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Home    News    Mission    Get Books!    Contact Moody    Media Info    Blog    Shop    Feedback    Other Work    Samples    Guestbook    Mailing List    Links    Site Map    SUPPORT INFECTED BOOKS. DOWNLOAD EBOOKS DIRECT THROUGH TRADEBIT BOOKS ALSO AVAILABLE FROM:	I'm at that stage when you are eager to finish a book to know how it ends but at the same time I'm so enjoying the Autumn story that I'll be sad to finish it. At least now I know I have my next 3 books lined up. I'm "spreading the infection" as we speak I've even persuaded my husband who hates horror to read Autumn. I hope you do get the recognition you deserve, there are some pretty crappy horrror writers out there who churn out the same old stuff, and the old masters (King, Herbert etc) have lost their edge. I'm glad to have come across your work and from reading your guestbook and Amazon feedback so are many others. Autumn would be a magnificent film (in the right hands) and would be far superior to some of the rubbish released this year. Received by email I found DJ Moody accidently last year when I was attempting to alleviate the boredom of a tedious job. I downloaded (for free) and read "Autumn" first. And became instantly hooked. I was anxious for the sequel "Autumn: The City" and I didn't think it would ever get posted soon enough - especially when David was late on expected delivery! (Well worth the wait & the few dollars it cost me.) Although the Autumn story could vaguely be compared to Night of the Living Dead, it felt like something brand new. There were plenty of differences (Although having seen previews for the coming movie 28 Days Later, I'm wondering where they got their idea...) I enjoy the length of the stories - for an online text. Long enough to give you time to get comfortable and get close to the characters, but not that you have to sit for hours and hours and hours in front of the monitor. (Not like I don't normally!) I am swept away by his sense of timing. But, I enjoy the man's writing style. His delivery is flawless and it made me forget the one or two typos found throughout the text. (He's published online, not a publishing house. I doubt he has an editor other than Spell Check; and I know how fickle that employee can be. I can forgive that.) It feels fresh. It feels like a real person behind the story, not some demi-god like King, Koontz, or Saul. What I like most though (not withstanding his ability to show you a story and not explain every single little thing, his pace, his delivery, his construction of imagery, etc.) are the unconventional endings. I won't spoil it for anyone who happens upon this entry - but it's not your typical fare. I don't think. He's got a great little section on writing tips - interesting read. Argh - so much for my train of thought and giving props to Mr. Moody - I'm distracted - one of the TOJ's is rambling. I'm beginning to dislike young people more and more every day. Not because they're young, but because they're stupid. Not saying they're all like that - there are a few exceptions. Bah - maybe it is because they're young. I'm intolerant. My bad. Completely ruined my train of thought. DJMoody - a writer worth checking out. Enjoy his free downloads - pay for the others. They're worth it. Especially the one called "Trust". Posted in a blog - Summer 2003 "Didn`t I Read This Movie?" Ridiculous. Positively ridiculous. It's like I've read all the movies before, under different titles. The one that triggered this whole irritation was the movie "28 Days Later." And if you haven't seen it, when you do let me know how it was. You see, I know the story, even though I've never seen the movie. Released in November 2001, David Moody's book "Autumn" has been around awhile. The story is set in England (gasp!), is about a vicious and virulent disease destroys almost all of the population in less than twenty-four hours. There are no symptoms and no warnings. Only a handful of survivors remain. Then the disease strikes again. Walking dead people. Book 2 of the trilogy goes even deeper into the mystery. Great. Go get it. I give away a good portion of the book for free. Ok, enough about the book. The point is, isn't strikingly similar? When I saw the first commercial for 28 Days Later, I sat up in my chair. I thought David had made his book into a movie. When I realized that he didn't, my business mind almost told me to tell him he should sue (I'm American, what do you want?). However on his site David showed a lighthearted reaction to the similarities. "There are some similarities in tone and setting but, apart from the initial premise of the country being ravaged by a deadly disease, the stories are very different. Just for the record, if you haven't yet seen the film, do!" he says. How nice to see a author who is in it to produce good material, not a big profit! So while he encourages you to go see 28 Days Later, I encourage you to broaden you imagination with his chilling book. But I still say "The Hulk" is "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" with special effects… Culture Shocker editorial - July 2003 I have just finished reading Autumn, and I'm absolutely amazed that such a talented writer would release a book as good as that for people to download for free. I would not have considered myself a fan of horror fiction but I was completely engrossed in this book for days, and will recommend this site to everyone I know. I hope writing continues to bring you the success you deserve. Thank you! Guestbook - June 2003 I have read many, many hundreds of novels over the past. I love to read. I was at work without a book and typed in "on-line novels". That is how I came to find your web site. I read Autumn, and it was great. I bought Trust and it was a page turner also. I can't wait for the second Autumn book. I think your writing is fabulous, and has such a reflection of reality in the actions and conversations of the characters. I enjoyed those two e-books as much as Dean Koontz, who is a favorite of mine. Received by email - February 2003 I'm loving your books! Now I'm hooked. I've been a Stephen King fan for so many years, and now he's slowing down. The thing I really love about your books, is the endings. They make sense. Loving Stephen as I do, sometimes his stories just leave you cold. Sometimes the endings are a little dull. Of course he's made alot of money on those corny