere competence. It requires vision, talent, skill and imagination, features that are in short supply here. The first indication that this was going to be a substandard read was right on the cover - the back of the dustjacket was lined with praise from primarily mediocre writers like Christopher Golden and Robert Doherty. The second clue is the cast of characters, a group of historical figures so overused as to have become a crutch for authors of little imagination. How many times have Doyle and Houdini been paired as erstwhile detectives? How many times has Doyle been cast as a hero of Holmesian intellect? How many times has Lovecraft come face to face with the Old Ones of his Cthulu mythos, having thought they were merely figments of his imagination? The only fresh character here is Marie Laveau, but even she had to be shoehorned into place from across space and time, seeing as she never left New Orleans and died years before 1919, when this book takes place. Wheeler comes up with half a dozen clever ideas that he tosses casually into a paragraph, magical explanations for such events as the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and the murder of the Romanoff family, but the cleverness of these tossed-off concepts pales beneath the ineptitude of the rest of the novel. It appears Wheeler did very little research into the time period about which he wrote, or the characters with which he elected to populate The Arcanum. Lovecraft is portrayed as a sniveling madman and Marie Laveau is characterized only with dropped g's at the end of gerunds and a few "cheres" thrown in to remind us all that she is from the south. Never mind that she was an intelligent Creole woman, not a Cajun. The story itself is a ridiculous mash. The chief badman is intent on destroying the world, a pretty ridiculous proposition for anyone. Think about it - where would he live, and with whom? There are angels, demons, lost tribes and ancient artifacts. Aleister Crowley appears as a menacing mage, instead of the fusty old milquetoast fraud he truly was. Other historical figures wander wanly through the narrative without convincing us of their veracity. This is a moderately entertaining book for those who prefer their historical fantasy fiction without all that messy "history", but if you are a stickler for research, plot and characterization, move on to anything by the sublime Tim Powers and pass on The Arcanum.

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