pamwinkler's review
3.0
"A Study in Emerald" by Neil Gaiman is fantastic, but I've read it a couple of times already.
"Bring Helena Back" by Sarah Monette was very good.
I liked "Take Me to the River" by Paul McAuley
"The Essayist in the Wilderness" by William Browning Spencer was fantastic.
I've read "Shoggoths in Bloom" by Elizabeth Bear before, it remains very good.
"Details" by China Mieville I've read before. It's a nice and solid good story.
"Mongoose" by Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette is fantastic. I've read it before and I really love it.
"Bring Helena Back" by Sarah Monette was very good.
I liked "Take Me to the River" by Paul McAuley
"The Essayist in the Wilderness" by William Browning Spencer was fantastic.
I've read "Shoggoths in Bloom" by Elizabeth Bear before, it remains very good.
"Details" by China Mieville I've read before. It's a nice and solid good story.
"Mongoose" by Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette is fantastic. I've read it before and I really love it.
carlaabra's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
david_agranoff's review
5.0
Read many of the stories before. One of my favorite Lovcraftian Novellas is re-printed here. John Shirley's Buried in the Sky. All kinds of good stuff including highlights from Norman Partridge and Cody Goodfellow. The China Mieville of ... Full review coming.
arthurbdd's review
2.0
Overly reliant on the same limited stable of authors that too many modern Mythos anthologies rely on, and fairly cheaply presented at that. Full review: https://fakegeekboy.wordpress.com/2022/08/05/cthulhu-mythos-anthologies-are-trash-and-i-hate-them/
cjdavey's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
themadmaiden's review
5.0
These were quite good actually. I enjoyed more then I usually do in short story collections.
starship's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
brucemri's review against another edition
4.0
I'm getting very fond of Paula Guran as an editor. This is a really solid collection of stories that take the material of the Cthulhu Mythos in all kinds of interesting directions. Not every story worked for me - in particular I found some of the efforts at gonzo humor less than successful - but most did, and several were downright excellent. My reading time was well spent.