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Lädt ... World War Cthulhu: A Collection of Lovecraftian War Storiesvon Brian M. Sammons (Herausgeber), Glynn Owen Barrass (Herausgeber)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. It is rare that collections are not a mix of quality, all but the very best having a few misfires. This is quite the opposite, a generally low standard of fiction with a couple of stand-out good stories, no great ones, and a few that are quite painfully bad. Often, the stories were just not very interesting, and reading to the end of even these short works often a slog. It must be said, I got the distinct impression that part of the issue was in the editing; several of the stories seemed to contain clumsy sentences or word usage of the sort that I'd have though an editor - or even a proofreader - would have picked up on. Cthulhu Mythos stories are quite difficult to do well, having to get the right balance of weirdness and cosmic terror and hopeless dread, and the proliferation of Lovecraftian works due to ever increasingly popularity over the last few years suggests an even greater preponderance of tripe than the general run of fiction. Sadly, this volume does nothing to dispel that. One of the pleasures of a short fiction collection is finding authors to seek out in the future, but there are only a couple from this who I would even consider seeking out, and some that would actively put me off should I see them included in an anthology. A very good collection of stories, ranging from ancient times to the Near Future, from the ancient Romans to Punktown. Overall, I was very pleased to say that virtually all of these stories had pace, verve, intensity & character. Virtually all of them drew me in quickly, got a grip & made me want to know what they'd both progress & conclude. The wide variety of era & subjects made this one of the most interesting anthologies I've read for some time. Good. Recommended for all those Lovecraftians out there, whether they're looking for war stories or not. Zeige 4 von 4 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
This edition features all 22 interior illustrations in full color. The world is at war against things that slink and gibber in the darkness, and titans that stride from world to world, sewing madness and death. War has existed in one form or another since the dawn of human civilization, and before then, Elder terrors battled it out across this planet and this known universe in ways unimaginable.It has always been a losing battle for our side since time began. Incidents like the Innsmouth raid, chronicled by H.P. Lovecraft, mere blips of victory against an insurmountable foe. Still we fight, against these incredible odds, in an unending nightmare, we fight, and why? For victory, for land, for a political ideal? No, mankind fights for survival.Our authors, John Shirley, Mark Rainey, Wilum Pugmire, William Meikle, Tim Curran, Jeffrey Thomas and many others have gathered here to share war stories from the eternal struggle against the darkness. This book chronicles these desperate battles from across the ages, including Roman Britain, The American Civil War, World War Two, The Vietnam Conflict, and even into the far future. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Having absorbed the Delta Green universe’s take in the mythos, many of these stories feel like they could take place in that world, or even be Delta Green ops themselves.
Unlike the DG universe, many of these stories end… well—at least for the immediate future if not for the main characters themselves. Generally, the mythos threats are being called up by the baddies, and we’re not especially sympathetic when things go wrong for them, but in some stories, mistakes are made, all sides suffer, and in some of the stories, some of the characters are, themselves, mythos creatures. ( )