Benjamin Adams
Autor de The Children of Cthulhu
Obras de Benjamin Adams
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Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Adams, Benjamin
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1966
- Género
- male
- Lugar de nacimiento
- San Francisco, California, USA
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- Obras
- 3
- También por
- 8
- Miembros
- 325
- Popularidad
- #72,884
- Valoración
- 3.7
- Reseñas
- 4
- ISBNs
- 5
- Idiomas
- 1
At it's best, in stories like China Mieville's wickedly disturbing "Details," James Van Pelt's "The Invisible Empire," Meredith L. Patterson's dark academic satire "Principles and Parameters," and Matt Cardin's chilling "Teeth," the reader is reminded forcibly why Lovecraft has remained popular. It's a matter of atmosphere, mostly -- a general, vague creepiness that you can't quite shake, even when nothing overtly terrible is happening. But it's also the knowledge that, no matter how horrible the incident is that is being described, there's something even worse lurking in the shadows, waiting for an opening.
Not every story is a home run. Some, like Richard Laymon's "The Cabin in the Woods" or Caitlin R. Kiernan's "Nor the Demons Down Under the Sea," are just too . . . well . . . Lovecraftian for my taste. And, yes, I do recognize the irony of saying that a story in an anthology devoted to Lovecraft is too Lovecraftian for me. What can I say? Occasionally, I’m callous and strange.
But every story is readable and each serves to highlight the sheer scope of Lovecraft's influence on modern horror. From Paul Finch's epic "Long Meg and her Daughters” to Brian Hodge's darkly thrilling "The Firebrand Symphony" to W.H. Pugmire, Esq.'s "The Serenade of Starlight" the Lovecraftian influences are clear, but the storylines and styles of the writers couldn't be more different.
If you love Lovecraft, you can't afford to pass this one up. But even if you don't, I think you'll find something here to please.
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