Compiled by multi-award winning editor, Ellen Datlow, this collection commemorates the second centenary of Edgar Allan Poe's birth. It features Poe...
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May 12, 2011
Brendanmoody
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[This review was originally written when I read the book in December 2008. Comments added in March 2010 are in brackets.]
Of the two great figures of American horror fiction, Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, Lovecraft is far more frequently imitated. Whether inspired by his cosmicist materialist philosophy, his carefully-honed ornate prose, or (most often, alas) his universe of vastly ancient godlike aliens, other writers have been working in Lovecraft's tradition for decades, a More...
Of the two great figures of American horror fiction, Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, Lovecraft is far more frequently imitated. Whether inspired by his cosmicist materialist philosophy, his carefully-honed ornate prose, or (most often, alas) his universe of vastly ancient godlike aliens, other writers have been working in Lovecraft's tradition for decades, a More...
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Mar 25, 2009
Orrin
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I've read and enjoyed several anthologies by Ellen Datlow now, but I didn't enjoy Poe as much as, say, The Dark or Inferno. It's not that the stories are any worse, on balance--most of the stories in Poe are actually quite good--I just found this one to be somewhat disappointing, though not for any reason I can readily pin down. I guess the closest I could come would be to say that, while I do love Poe--who doesn't?--I found little enough of the things I love most about him in most of these st
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Apr 25, 2009
Courtney
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Nov 06, 2011
Mate77
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As is the case with almost all short story collections, some turned out to be great, some good, some forgettable. This collection provided a few surprisingly excellent stories, my favourties where ''The Red Piano'' by Delia Sherman (although a little cliched the story contained an atmosphere Poe himself would be proud of), ''Truth and Bone'' by Pat Cadigan (I wish she would expand this one into a novel, great story) and ''Technicolor'' by John Langan (this one builds up slowely to a great ending
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Mar 29, 2009
Alexandra
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To be honest, I haven't read any really good horror for a long time, and it was only by chance I saw this one, and thought, Ah! Ellen.
I really love stuff compiled by Datlow and so, bought it on the strength of her previous collections. And I wasn't disappointed, even though there were a couple of shorts that were not really to my own personal liking, they never detracted from the over-all read of the collection, which I did, story by story, one at a time, rather than in clumps.
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I really love stuff compiled by Datlow and so, bought it on the strength of her previous collections. And I wasn't disappointed, even though there were a couple of shorts that were not really to my own personal liking, they never detracted from the over-all read of the collection, which I did, story by story, one at a time, rather than in clumps.
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Oct 28, 2011
Sesana
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The unifying concept of this collection is that each story is supposed to be inspired by something written by Poe, a specific story or poem instead of his style in general. I do feel a little bad about only giving this book two stars. There are 19 stories collected here, but only three that I enjoyed. But those three were really good.
The two best stories were, fittingly, the first and the last. Kim Newman's Illimitable Domain starts as a nostalgic tribute to the Vincent Price movies More...
The two best stories were, fittingly, the first and the last. Kim Newman's Illimitable Domain starts as a nostalgic tribute to the Vincent Price movies More...
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Sep 22, 2010
Ellen
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Just about any collection edited by Ellen Datlow is superior. Upon the anniversary of Poe's birthday/death ? last year, there were several volumes released of short stories inspired by the dark master. I was mildly disappointed in all of them, but just picked up (at the library), this effort and can report that it surpasses all others. Delicious, imaginative, dark and lingering, all the participants put forth great effort and delivered up a lovely, curl up with candlelit, page turning indulgenc
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Oct 06, 2010
Eric
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some good, some mediocre and some great. The Kim Newman and Laird Barron were excellent reads, but I was surprised by the Nascar themed ghost story. Even reading "Nascar themed ghost story" sounds horrible, but it's handled quite well.
May 04, 2009
Kaaron
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All great stories, with my favourites being "Lowland Sea" by Suzy McKee Charnas and "The Pickers" by Melanie Tem.
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Jun 25, 2009
B
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I read this book hoping to find a story or two that I could teach alongside the Poe stories that inspired them. Most of the selections in the first half of the book are based on Poe's poetry. The later stories draw more from his fiction. In some cases, the connections between Poe's work and the stories seem tenuous at best, but I probably will use at least one of the stories next semester.
Jun 01, 2009
Carrie
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Nice collection of stories inspired by Poe. I especially liked the one set in Pikesville MD!
Feb 22, 2011
Anneliese
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There are some pretty interesting stories in this collection. I personally felt at a slight disadvantage due to not knowing a lot of Poe's stories; the last time I read any of his short stories was years ago, and so I missed the fun of guessing which of his stories inspired each of the authors. Not all the stories were perfect, but most of them were delightfully creepy and pretty engaging.
Sep 14, 2009
Charlie
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Some of the reimaginings here really bury the origin stories. Not necessarily a bad thing, but I didn't get a "Poe-like tone" from most of the ones I read.
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