A review by arthurbdd
Acolytes of Cthulhu: Short Stories Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft by S.T. Joshi, Neil Gaiman
2.0
Price's introduction to this collection includes a risible rant about how Lovecraft fandom should be a select club of people who "get it" and trying to make the Mythos mainstream is doomed to fail and he despises seeing cosplayers at conventions.
It's a really odd take, especially when it boils down to "other people are doing Lovecraft fandom wrong" - you would think someone with that attitude would be more discerning about the stories they select for their anthologies, but instead The Acolytes of Cthulhu is all over the place in terms of tone, literary ambition, pulp quotient, and overall quality.
Still, Price is discerning in one respect: in a collection with dozens of stories, not one is by a woman. That's not a great look. Full review: https://fakegeekboy.wordpress.com/2017/10/12/tales-of-the-cthulhu-mythos-and-its-imitators-part-6/
It's a really odd take, especially when it boils down to "other people are doing Lovecraft fandom wrong" - you would think someone with that attitude would be more discerning about the stories they select for their anthologies, but instead The Acolytes of Cthulhu is all over the place in terms of tone, literary ambition, pulp quotient, and overall quality.
Still, Price is discerning in one respect: in a collection with dozens of stories, not one is by a woman. That's not a great look. Full review: https://fakegeekboy.wordpress.com/2017/10/12/tales-of-the-cthulhu-mythos-and-its-imitators-part-6/