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Wednesday reviews round-up for 17th March
Posted by Paul Raven on March 17th, 2010 at 13:31
I guess it’s a bit of a stretch calling it a ’round-up’ when there’s only one item to mention, but hey – I think consistency is an admirable thing. That said, it’s the hobgoblin of small minds according to some, but they’re apparently misquoting the good Mr Emerson, so I’m just gonna carry on as usual if that’s all right with you all. Yes? Jolly good.
So, yes – the review, which is a reckoning by Martin Andersson of Dead Reckonings Magazine of S T Joshi‘s Black Wings anthology of new Lovecraftian horror – a venue that, I think we can all agree, knows a thing or two about Lovecraft. Andersson goes to town and looks closely at a large number of the stories individually, but he zooms out for the big picture at the end of his piece:
How well does this anthology succeed as a vessel for the modern Lovecraftian vision? My answer would be, “Very well.” Even though the stories span a wide range of different subgenres and styles, they chime together in a dark symphony as eldritch and as cosmic as the music of Erich Zann. I sincerely hope that there will be more books like this in the years ahead.
You can’t ask for a more sterling recommendation than that, now can you?
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March 26th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
I am so excited to see this book! Of course I read most of it in the file that S. T. sent us, with the exception of some authors, such as Laird Barron, the first reading of which I want to be from the actual book, cos he special. Having a tale in this anthology is a dream come true for me! The book is amazing! It shews, absolutely, that there is still so much to be done within the Lovecraftian genre. Why hasn’t an American publisher picked this book up??? Hello, Tor? Subterranean Press? Del Rey?