Reviews

The Madness of Cthulhu Anthology by J.C. Koch, Donald Tyson, Michael Shea, K.M. Tonso, Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., S.T. Joshi, Lois H. Gresh, Harry Turtledove, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Robert Silverberg, Heather Graham, Arthur C. Clarke, Jonathan Thomas, William Browning Spencer, Daniel Schweitzer, John Shirley, Melanie Tem

esotericorder's review

2.0

A mediocre anthology at best, loosely themed around the mountains of madness, the long lost Arthur C. Clark story should have remained lost (yeah it was that bad). Other than that, there were like 4-5 out of 16 stories that were good but the majority was below average, most anthologies are swingy when it comes to quality, but this one was pretty lame because the bad ones were really bad...

Best stories were, "Warm" by Darrel Schweitzer, "A mountain walked" by Caitlin Kiernan, "the dog handle's tale" by Donald Tyson and "Diana of the hundred breasts" by Robert Silverberg.

porsane's review

2.0

An OK collection of short stories that rarely reach beyond that. The title is misleading, there's very little insanity in any of the stories.