heregrim's review against another edition
4.0
This collection I picked up because I own and love Don't Turn Your Back the board game of the universe. I figured before I really sat down and read the RPG (Don't Rest Your Head) that I would check out some short stories from the universe. Most were good, a few were great. I loved Don'T Be you Father, Don't Spill Your Tea, Don't Forget Your Kids & Don't Bleach Your Memories. All of them were weird and creepy and I couldn't stop reading them.
ipacho's review
4.0
A collection of short stories based on the Don't Rest Your Head RPG, these are the perfect inspiration to get the Mad City and all the possibilities for storytelling there. There are a wide variety of styles, and some of the stories are superb, while most of them are good. A highly recommended reading for the fantasy/horror fan!
malkav11's review
4.0
Don't Read This Book is a compendium of short stories based on the tabletop roleplaying game Don't Rest Your Head, a brilliant little number based on the idea that when you stay awake for a sufficiently prolonged period of time, you begin to operate on the wavelength of the Mad City, where the nightmares live. And then you're never safe again.
The collection is a bit uneven. There are some very good lesser-known authors involved, folks like Greg Stolze, Chuck Wendig, and Harry Connolly. And generally speaking, those authors turn out some genuinely interesting, nightmarish ideas. On the other hand, some of the stories, especially those very early in the book, read like a tutorial on the RPG's concepts and little more. Still, it's cheap, and when it's good it's very good.
The collection is a bit uneven. There are some very good lesser-known authors involved, folks like Greg Stolze, Chuck Wendig, and Harry Connolly. And generally speaking, those authors turn out some genuinely interesting, nightmarish ideas. On the other hand, some of the stories, especially those very early in the book, read like a tutorial on the RPG's concepts and little more. Still, it's cheap, and when it's good it's very good.
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