Inaugurating Dell's new Abyss Books series, this powerful first novel is as thought-provoking as it is horrifying. And they will use and prey upon weak people like Nicholas where they can. Just totally selfish, uncaring, and narcissistic. Koja has created credible characters who are desperate for both entertainment and salvation. A true monster in the sense that there are (unfortunately) people like her out in the world. For Nicholas himself, the hole is a phenomenon that forces him to face his miserable, aimless life. Title: The Cipher Author: Kathe Koja Genre: Horror Date of Publication: Initial publication 1991, Rerelease: SeptemPublisher: Meerkat Press LLC Synopsis Nicholas is a would-be poet and video-store clerk with a weeping hole in his hand weeping not blood, but a plasma of tears It began with Nakota and her crooked grin. Mesmerized by the Funhole, she claims that Nicholas is the only one who can make things happen around it. To Nakota the hole means change, because whatever is dropped into the Funhole emerges transformed- if it ever emerges. The videotape they retrieve is spellbinding, but there's a catch: what Nicholas sees is different from everyone else's vision. Next, they lower a camcorder into the hole to record the action within. Down-and-out Nicholas and his friend Nakota one day discover a black hole in the floor of an abandoned storage room in his apartment building, which they quickly christen the ``Funhole.'' The two set out to see what happens when they drop various items into the hole, whetting its appetite with insects, a mouse and a human hand, which all come back violently rearranged.
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