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Summary: A mean trick from Morrell
Review: the seductive part of his talent is that he makes writing seem easy...when anyone who has tried to write, knows it is not! I met him several years ago in Cincinnati Ohio, and he is class all the way! Personally I prefer this to his espionage stuff, but I guarantee you'll burn through this tight emotional collection...buy it..cocoon for a day or two..mmmmm
Rating:
Summary: A mean trick from Morrell
Review: the seductive part of his talent is that he makes writing seem easy...when anyone who has tried to write, knows it is not! I met him several years ago in Cincinnati Ohio, and he is class all the way! Personally I prefer this to his espionage stuff, but I guarantee you'll burn through this tight emotional collection...buy it..cocoon for a day or two..mmmmm
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Summary: Finally in one volume
Review: There have been several times that I have bought an anthology like "Prime Evil" so that I could read an otherwise unreleased Stephen King or Clive Barker story, and ended up being blown away by the stories of David Morrell. Finally, K-Tel-like, everyone can enjoy these powerful, imaginative stories without having to buy a dozen other books.While this collection does not contain all of Morrell's short fiction, it does contain all that I had read in other anthologies, most notably the powerhouse novella "Orance is for Anguish, Blue for Insanity," one of my all-time pieces of fiction, short or otherwise. I am a fan of author notes in collections, and Morrell doesn't disappoint. While he doesn't expound the way that, say, Harlan Ellison does, there are short notes before each store in addition to a Foreword and Afterword, and these add a texture to the book that I think makes your first read more enjoyable and increases the re-readability. Plus if you've already read a couple of these in anthologies it is nice to see the author's perspective instead of the anthology editor's perspective before the stories. I read this during a particularly hot summer week and found it to be perfect for this setting...the stories are engrossing enough that I forgot about the heat, and a few times I caught a genuine bit of a chill! Anyone who enjoys dark stories or speculative fiction should give this great book a read.
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Summary: A good chance to look into the evolution of a great writer.
Review: This collection of short stories is a great chance to get into the mindset of a wonderful writer! I first met David Morrell's writing in "First Blood", moved on to "The Brotherhood of the Rose" and have been a fan ever since. The group of stories he has put together for this book leads the reader through his early years of writing to the present. Each story is prefaced with his recollection of the how and why the story came to be. This immensely enriches the stories themselves. I had to finish this book from cover to cover in one sitting. A very intense, very scary and truely revealing, must read book!
Rating:
Summary: A good chance to look into the evolution of a great writer.
Review: This collection of short stories is a great chance to get into the mindset of a wonderful writer! I first met David Morrell's writing in "First Blood", moved on to "The Brotherhood of the Rose" and have been a fan ever since. The group of stories he has put together for this book leads the reader through his early years of writing to the present. Each story is prefaced with his recollection of the how and why the story came to be. This immensely enriches the stories themselves. I had to finish this book from cover to cover in one sitting. A very intense, very scary and truely revealing, must read book!
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