Edited by Paula Guran I'm very much a fan of good time travel stories, so when this anthology came up for review, I couldn't resist. Also there was a story included by Michael Moorcock, whose fantasy writing I've enjoyed before. Like most anthologies with stories from a lot of different writers, t...
If you're spending this much time telling me how horrible HPL was maybe you shouldn't have written a story for a collection based off him. RATING STORIES - 3/5 PROSE - 4/5 CHARACTERS - 3/5 OVERALL - 3/5
All the stories in this collection involve libraries or librarians. This collection of stories is a mixed bag - some stories were great, some original, others ok, a few I did not enjoy. A book to borrow first if you are interested.
While I think this was a strong anthology which contained some really good short stories, there were also some stories that disappointed. I always find it difficult to rate an anthology, especially when the quality, or at least my enjoyment of the stories, differed quite a lot. I finished this one s...
[I received a copy of this book through NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review.]In the past, I read a couple of other anthologies edited by Paula Guran, and I remember liking them overall, due to the choice of stories: they may not all have been breathtaking, but they also weren abysmal, and as...
great authors, great selection, though from the authors I'm familiar with, a collection of reprinted short-stories rather than originals to the collection. i cannot get over the quasi-announcement of Elizabeth Bear and Scott Lynch's engagement in their bios.
editor Paula Guran's latest anthology is not about female vampires per se. all of the stories just happened to be written by bestselling and award-winning women authors. the stories are arranged in the period it was set. i find this approach interesting. i think it was a brilliant move by the edit...
If you've been reading horror for any length of time, then Paula Guran is likely someone with whom you are instantly familiar. In addition to being the senior editor for Prime Books, she's edited 30+ anthologies since 2010, including the annual Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror. With a pair of New...
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