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Summary: something to "crow" about!
Review: I am only half-way through this anthology but I could wait no longer to share my thoughts about this wonderful, new,(to me anyway),discovery!The horror/fantasy field has a hope for survival and his name is Peter Crowther!Actually I had heard of the author before because I read "Escardy Gap" when it first came out in pb and was pleasantly surprised-some of it's imagery has remained with me to this day.But since it was a collaboration,and I never noticed anything with the same name published, I thought it was a one shot and forgot about it... until...this past week I happened upon this collection and knew that the author's name sounded a chord somewhere in my memory.
Well,pardon me while I gush!I can't believe this was originally published in '84-and it's just now coming to my attention.The thing that makes Mr.Crowther so different is really his wonderful way of making me recall the stories i grew up reading by the masters of the "golden age":Bradbury,(of course),Matheson,Beaumont,Sturgeon,Kuttner,Brown...but Crowther gives this nostalghia a twist of modern perversity-almost stomach-churning at times,but then subtly creepy at others.And I like the way he switches back and forth between American and British locales and idioms.
Please keep producing what "what nightmares are made of",as you do so well Mr. Crowther-I can't wait for the next ride-I would read anything you write-that's a testimonial!You have been gifted with the legacy of the masters!
R.Hewitt in Los Angeles
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Summary: Wow! Stunning!
Review: I will spare you the details. I will just say this: This is the finest collection of horror/fantasy stories that I have read! Incredible!
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Summary: Wow! Stunning!
Review: I will spare you the details. I will just say this: This is the finest collection of horror/fantasy stories that I have read! Incredible!
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Summary: Hit or miss
Review: This book is hit or miss. When Crowther is trying to write like HP Lovecraft, his stories are fun reads. When he's trying to write like Stephen King, his stories are unneccessarily gorey and pretentious.
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