TechnoHorror: Tales of Terror, Suspense, and Intrigue

by James Frenkel (Editor)

Offers a collection of horror stories by Harlan Ellison, John Brunner, Robert Bloch, Stephen King, and others that focus on the terrors that can emerge from machinery with a mind of its own and other dangers of technology gone awry.

296 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1999

Reviews

[Kevin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Genre short fiction can be frustratingly esoteric, and this collection has stories that are almost as inscrutable as those on "The Best of Crank!": Greg Egan's "Scatter My Ashes", for instance, and Pat Cadigan's "Patterns". The ones that are more straightforward are not necessarily the better for it, but there are some gems: Harlan Ellison's beautifully written "Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes", George Zebrowski's queasy "This Life and Later Ones", Damon Knight's "Masks", Ray Bradbury's classic "The Veldt", Thomas Disch's "Descending", and Stephen King's "The Mangler".