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Summary: Hmmm...delightful...
Review: When I first saw this book as a poster in a gothic store, it had all 26 pictures each with their corresponding line laid out on the poster. I was fascinated by this, these many deaths of children laid out in nursery rhyme format depicting non-graphic death scenes drawn with wonderful skill. I asked my mother about bringing it home, but she said she didn't want to see anything this morbid in her house...but that was then and this is now. I found out it was a book(or made into a book, that I don't know) by finding it in that same store about a year ago. Good thing I remembered the author's name, it was his name that led me to find it here at amazon.com, I have since then purchased this book, and I enjoy reading it occasionally or just looking at the magnificent art. Who knows, I may even let my children read this some day.
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Summary: The perfect gift!
Review: What an elegant, macabre little volume this is. Gorey's wit is abundant in his art and in the writing of this brilliant twist on the alphabet. This is classic book noir. If you do not know Gorey's work, this would be an excellent starting point. For those of us who adore him, this tiny hardcover edition is priced perfectly and is in such good, dark taste to give as the quintessential morbid birthday/house-colding gift. Wrap it in grim colors and top with a black rose! Exquisite! Buy ten copies!
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Summary: highly amusing
Review: This is the first Gorey I have ever read. I just read it today. Here are my impressions: As my title indicates, I found it highly amusing. I found myself laughing out loud a few times while reading this very short book. The illustrations are fantastic as you can gather from most of these reviews. Most of the illustrations are funny but I might note the exception to that in the gruesome image of Kate's corpse after being struck with an ax. I think that's the only illustration taking place after the event. That proved to be an exception though. The book is very amusing and hilarious at times. It's an anti-children's book for adults. It can be a funny remedy to the insipid and happy-go-lucky kinds of children's books. That doesn't mean this is just for parents or those particularly sick with those children's books. I think anyone with a decent sense of humor, and especially a dark one, would enjoy this. It's short. I don't know why the information says it's 64 pages because there are only 26 letters in the alphabet. Anyway, my point is that it's just a little humorous diversion. This hardcover edition is really great. It's high quality and just plain nice...
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Summary: gashlycrumb tinies
Review: When I saw this book at a friends house, I thought-Gashlycrumb Tinies, what a strange title. Then I read it and thought-what a strange book. The whole concept of the book was intriguing. I've never read anything by Edward Gorey before but I intend to read as many of his works as possible. I truly recommend this book to anyone who is wanting to read something with a bit of a twist on rhyming or would just like a remarkably good read. A must for all literature collections.
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Summary: Edgar Allen Poe meets Tim Burton
Review: Sinister, beautiful, eclectic, delightful and funny. A humorous ABC book for collectors of children's books and horror fans alike.
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Summary: My Favorite Gorey
Review: I own most all of Gorey's titles, and though "The Doubtful Guest" is my sentimental favorite merely because it was my first, "Tinies" never fails to amuse me. For someone who otherwise would never be caught dead using the phrase 'deliciously macabre', you should allow yourself to appreciate Gorey's unabashed deliciousness, for what else can you can this volume? Inspired? Yes! Hysterical? Yes! Yet it's more than an alphabet book for adults--it's good to know in this politically correct era, that it's OK to laugh out loud when Kate is struck by an axe. If your tastes aren't quite that edgy, then you won't be saddened when Gorey's reached the end, with Zelda drinking too much gin. This material strikes a very timeless cord, and though I wouldn't read it to a toddler--unless his was a particularly developed sense of humor, this savvy tot--I would be alarmed by anyone offened by it. Gorey's great with the 'pleasant squirm', and here he's mastered it perfectly.
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Summary: 'T' is for TITUS who flew into bits...
Review: ... and the good Lord Gorey shall be greatly missed. I'll read this to my children (if I ever have any), and see what they grow up to be like, heheh.
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Summary: 'B' is for Basil; devoured by bears...
Review: I'm writing this only a few days after the death of the great Edward Gorey. I keep a copy of this masterpiece in my desk at work as an antidote to the "Gee, isn't Kathy Lee swell" people that I'm forced to encounter from time-to-time. This is why our ancestors invented the alphabet. Warning: Only the darkest senses of humor need apply.
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Summary: DARK FUN
Review: Edward Gorey's illustrations, those spindly, dark and often macabre etchings of pen and ink, are instantly evocative - they place you in a dark, vampire-ish Victorian-era place, where behind every curtain lurks another pair of hands with a scarf, ready to choke you. This truly inspired, and hilarious, collection of drawings and their accompanying poem, detail the ghastly deaths of 26 children, one by one, through the alphabet. Whether you are a fan of Gorey's large paperback compilations, or of his spectacular set designs (Dracula), or not, this book is strictly for those with a twisted sense of humor. And if yours is, you will love it. Since I first read this 20 years ago, friends still quote it - "A is for Amy who fell down the stairs...."
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Summary: The Ultimate in Dark Humor!
Review: How could you not love these adorable tots and their grisly demises? I fell in love with this book, and Edward Gorey, when I was in junior high--yeah, I was one of those morbid teens, and now I'm a morbid adult. I plan to use this book to teach my (someday) children the alphabet. This will also ensure that they grow up with the proper outlook on life. Edward Gorey will truly be missed!
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