The Hollow Skull

By Christopher Pike

Book Overview

There is something wrong with the people of Madison--something has entered their skulls, pierced their souls and changed them into aliens who want to transform humanity into a nightmarish race that... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671550594
• ISBN13: 9780671550592
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Simon Pulse
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.1" x 6.7"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

just when I thought it couldn't get better...

Stunning and thought provoking, Christopher Pike has once more outdone himself with The Hollow Skull. Packed with action, plot twists, and a shocking (but realistic, I feel) ending, I couldn't put it down. If you read but one Christopher Pike book, this should be it.

WOW!

I don't agree with some of the readers. This book is right up there with Chain Letter 2 as Pike's best book. This one really made me think and had some interesting characters. And it had GORE. This book has some extremely gory moments. But i do have to say that I HATED the ending. The book moves at such a great pace and had me not able to put the book down. But then the ending came and it left a sour taste in my mouth. But the ending can not stop this from being a great book! Personally, I'd like a sequel which could make this ending a little better. This book has 210 pages. It was one of the best books i've ever read up until page 203.

Not you run of the mill Horror story

As always, Christopher Pike creates a book that forces the reader to heighten their thinking to another level. With a combination of fuisturistic sciences and a small town heroine with a will of steel, Pike not only entertains the reader, but he provokes wonder for those who are willing to accept it.Christopher Pike has a knack for not treating the reader as an idiot (for lack of a better word) and as always, treats the reader as an intelligent person and does not spell out every detail. The antagonist has a desire to create one consciousness in this book, but unlike in the Starlight Crystal, the end goal is not so positive. To what degree are we willing to sacrifice those we love to save ourselves, and to what degree are we willing to sacrifice ourselves to save others?

A good book that makes you think.

I do not agree with the other reveiws of this book. I think it's time that we start thinking while reading a book. It's not that hard. Mr. Pike did leave a few dead ends, but that just gives the reader a chance to be creative! I liked this, it was just as good as all his others. I think the author is just changing his style of writing with his more recent books, and that doesn't mean they aren't good. This book has a certain feeling of a bigger presence, with Sio and all. It makes you feel that there is someone watching, which is a comforting thought. Even if this someone wants to destroy mankind...

Moving On

I enjoyed this book very much. It seems like Mr. Pike has tapped into the greater meaning of life, delving beneath the surface and producing some very disturbing material. Pike has grown with his audience, preparing us for the more twisted and crumbling world to be...