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ellen_datlow) wrote2009-09-29 03:32 pm
ellen_datlow) wrote2009-09-29 03:32 pm
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some stray reviews
Rue Morgue October
In Poe, Hugo Award winning editor Ellen Datlow celebrates Poe’s 200th birthday by assembling nineteen original stories inspired by the master. Standout tales include Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s decidedly vicious “Flitting Away,” about a woman who is beaten and left for dead after a date rape, Laird Barron’s “Strappado,” concerning a group of aristocratic art aficionados who attend an underground exhibit and discover that they are destined to become a permanent part of the collection, and “Beyond Porch and Portal,” a rather unique entry by E. Catherine Tobler that examines Poe’s last days. Other authors offer up stories dealing with deadly plagues, scary shapeshifters, demented doppelgangers and even dead NASCAR drivers. While there are a couple of clunkers in the bunch, Poe is still worth reading cover to cover, as it’s fun trying to guess which classic story inspired which author.
--Last Chance Lance
From Karissa's reading Room:
Troll's Eye View
From the Australian group blog Not if you were the last Short story on earth
Troll's Eye View
and From The Zone
Inferno
In Poe, Hugo Award winning editor Ellen Datlow celebrates Poe’s 200th birthday by assembling nineteen original stories inspired by the master. Standout tales include Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s decidedly vicious “Flitting Away,” about a woman who is beaten and left for dead after a date rape, Laird Barron’s “Strappado,” concerning a group of aristocratic art aficionados who attend an underground exhibit and discover that they are destined to become a permanent part of the collection, and “Beyond Porch and Portal,” a rather unique entry by E. Catherine Tobler that examines Poe’s last days. Other authors offer up stories dealing with deadly plagues, scary shapeshifters, demented doppelgangers and even dead NASCAR drivers. While there are a couple of clunkers in the bunch, Poe is still worth reading cover to cover, as it’s fun trying to guess which classic story inspired which author.
--Last Chance Lance
From Karissa's reading Room:
Troll's Eye View
From the Australian group blog Not if you were the last Short story on earth
Troll's Eye View
and From The Zone
Inferno