Jason X

by Pat Cadigan

Cryogenically frozen in the act of killing his final victim, the hockey-masked killer Jason Voorhees is reawakened by science students in the distant future and once again goes on the rampage, this... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844161684
• ISBN13: 9781844161683
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Black Flame
• Length: 414 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.3" x 6.7"
• Age Range: 15 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 10 and higher

Customer Reviews

Super unrealistic !

Hay but what can u expect. It's Jason, u blow off his head (this happens in the book) and he's still not dead. The deaths were very original however.Like one girl gets sucked out of the spaceship when jason rips the wall open. If u saw the movie read it it'll explain some stuff that u were confused about (take the girl getting ripped out of the spaceship). Its a quick read but don't be ready to be impressed.Its just another old slasher flick. What u get is sex, stupid people, and gore.

Jason X #2 - Good story, but . . . .

Well, to start off, I thought this was a good sequel to Jason X, with the rebuilt Uberjason being captured by scientists in the future and experimented on by a government wanting a supersoldier, until Jason gets loose and all hell starts breaking loose again. The potential for a good old-fashioned slasher was quite present, though the sci-fi angle was interesting too, as the scientists tried to understand the merging of machine and flesh now present in Jason, which is apparently supposed to be impossible. But then, Jason's always had a knack for pulling off the impossible, hasn't he? Unfortunately, the part that made it hard for me to make it through this book was the rather excessive amount of detail of each and every character and object in the background, which is why I'm only giving it four stars, because the sheer amount of detail sometimes made it hard to continue. This is something I've come to expect with certain authors, but when the action finally begins, and the blood-bath begins, I found myself making the same surprised noises as when I watch Jason's movies, so while slow at times, I did enjoy the book. If you're a Jason fan, and you enjoyed Jason X, as I did, then by all means, read this sequel.

The book not the movie

Since I am a fan of the Friday the 13th movies (got them all on VHS and DVD), I of course fell into this series and dropped the cash to read them. I need the occassional escape book that is nothing but fun to read, no deep plots or twists and turns, just brain jelly for the day. This book by Pat Cadigan seems to have been written directly off the movie. A few descrepencies but it is all there in print for you. The author then adds to it by developing backgrounds on Brodski and his grunts as well as Rowan and explains just why the heck there are teenagers running around in a spaceship. She also gives some reasoning to Jason's very limited thought processes which are enough to make sense without going overboard, I mean the guy is a walking slashing zombie killing machine now so how much can be going through his brain. By no means is this the Great American Novel, it's not even the Good American Novel, but it is an entertaining read for those who are fans of the series. Those who aren't fans, just watch the movie, you'll get the same thing out of it in 1/4 of the time. It's an 80 minute movie versus an 8 hour read. For fans, check it out for backgrounds and then slip into the rest of the series.

JASON X: THE EXPERIMENT: Good concept, okay novel

When I first found this novel in a local bookstore, I was pretty excited. I'm a fan of horror movies, and I took a particular shine to the movie Jason X (being a sci-fi fan as well). I knew that Jason X was a critical failure, however, and had little hope of the story going any farther than the one movie. Needless to say, the discovery of the book was a pleasent suprise; I bought it immediately and read it within two weeks. I think it only fair to point out that "The Experiment" is almost nothing like the movie it continues off of. Whereas Jason X was filled with plenty of interesting science fiction bits, "The Experiment" features almost nothing until the end, and at times I felt that it could just as easily taken place in the present. Though this isn't a major gripe, it still took something away from the book. My bigger complaint, however, is the excessiveness of the book. "The Experiment" is over 400 pages, and yet the majority of this is focussed on introducing characters that were either inconsequential or, at worst, extremely booring, and then forcing us to wade through their personal stories until, at the end, they are either killed (which I was immensly glad about, at times) or left dangling, their fates left up in the air. Sure, another book is forthcoming, but the ending still seems too sudden, and the epilogue makes NO SENSE WHATSOEVER. All in all, I'd say that "The Experiment" is a decent book, but too little Jason and too many other people puts a damper on a good concept. 4 out of 5.

Good new Uber-Jason story

I loved this new adventure about Uber-jason (the new jason Voorhees from Jason X movie). It's very well written and the story is interesting. I liked the cooperation between Jason and the nano-ants. If u loved the movie u'll love this one too, if not it's a good opportunity to re-considering the Jason x Franchise ( at least on novel).