Harry Adam Knight

Not sure why I chose a French edition of THE FUNGUS to head up this blog.  Maybe it's just to show that there actually were French editions of the HAK books.  Or maybe it's because many of the others were too horrible for public consumption.

Still, it's no longer available in this edition. But there's a comment about the cover in this review, which is in French, a language I only pursued at school briefly, though for a time long enough to demonstrate an incredible lack of aptitude for language.  Any language, including whatever the one is that I'm using now.

http://www.critiqueslibres.com/i.php/vcrit/29316

Well, that's easy for *him* to say. But Mr Google has kindly produced a translation:

"The end of the book is pretty incredible with these zombies covered with fungal praying in front of a giant porky Satan in a London city where buildings have been replaced by Amanita Puff balls and other giant-ha ...

"The filthy invasion" ("The Fungus" - 1985), second book in the Harry Gore collection signed Adam Knight (one of the pseudonyms of John Brosnan, author of Australian origin) reaches its goal perfectly. The reader feels a real repulsion due to the many unsavory details and scientific terms on the growth of fungus. The story is exciting and without downtime. Lovers of horror stories and nightmares invasions will be met. This is an excellent novel that Gore enjoys writing and translation quality.

Note that for the cover illustration, excellent Dugévoy has unfortunately been replaced by Roland Topor. The result is ugly and irrelevant."


'a giant porky Satan'?  If only. 

And who *is* this John Brosnan guy?