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| Author | Pat Cadigan |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Jason X |
Release number | 2 |
| Genre | Horror, science fiction |
| Publisher | Black Flame |
Publication date | 25 January 2005 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 416 |
| ISBN | 9781844161690 |
| OCLC | 57063698 |
| Preceded by | Jason X |
| Followed by | Jason X: Planet of the Beast |
Jason X: The Experiment is a 2005 science fiction horror novel written by Pat Cadigan and published by Black Flame.[1][2][3] A tie-in to the Friday the 13th series of American horror films, it is the second in a series of five Jason X novels published by Black Flame and acts as a sequel to the 2001 film Jason X and its 2005 novelization, which was also written by Pat Cadigan and published by Black Flame.[4][5][6]
Plot
[edit]Publication
[edit]Author Pat Cadigan has stated she "had a great time" writing her two Jason X novels; one of the ways she met Black Flame's required number of words was by coming up with "an explanation as to why Jason Voorhees was always killing people for having sex."[7] In response to potential criticism over having authored Jason X novels and other media tie-ins, Cadigan declared, "When people are done going to the gallery, and they've finished all the required reading, they've studied up on everything, they take their cues from popular culture." Cadigan further commented, "They're fun and they remind me what I like about writing. And they reinforce lessons to me about narrative momentum and narrative structure. There are things that have to be different on the page rather than on the screen."[8]
Reception
[edit]Don D'Ammassa, in a review written for Science Fiction Chronicle, had a middling response to the novel, writing, "Cadigan manages to provide an exciting story, mostly by avoiding the clichés of the film, but her original work is obviously much better than this."[9] Rod Lott of Bookgasm included The Experiment in his 2005 article "9 Recent Books I Just Couldn't Bring Myself to Finish, No Matter How Hard I Tried."[10] William Hutson, co-founder of the band Clipping and a fan of Cadigan, has commented positively on her two Jason X novels, stating, "They are really silly and feel very tossed off, but it's kind of amazing. I really love when really good sci-fi writers write tie-in stuff."[11] Nat Brehmer of Bloody Disgusting felt elements like the depiction of life on Earth II and the creation of a clone of Jason Voorhees with the power to assimilate the dead were handled in an "anticlimactic" way and concluded, "The slasher element is abandoned pretty early on, which is obviously not great for a Jason novel, while the environmental plot takes over."[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "B-Books Bring Movie Killers to the Written Page". classic-horror.com. Classic-Horror. 6 December 2004. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ Stephen Jones (2006). The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 17. Constable & Robinson. Introduction: Horror in 2005. ISBN 9781845293154.
- ^ Gilliand, Blu (13 July 2018). "If Books Could Kill: Jason Voorhees in Print". cemeterydance.com. Cemetery Dance Publications. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ Beverly Baer, ed. (2005). What Do I Read Next? 2005: A Readers Guide to Current Genre Fiction, Volume 2. Gale. p. 243. ISBN 9780787690229.
- ^ Brehmer, Nat (3 January 2017). "Mr. Voorhees Goes to Washington: The Nine Weirdest Things Jason Has Done Outside the Films". wickedhorror.com. Wicked Horror. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ Cotter, Padraig (6 March 2022). "Are The Friday The 13th Novels Canon With The Movie Series?". screenrant.com. Screen Rant. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "An Interview With Cyberpunk Legend Pat Cadigan". cyberpunks.com. Cyberpunks. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ Thornton, Jonathan (3 December 2018). "Interview With Pat Cadigan". fantasy-hive.co.uk. The Fantasy Hive. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ "Critical Mass by Don D'Ammassa". Science Fiction Chronicle. Vol. 1, no. 260. United States: Warren Lapine. February 2005. p. 33.
- ^ Lott, Rod (13 September 2005). "9 Recent Books I Just Couldn't Bring Myself to Finish, No Matter How Hard I Tried". bookgasm.com. Internet Archive. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ Ferguson, Tom (4 April 2017). "Interview with Jonathan Snipes and William Hutson from Clipping". keithmcmillen.com. Keith McMillen Instruments. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ Brehmer, Nat (13 August 2021). "A Trip to Planet #666: Exploring the Wild and Weird Worlds of the Jason X Novels and Comics". bloody-disgusting.com. Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
External links
[edit]- The Experiment title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database