Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird
Edited by Jonathan Maberry
Classic and New Tales by R. L. Stine, Laurell K. Hamilton, Ray Bradbury, Victor LaValle, Robert E. Howard, Hailey Piper, H. P. Lovecraft, Tennessee Williams, Usman T. Malik, James Aquilone, and more
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Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first issues of Weird Tales Magazine, 100 Years of Weird is a masterful compendium of new and classic stories, flash fiction, essays, and poems from the giants of speculative fiction, including R. L. Stine, Laurell K. Hamilton, Ray Bradbury, H. P. Lovecraft, Tennessee Williams, and Isaac Asimov. Marking a century of uniquely peculiar storytelling, each part of this anthology features a different genre, from Cosmic Horror, Sword and Sorcery, Space Opera, to the Truly Weird—things too strange to publish elsewhere, and the magazine’s raison d’etre. Landmark stories such as “The Call of Cthulhu,” “Worms of the Earth,” and “Legal Rites” stand beside original stories and insightful essays from today’s masters of speculative fiction. This visually stunning hardcover edition is a collector’s dream, illustrated throughout with classic full-color and black & white art from past issues of Weird Tales Magazine.
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Summary
Summary
A Washington Post Pick of Favorite Horror Books
A Cullman Times Pick of Best Books of the Season
A St. Clair News Pick of Fall
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first issues of Weird Tales Magazine, 100 Years of Weird is a masterful compendium of new and classic stories, flash fiction, essays, and poems from the giants of speculative fiction, including R. L. Stine, Laurell K. Hamilton, Ray Bradbury, H. P. Lovecraft, Tennessee Williams, and Isaac Asimov.
Marking a century of uniquely peculiar storytelling, each part of this anthology features a different genre, from Cosmic Horror, Sword and Sorcery, Space Opera, to the Truly Weird—things too strange to publish elsewhere, and the magazine’s raison d’etre. Landmark stories such as “The Call of Cthulhu,” “Worms of the Earth,” and “Legal Rites” stand beside original stories and insightful essays from today’s masters of speculative fiction.
This visually stunning hardcover edition is a collector’s dream, illustrated throughout with classic full-color and black & white art from past issues of Weird Tales Magazine.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
Reviews
Reviews
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Sure to Satisfy Your Weird Cravings
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This anthology of 100 years of Weird Tales is both a walk through a century of history as well as a peek into the future of the truly weird. With a large cast of narrators, there are some misses. Mostly those narrators who read some of the fiction pieces but whose voices sound straight nonfiction. But overall, the narration is marvelous and lends to the eeriness of the content.
I loved the blackout poem “Arched Bridges” by Jessican McHugh but had the advantage of seeing it in print. A blackout poem, for those who don’t know, is when a poet takes pre-existing text and “blacks out,” or in McHugh’s case blocks around the words they wish to use to make up their poem. Fitting for the history of Weird Tales she uses two pages of “Pickman’s Model” by H.P. Lovecraft and also includes a colored handdrawing. That poem in conjunction with the many graphic elements of the anthology make it worth buying the print version. At least for any who have a long love affair with Weird Tales and its creepy art.
Although I prefer the modern entries more, the older entries are a real treat to hear brought to life. Perhaps my favorite piece of fiction is Victor LaValle's “Up from Slavery.” I’m definitely going to have to read some of his novels after listening to this particularly unexpected tale. In the poetry category, I enjoyed Linda D. Addison's poem "How to make the animal perfect?" the most. I’m not typically into tech alarmism, as this poem seems to be, but to me it reads also as a macabre love note to the future and potential of AI and the ever-approaching Singularity.
Author
Author Bio: various authors
Details
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| Available Formats : | Digital Download, CD, MP3 CD, Hardcover |
| Category: | Fiction/Science Fiction |
| Runtime: | 18.74 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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