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Bezig met laden... The Madness of Cthulhu (vol 1)door S. T. Joshi (Redacteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This review is written with a GPL 4.0 license and the rights contained therein shall supersede all TOS by any and all websites in regards to copying and sharing without proper authorization and permissions. Crossposted at WordPress, Blogspot, & Librarything by Bookstooge’s Exalted Permission Title: The Madness of Cthulhu Vol. 1 Series: Cthulhu Anthology #3 Editor: ST Joshi Rating: 3.5 of 5 Stars Genre: Weird Fiction Pages: 274 Words: 114K Synopsis: Table of Contents Foreword by Jonathan Maberry Introduction by S. T. Joshi At the Mountains of Murkiness by Arthur C. Clarke The Fillmore Shoggoth by Harry Turtledove Devil’s Bathtub by Lois H. Gresh The Witness in Darkness by John Shirley How the Gods Bargain by William Browning Spencer A Mountain Walked by Caitlín R. Kiernan Diana of the Hundred Breasts by Robert Silverberg Under the Shelf by Michael Shea Cantata by Melanie Tem Cthulhu Rising by Heather Graham The Warm by Darrell Schweitzer Last Rites by K. M. Tonso Little Lady by J. C. Koch White Fire by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. A Quirk of the Mistral by Jonathan Thomas The Dog Handler’s Tale by Donald Tyson My Thoughts: Well, the collections by Salome Jones were definitely Cosmic Horror and were creepy and scary and thrilling. This collection by Joshi was not cosmic horror so much as it was Weird Fiction. Now, Lovecraft's work can be classified as both but after reading this collection, I find that I much prefer the cosmic horror over the weird fiction. One thing that didn't work so much for me was that this had bits of humor interlaced with it and nothing about Cthulhu is humorous nor should it be. The opening story, At the Mountains of Murkiness, while an absolute genius piece of parody, set the tone for the whole collection and that was not what I was looking for. The second thing that bothered me was that in a couple of stories Cthulhu or his elder god brethren actually helped humanity. That is NOT how this mythology is supposed to work and the writers who did that should not only be ashamed of themselves but should jump off a cliff to expiate for their literary sins. Or I'd gladly chop their heads off as their bodies are torn apart by a tentacled monstrosity from the depths of utter darkness. But either way, somebody's gotta pay for that optimism. I enjoyed this but not as much as I was hoping. I'll be prepared for the next volume so we'll see if expectations played as big a part as I think it did. Weird Fiction, here I come! ★★★✬☆ A collection of stories of varying quality, varying between the almost unreadable to being quite good. None of this is essential Lovecraftian mythology, and those that are after groundbreaking cosmic horror probably won't find it here. There isn't as much pastiche work as I'd expect, but none the less a lot of this is unrewarding. The occasional gem does shine out however. For completists. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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"Sixteen stories inspired by the 20th century's great master of horror, H.P. Lovecraft, and his acknowledged masterpiece, At the Mountains of Madness, in which an expedition to the desolation of Antarctica discovers evidence of an ancient ruin built by horrific creatures at first thought long-dead, until death strikes the group. All but two of the stories are original to this edition, and those reprints are long-lost works by science fiction masters Arthur C. Clarke and Robert Silverberg."-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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For those that just cannot get enough of what I call "hard" Lovecraft, there is a lot to enjoy. The stories are well written and the few exceptions are easily forgotten and forgiven. It is interesting to see the few out of genre authors take a whack at a Lovecraft story, unlike anything they've written before. I wonder how Joshi talked them into it.
Lovecraft is everywhere now. People that have never read a single story know who he is, or who Cthulhu is, or the Necronomicon, or one of his other creations. He has possibly eclipsed even Poe in both recognition and readership now. ( )