What do You think about The X-Files: Goblins (1994)?
I surprisingly found this book in the corner of a small town Dollar General store. I am a big X-Files fan and it dawned on me that I never bothered finding out if there were any official novels out there. Needless to say, I bought the book without question. This is the kind of book you can read over the weekend or a long afternoon. It felt like a monster of the week episode and the author did a great job in capturing the quirky essence of Mulder and Scully. However, the story itself was slow to start for the first 100 pages and then quickly unraveled from that point on. It was a bit underwhelming, frustrating, and always felt like it was missing something. Overall, I still found it to be an enjoyable read despite the shortcomings involved. If you are a fan of the series, then it would be worth your time. If not, I would recommend skipping it.
—Brandon Warren
This book fits into the bingo board "A book with a male protagonist"Because my mum suggested it to me as it was a very old book both my brothers read as a childI liked the cases they had to solve, they were interestingI didn't like the ending, it was quite confusing to understand.I didn't learn anything from this bookI didn't notice anything unusual from this bookAn interesting quote from this book is "I screwed up.' Her hands again. 'Damnit, I screwed up.''Nope' [Mulder] said... 'If I was dead, then you would have screwed up.' She saw the grin. 'Then I'd have to haunt you.''Mulder that's not funny."I recommend this book to people who like thrills and mysteries, cases etc
—Mat Ma
There’s a folder on my hard drive— named “Apocrypha,” what else?— that, like maybe anyone who came of age on the internet at the same time, is full of X-Files fan fiction. Stories I’ve saved, stories I’ve written (like an ambitious/incomplete undertaking where I elaborated greatly on the canon of seasons 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, episode by episode), so there’s the understatement for you: that I’ve read and written, and still write and read, my share of X-Files fanfic. I may be able to speak with some authority on the subject, is what I’m saying. A few weeks ago, I was at the beach. One afternoon was nothing but storms, and I ended up spending all of it in this little used bookshop talking to the owner for hours. We covered so much ground, and got around to fanfic and the joys of it, and talked about our favorite shows, and before I left with my stack of books she tossed this one in for kicks. Not even ironically or nostalgically or self-consciously— but plenty self-indulgently— this was the first book I went for as soon as I was back in the room. I got a bucket of ice to eat like popcorn and, already channeling Mulder and Scully enough in my choice of shitty motels, curled up in the big bed to read all night about Mulder and Scully working a case in shitty motels.Sometimes the place and time you read a book is all you need.This? This was surprisingly a blast. Terse, crisp language. Not choked with adverbs. Very little that made me cringe. Mulder was written pretty spot on, and Scully a little less than spot on at first but then better later on— which I completely understand because of how hard Scully is to write. The secondary characters needed more development, and the word “goblins” could have been used half as much and still been plenty, but beyond that, my complaints are few and far between. It’s a serviceable little horror story with two familiar faces, that puts Waylon Jennings on the jukebox on page 2, that not once, not even once, describes Mulder as “lanky,” and that has plenty of fun getting where it’s going. There’s my criteria, right there.It isn’t up there with some of the best fanfic I’ve read, but paid or not, published or not, there’s something special about enjoying a story so much you make it your own, and Grant holds his own. On the dark, dark day gossamer.org is gone forever (heaven forbid), at least I’ll have this book and my hard drive to keep me company.
—Jamie
