Category Archives: Sample Reviews

Some examples of Gene Stewart’s nonfiction.

Review of Above Top Secret by Timothy Good

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Gene Stewart

Above Top Secret: The Worldwide UFO Cover-Up by Timothy Good Quill/Wm. Morrow, 1988, 8th imprint 592pp, includes Appendix, Notes, Index Appendix includes facsimile documents and illustrations 2 b&w photo inserts Trade Paperback edition A Review by Gene Stewart Fat book. … Continue reading →

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Review of The Man Who Would Be Jack (the Ripper) by David Bullock

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Gene Stewart

The Man Who Would Be Jack: The Hunt for the Real Ripper by David Bullock The Robson Press, 2012 294pp, 1 illustration, 3 appendices, no index ISBN: 9781849543408 A Review by Gene Stewart In the prologue we witness an inmate … Continue reading →

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Review of The Uninvited by Nick Pope

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Gene Stewart

The Uninvited: An Exposé of the Alien Abduction Phenomenon by Nick Pope Dell pb, 1999, Appendices, Bibliography, Index A Review by Gene Stewart An oldie but a goodie. The first half of this book is as clear-headed, concise, and rational … Continue reading →

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Review of Grave’s End by Elaine Mercado

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Gene Stewart

Grave’s End, A True Ghost Story by Elaine Mercado, R.N. Introduction by Hans Holzer Llewellyn, 2001, 2nd Printing ISBN: 0 – 73870 – 003 – 7 Trade Paperback This is a well-written, rational portrait of a family dealing with the … Continue reading →

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Review of Top Secret/Majic by Stanton T. Friedman

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Gene Stewart

Top Secret/Majic by Stanton T. Friedman Foreward by Whitley Strieber Marlowe & Company, 1996, Trade pb ISBN: 1-56924-741-2 4pp b&w photo insert 5 appendices, bibliography, indexed 272 pages A Book Review and General Discussion by Gene Stewart Although focused on … Continue reading →

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Crash At Corona by Don Berliner & Stanton T. Friedman, A Review

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Gene Stewart

Crash at Corona The U.S. Military Retrieval and Cover-Up of a UFO The Definitive Study of the Roswell Incident by Don Berliner and Stanton T. Friedman Paraview Special Editions, 2004 Originally published by Marlowe & Co. in 1992, updated in … Continue reading →

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Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King, A Review

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Gene Stewart

Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King Scribner’s 2014 Hardcover 1st edition 437pp ISBN: 978-1-4767-5445-1 A Review by Gene Stewart He mentions James M. Cain on the dedication page but this streamlined killer thriller has other echoes, more contemporary ones. Lean prose, … Continue reading →

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Review of Death in the City of Light by David King

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Gene Stewart

Death in the City of Light by David King Crown/Broadway, 2011, 1st ed. 345pp, biblio, notes, index, 8pp b/w photo insert This book is sub-titled The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris, referring to Dr. Marcel Petiot, who murdered, dissected, and … Continue reading →

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Review of The Devil’s Teeth by Susan Casey

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Gene Stewart

The Devil’s Teeth by Susan Casey Henry Holt 2005 First edition, hc 14pp color photo insert Frontispiece map Selected Bibliography Twenty or so miles beyond the Golden Gate Bridge but still within San Francisco city limits lie the Farallon Islands. … Continue reading →

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Review of Flicker by Theodore Roszak

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Gene Stewart

Flicker by Theodore Roszak Bantam mass market pb May 1993 1st edition $5.99 cover price 575pp The flicker in the title refers to movies, the fluttering light-and-dark going on behind the images as film moves through the camera at 24 … Continue reading →

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