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Summary: A great collection for the beginning mythos reader
Review: Almost all the stories in CTHULHU 2000 are widely available in other publications, but to have them put in one package is very convenient and makes for a strong overall collection. Especially welcome are tales like Paul Wilson's "The Barrens," TED Klein's "Black Man With a Horn," Michael Shea's "Fat Face," and Fred Chappell's "The Adder" (which I had the honor of first publishing in DEATHREALM #9 quite a few years ago). For someone first delving into the post-HPL Cthulhu mythos, this is a great place to start. There are a few losers in the bunch, but the more "classic" stories easily make up for them. Also recommended for the mythos veteran who's looking for a handy volume of some of this subgenre's strongest tales.
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Summary: Making Cthulhu your own.
Review: As a collection of supernatural horror stories Cthulhu 2000 succeeds quite well. But the "Cthulhu" in the title is something of a mistake. This isn't real Cthulhu for various reasons (story one is too blunt with descriptions, story two is far too humorous - moreover it underlines the "frogs chanting "IA!" line in the book's introduction), and by posing as Cthulhu it destroys the charm of the original. By glancing at what the authors fancy to be the underpinnings of Cthulhu, you make it closer to yourself, endowing it with motives and an understandable course of action. I especially hate "Pickman's Modem" because it manages to give Cthulhu a humorous side. After reading Cthulhu 2000 I went back and read The Color Out of Space in the middle of the night. It had no impact whatsoever on me. Read this book at your own risk.
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Summary: Loved Cthulhu!
Review: Cthulhu 2000 is an excellent compilation of stories related to the works of H.P. Lovecraft. My Favorite is the "Barrens" by F.Paul Wilson. Cthulhu, a totally evil entity from beyond space and time has fascinated the imaginations of many people and will continue to do so in this contemporary send-up. All things Cthulhu should be a genre unto itself! Signed, a former Miskatonic graduate.
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Summary: Loved Cthulhu!
Review: Cthulhu 2000 is an excellent compilation of stories related to the works of H.P. Lovecraft. My Favorite is the "Barrens" by F.Paul Wilson. Cthulhu, a totally evil entity from beyond space and time has fascinated the imaginations of many people and will continue to do so in this contemporary send-up. All things Cthulhu should be a genre unto itself! Signed, a former Miskatonic graduate.
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Summary: Cthulhu 2000 : A Lovecraftian Anthology - Rocks!
Review: Cthulhu 2000: A Lovecraftian Anthology was a fascinating book and fun to read. It's obvious that all things "Cthulhu" (where science fiction meets the occult), is now a genre unto itself. My personal favorite is The Barrens by F. Paul Wilson: "In a tangled wilderness, unearthly lights lead the way to a world no human was meant to see." After reading The Trail of Cthulhu by August Derleth I HAD to read all HPL and have since been hooked. If you like tales of Cthulhu and his minions, do checkout a fun satrical book, "Resume with Monsters" by William Browning Spencer.
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Summary: mediocre and misleading fluff
Review: first of all, this is NOT HP Lovecraft material. its more the conventional [stuff] that passes for horror today, each story a thoroughly forgettable stain on the genre. sorry guys, putting a big monster on the cover and calling it 'cthulu 2000' doesn't mean anything unless the authors have some talent. i gave it two stars because you should read the first story (in the bookstore, dont buy it.)
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Summary: mediocre and misleading fluff
Review: first of all, this is NOT HP Lovecraft material. its more the conventional [stuff] that passes for horror today, each story a thoroughly forgettable stain on the genre. sorry guys, putting a big monster on the cover and calling it 'cthulu 2000' doesn't mean anything unless the authors have some talent. i gave it two stars because you should read the first story (in the bookstore, dont buy it.)
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Summary: Great themes, reasonable tales.....
Review: I bought this book recently, and I have to say I enjoy it for the most part. A few of the stories are dry and unenjoyable, but by and large, I find this collection of short stories to be worthy of the name Cthulhu. Some of the writers have nearly captured the spirit of Lovecraft. Others have blended Lovecraft's ideas with their own writing styles, and it was these tales that I enjoyed the most.
"The Barrens" and "The Big Fish" are probably the best tales in the whole book. Both stories have a modern a H.P.L./Charles Fort feel. "The Barrens" ties together the legend of the Jersey Devil with Lovecraft's ideas to create a story that makes you wonder as well as shiver. "The Big Fish" plays on Lovecraft's taste for mystery, and features those old sea devils, the Deep Ones. "His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood" is well-written in terms of style, but it is grotesque (two perverse grave-robbers enjoy themselves by sticking femors where the sun don't shine) in a totally non-Lovecraft way by going for cheep, eccentric attempts to catch the reader's attention. "Fat Face" and "Faces in the Pine Dunes" bring back many of Lovecraft's creature characters and Cthulhu mythos with reasonable success. All in all, this book is worth it if you are a serious follower of Lovecraft's writings and stories, and you want some fresh tales about Cthulhu, the Deep Ones, or the demonic Shoggoths. Just don't expect CALL OF CTHULHU quality here. Remember, it's not Lovecraft writing these stories, and it shows.
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Summary: Ever Hear Tell of a ~Shoggoth~?
Review: I highly recommend this collection to all fans of H.P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos. This is quality stuff -- some of the best Mythos stories I've ever read, and I've read many. I have not yet read all of the stories in this collection, but standouts thus far are "His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood," "Fat Face," "Black Man with a Horn," and "The Barrens." The latter tale has the nice feature of adding the New Jersey pine barrens and the Jersey Devil to the Cthulhu Mythos! This is a welcome bit of local color for Philadelphians like me, who have driven through the pine barrens year after year on the way to the South Jersey shore points. Now you don't have to go to New England to be in Cthulhu country! "Fat Face" has a ~very~ frightening look at what the ~shoggoths~ have been up to lately. The book includes some stories I'd read before in other collections, like "Black Man With a Horn," and "Shaft Number 247," but since they are excellent tales it is nice to have them all together. This book would make excellent beach reading for the Jersey shore... but you may not want to drive through the pine barrens on your way back.
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Summary: Cthulhu 2000
Review: If you are going to buy this book because you think the stories even come close to Lovercraft, do not buy this book! The stories in this book are so boring and they just captialize on all of Lovecraft's idea's. None of them have the werid, horrorific mood that Lovecraft usually sets in his stories. Some of them shouldn't even be called stories, just "book fillers". Overall I was very disappointed with this book because I thought the stories were good, but weren't. For everybody else, if you like Lovecraft, then stick to the master's tales, no offshoots.
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