Sep 1, 2024
What happens when the First World War meets pulp science
fiction?
This month we read the novel: Black Hand Gang (the
first in the No Man's World trilogy) by Pat Kelleher. The book
depicts a fictional battalion of British soldiers who are
transported from the Somme to a strange alien world. As a result we
discuss supernatural horror and the war, the use of slang, and
whether this book was written explicitly for Chris.
References:
Pat Kelleher, Black Hand Gang (No Man’s Word Book 1)
(2011)
Daniel Dafoe, Robinson Crusoe (1719)
Dennis Wheatley, The Devil Rides Out (1934)
Pat Barker, Regeneration (1991)
Neil Gaiman, The Sandman (1989 - present)
Juno Dawson, Her Majesty’s Royal Coven (2022)
Reginal Hill, The Wood Beyond (1995)
Blackadder Goes Forth, BBC TV (1989)
Pat Mills, Charley’s War (1979-1986)
Brian Lumbley
HG Wells
HP Lovecraft