Ron Dakron's Reviews
Reviews of Ron’s Work
Sep.08.1997
Published by Publishers Weekly
"Dakron keeps the story moving along at a sprightly (not to say manic) clip . . . readers of his third novel (after infra and Newt) will discover a writer with a fine ear and...
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Jul.21.1988
Published by Ergo Magazine
"Dakron is a poet and the language of this novel is eroticized poetry married to story . . . This is a sex and violence story told more in dream and nightmare than in daytime...
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Nov.09.1988
Published by The Seattle Weekly
"infra is a wild ride . . . there’s lots of sex, drugs, rock’n’roll, wild American tourists on the loose, and a level of writing that attains a very convincing and enviable poetic...
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Published by Midwest Book Review, Vol. 4, No. 2
Insects were never thought of by anyone as 'sexy'. "Mantids" takes a look into the love life of the mantis, and a certain male of the species who can't seem to get enough due to a...
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Nov.05.2008
Published by The Fright Site
[T]he book is lively and funny, with a spot-on portrayal of the Pacific Northwest punk subculture amid all the insanity--and really: perverted sex, punk rock, Viagra, mutant...
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Apr.16.2009
Published by www.sfsite.com
The real star of the book is not the narrator but the writing. Dakron is a poet and his skill with words makes this book shine. He pulls all of your senses in while describing a...
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Aug.15.1997
Published by Kirkus Reviews
Ne plus ultra bizarre, man! With cartilaginous prose, soft as fishbone, sense-bending and scattershot as a Robin Williams shtick where lost meanings blast by, Dakron's third...
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As sinister as a thirteen-year-old with a lighter and a keg of butane.”
—Raven Chronicles
About Ron
Ron Dakron is a poet and novelist.
He is the author of four novels-infra, Newt, Hammers and Mantids, and three collections of poetry. His work runs the gamut from surrealism to sci-fi pastiche.
Publishers Weekly deemed him "a writer with a fine ear...