First bad (really really bad) review of Poe

[ellen_datlow]

In the interest of fairness, I'm posting this new review of Poe that just went up on Strange Horizons .

Btw, my lj format has just gone wonky on me...anyone else? I think the html went away--or something--anyone have the same problem?
And the photo of Bella, my icon, is gone.

Fixed!

Added 2/26, Colleen Mondor of Chasing Ray mentions Poe (and reacts to the SH review) on her site--you'll have to scroll down to the bottom of the post:

So Many Destinations

She also quotes Catherynne Valente on her new fantasy Palimpsest.

Comments

[al-zorra.livejournal.com]

I honestly don't see why the reviewer thinks the choice you made is a bad / wrong one -- to have the anthology's stories not be overly Poe stories themselves, but the authors' own imagined probing of what is horrible and of strong sensibility. Why must an anthology be tightly focused on a single idea or mood? It does have a theme, which tells us why the anthology exists. That should be enough, as long as the stories are good. The reviewer tells us everything is strongly written, far above average 'competency.'

So, well. Anyway.

Love, C.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

One would think...