A review by pamwinkler
Cthulhu 2000: Stories by Harlan Ellison, Thomas Ligotti
3.0
I finally got this back from the library so I can type up my story reviews. There were some good stories, but a lot of them I'd read before.
The Barrens by F. Paul Wilson was really good.
Pickman's Modem by Lawrence Watt-Evans was amusing.
Shaft Number 247 by Basin Copper was interesting. I liked it.
His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood by Poppy Z. Brite is a good story. I've read it before, it's a wonderful adaptation/update of Lovecraft's The Hound
The Adder by Fred Chappell was interesting. I liked it.
Fat Face by Michael Shea was kind of unpleasant, but good.
The Big Fish by Kim Newman was good. I tend to like his stuff.
"I Had Vacantly Crumpled It into My Pocket...But by God, Eliot, It Was a Photograph from Life!" by Joanna Russ was a pretty good story.
H.P.L by Gahan Wilson was interesting. It was kind of purple in places.
The Unthinkable by Bruce Sterling was interesting. I liked it, I think.
Black Man with a Horn by T.E.D Klein is a good story, pretty scary.
Love's Eldritch Ichor by Esther M. Frisner was pretty silly.
The Last Feast of Harlequin by Thomas Ligotti is a fantastic story.
The Shadow on the Doorstep by James P. Blaylock was interesting, but didn't feel like it went much of anywhere.
Lord of the Land by Gene Wolfe was kind of confusing to me. I don't think I liked it.
The Faces at Pine Dunes by Ramsey Campbell was kind of unpleasant.
On the Slab by Harlan Ellison was interesting, but it didn't go where I thought it was going to go. I'm not sure it really fit in the story collection.
24 Views of Mt. Fuji by Housai by Robert Zelazny was interesting, but also didn't have a lot to do with Lovecraftian horror or anything like that.
The Barrens by F. Paul Wilson was really good.
Pickman's Modem by Lawrence Watt-Evans was amusing.
Shaft Number 247 by Basin Copper was interesting. I liked it.
His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood by Poppy Z. Brite is a good story. I've read it before, it's a wonderful adaptation/update of Lovecraft's The Hound
The Adder by Fred Chappell was interesting. I liked it.
Fat Face by Michael Shea was kind of unpleasant, but good.
The Big Fish by Kim Newman was good. I tend to like his stuff.
"I Had Vacantly Crumpled It into My Pocket...But by God, Eliot, It Was a Photograph from Life!" by Joanna Russ was a pretty good story.
H.P.L by Gahan Wilson was interesting. It was kind of purple in places.
The Unthinkable by Bruce Sterling was interesting. I liked it, I think.
Black Man with a Horn by T.E.D Klein is a good story, pretty scary.
Love's Eldritch Ichor by Esther M. Frisner was pretty silly.
The Last Feast of Harlequin by Thomas Ligotti is a fantastic story.
The Shadow on the Doorstep by James P. Blaylock was interesting, but didn't feel like it went much of anywhere.
Lord of the Land by Gene Wolfe was kind of confusing to me. I don't think I liked it.
The Faces at Pine Dunes by Ramsey Campbell was kind of unpleasant.
On the Slab by Harlan Ellison was interesting, but it didn't go where I thought it was going to go. I'm not sure it really fit in the story collection.
24 Views of Mt. Fuji by Housai by Robert Zelazny was interesting, but also didn't have a lot to do with Lovecraftian horror or anything like that.