endings, I shouldn't criticize. Received by email - February 2003 Just finished AUTUMN and STRAIGHT TO YOU. Wow!! You are quite an author. I am an avid science fiction and horror fan... and you have been placed on my list of must-reads. Guestbook - February 2003 God damn, that was fantastic. I am meant to be finishing my project tonight but hey, I've not read a good yarn in ages. Even scarier than DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS. The survivors should try and get a boat or something - or arm themselves with swords - that'll sort out those pesky corpses. Cheers for a cracking evening! Recieved by email - August 2002 Your books are absolutely amazing. I read AUTUMN straight through and was on the edge of my seat throughout. I then purchased the TRUST dowload. Absolutely worth every penny. Once again, I read it straight through. I am looking forward to your new releases. Keep them coming. Guestbook - July 2002 By the way Mr. Moody, 'Trust' has my favorite "first contact" concept with aliens. You captured it in a more realistic way than I could have ever imagined. Guestbook - February 2004 Trust is surprisingly powerful. I say "surprisingly," and perhaps unfairly, because when I think of the alien invasion genre in general, I see bland summer blockbusters and lacklustre amalgams of previous genre efforts. Perhaps that's an unfair summation, but it's what I see. Almost inevitably, such a story begins with the aliens somehow arriving -- most likely a big deal is made over the affair -- followed by attempts to make contact with them. Sometimes these attempts fail, and war breaks out immediately. Other times, these attempts succeed, or appear to until it's revealed that the aliens are disguised and are really evil reptiloids bent on conquest or somesuch, after which point war breaks out immediately. Perhaps that's the first thing that's surprising, and which turns out to be powerful, about Trust. Barring the initial contact, nothing breaks out immediately. Things develop gradually. The focus here is not on martial conflict, but rather conflict of emotions and interests -- this isn't a book about aliens so much as it is about people, and it speaks volumes about those people. Or one person, that is, through whose eyes the rest are filtered. Tom Winter is hard not to root for. In Trust, however, we don't know what we're rooting for him to do. Do we want him to finally back down and accept the aliens? Do we want him to organize against them? Do we just want him to forget that they're there and only worry about his friends? This is the true conflict in the story. Trust is the story of a man under the pressure of extraordinary circumstances, and the effect they have on his ordinary life. The lives of the aliens, and of humanity in general, are important, but not essential. The essence of the story is in the actions and thoughts of Tom Winter. This story is his story. The changes he feels, the losses he suffers, and the events that culminate in his eventual triumph. This is the story of one man's success. Though I might wax too melodramatic in saying so, Trust is even, perhaps, a story of what it is to be a flawed, human hero. The story of a man who will stand up -- not for justice, not for freedom, and not with anyone to support him, but a man who will simply stand for the intrinsic merit of the act. For the alert, attentive reader, Trust is rife with revelations and rather powerful questions that one simply might not expect from an "alien invasion" novel. The story is creative and well-crafted, and even the inevitable nods to convention (initial contact, fascination with the newcomers, suspicion of the same, etc.) are handled deftly and with enough intelligence to keep them interesting. In hindsight, it might seem easy to write the ending off as having been predictable, but I was unable to feel certain of the story's final outcome up until the very end. Review by Ryan - July 2002 Straight to You is a tale of true love in a world suddenly gone crazy because of the progressive demise of Earth's sun. Our main characters, Steven and Samantha, meet and fall in love just as Earth's citizens begin to realize the danger the dying sun offers. When Sam's family travels north to join her grandmother, Steve follows in a heroic effort by a man least likely to be a hero, even though civilization is disintegrating around him. Steve's journey, filled with anxiety and doubt, threat of failure and small victories, shows us the courage that love is capable of inspiring in an ordinary man. Steve is the man next door, your co-worker, your brother. He has a job he's beginning to hate but doesn't know how to leave, he spends his off hours relaxing on his patio, and he goes out for a good time with his friends, enjoying a few drinks. What he misses in his life is a woman he can love, a woman he can spend the rest of his life with. With a hot October making England, and the rest of the world, an increasingly uncomfortable place, Steve meets his longed-for soul mate when she comes to his bank office requesting a loan. Sam is as taken with Steve as he is with her and quickly agrees to go out with him. Their romance progresses as fast as the heat, flinging them into a sudden dilemma. Sam's father doesn't like Steve, so when her grandmother needs help, her father insists that she accompany them north. Since her family ties are stronger than her newly formed love, Sam agrees. She and Steve don't worry about their separation until the day before she's due to leave. Steve's journey to reunite with Sam is harrowing and soul-searching, but it's riveting reading. It would be easy to call this book simplistic, lacking any hard technological observations or scientific facts, but that would be ignoring its real strength. I became totally absorbed in this poignant story of what I suspected was a doomed love. Steve's thoughts and feelings, as he realizes the world is dying, are starkly compelling. His actions are so normal, so ordinary, that I yearned for something to save the world and his relationship with Sam. David Moody has written a book that grabbed me when I wasn't looking. His clear, straightforward writing style and easy dialogue are deceptive, hiding the power of Steve and Sam's story. In the end, what I felt most was admiration and deep satisfaction. Straight to You is a book I won't soon forget. Linda Steadman - Sci-fi Romance Newsletter 92 December 2001 www.sfronline.com