The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 22 eBook Stephen Jones
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The year's best, and darkest, tales of terror, showcasing the most outstanding new short stories and novellas by both contemporary masters of the macabre and exciting newcomers.
As ever, this acclaimed anthology also offers the most comprehensive annual overview of horror around the world in all its incarnations; a comprehensive necrology of famous names; and a list of indispensable contact addresses for the dedicated horror fan and writer alike.
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror remains the world's leading annual anthology dedicated solely to presenting the best in contemporary horror fiction.
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 22 eBook Stephen Jones
I have been reading the Mammoth book of best new horror series since i was in high school, i remember buying a copy of volume 8 from a bookstore in the city when i was about 16 or so. The best thing about this series is that you get a collection of great stories and you are exposed to diffirent writers some of whom you've never heard of before. It has often been the case with these collections that i read a story and love it so much that i then go and track down everything i can find by that author.My only complaint about this volume is that they have put too much fluff in it, there is a lengthy review of all the happenings in the horror/specfic world over the previous year which is kind of pointless in my view. Then there is an orbituary section for various people who have contributed to the genre which is even more pointless, i don't follow the career of every actress who has starred in B-grade slasher films over the years so why tell me they died?
The section at the back of various small publishers and associations involved in horror and specfic was mildly useful but still not really neccesary. Why not just use those pages to put another story or two in? That is after all why anyone reads these collections.
So all in all a great collection of stories and well worth your time but the editors need to do away with the useless fluff and put more stories in instead.
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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 22 eBook Stephen Jones Reviews
I love anthologies. I never have time to sit and read through a long novel. This is perfect bedtime reading!
Great assortment of short and long stories that are so well written, it makes the book hard to put down. Some of the authors are easy to recognize and I as delighted with new tales from them. Some of the authors I hadn't known about, but soon added their names to my "must read" list. I have gotten other books in the Mammoth Book of Best New Horror series and will be going through 's lists to get more of these fine books.
On the positive side, none of the stories in the volume were so week or poorly written as to make me regret the time spent reading it. Some of the stories are quite good. So, for them, I'm glad I purchased the volume. This also get to the problem with this volume, the selection of stories just isn't consistent. I suspect a more accurate title would be, "The Mammoth Book of New Horror (That hasn't already been published by someone else)."
I'm certainly not going over each and every story in here because we'll be here all night. But I am going to talk about the chapter about his recognizing the people within the industry (film and paper). To me this is the most important part of the entire book because it tells me that these people were not just a beautiful mind but they each had a soul and they did the best they could. For that I am grateful.
Really Great
I gotta disagree with Aurelio T who seems to have a problem with the fact that Steve Jones has assembled 23 great horror stories by today's greatest writers in the genre. Yeah,they are sandwiched between his intro of Horror in 2010 and his afterword, which includes useful addresses and necrology.
I have been following this series from the start, and I love the inclusion of those features. I don't know about Aurelio;however, I am not omniscient and have learned a great deal over the years from the anthologies of Steve Jones. Keep the special features, Steve.
As with all anthologies it is a mixed bag. Some stories better than others. I own every book from the beginning and I re-read them from time to time.
I have been reading the Mammoth book of best new horror series since i was in high school, i remember buying a copy of volume 8 from a bookstore in the city when i was about 16 or so. The best thing about this series is that you get a collection of great stories and you are exposed to diffirent writers some of whom you've never heard of before. It has often been the case with these collections that i read a story and love it so much that i then go and track down everything i can find by that author.
My only complaint about this volume is that they have put too much fluff in it, there is a lengthy review of all the happenings in the horror/specfic world over the previous year which is kind of pointless in my view. Then there is an orbituary section for various people who have contributed to the genre which is even more pointless, i don't follow the career of every actress who has starred in B-grade slasher films over the years so why tell me they died?
The section at the back of various small publishers and associations involved in horror and specfic was mildly useful but still not really neccesary. Why not just use those pages to put another story or two in? That is after all why anyone reads these collections.
So all in all a great collection of stories and well worth your time but the editors need to do away with the useless fluff and put more stories in instead.
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