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     Alansjf (Alansjf) Username: Alansjf Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 94.194.134.45 |
http://ellen-datlow.livejournal.com/185233.html So, what do think? Personally I've always liked the way Datlow puts together an anthology, and I think it's a pretty tasty selection - aside from King's 'Chattery Teeth', which I never really cared for. | ||
| Alansjf (Alansjf) Username: Alansjf Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 94.194.134.45 |
That's what do you think, because I already know what I think. I think ... | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.219.8.243 |
Surely there was a better story than "The Chattery teeth" in 1992? That's a terrible choice. Nice to see Etchison's "The Dog park" in there. Great tale. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.219.8.243 |
I'd have put The Dark Lands by Michael Marshall Smith for 1992. One of the best short stories ever, IMHO. | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.4.250.151 |
The way I judge this anthology, in which I've read oh so little, is to gauge the value of those stories I have read - and they are all well in the realm of the excellent, beyond merely good. This bodes well for the other choices, so... I think I'll be purchasing this one.... | ||
| Chris_morris (Chris_morris) Username: Chris_morris Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 12.165.240.116 |
"No Strings" is by far the best story on that list. That story is amazing. | ||
| Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey) Username: Ramsey Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
Well, I think Ellen has chosen only from volumes of Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, not from the entire output of the period. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.219.8.243 |
Indeed, "No Strings" is one of Ramsey's best. Of the tales I've read from the list, only the King doesn't belong IMHO. Oh, and yes, I'll be buying it - there's enough in there that I haven't read to justify it.  | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.171.129.72 |
I've just begun Stephen King's latest short story collection and the first tale - all I've read so far - is certainly better than 'Chattery Teeth'. But yes, surely the book's based on the contents of the previous books. | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.208.112.230 |
I would've gone for Stephen Gallagher's 'The Sluice' or M John Harrison's 'Anima', from 1992 - they were both chosen by Ellen for YBF&H 6, and are better than King's 'Chattery Teeth'. | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 89.168.184.172 |
Yes, "The Sluice" is a belter. I prefer his story "The Horn", but can't recall if that was reprinted in YBF&H or not . . . Surely "1408" was in the collection at some point? And yet I've a feeling it wasn't . . . | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.208.112.230 |
Mark, 'The Horn' is excellent, isn't it? I think they needed to include a Stephen King story - just for his contribution to the genre, as well as commercial reasons - so the option was probably to select one from one of the 'weaker' years, in terms of competition. | ||
| Simon Bestwick (Simon_b) Username: Simon_b Registered: 10-2008 Posted From: 86.24.165.182 |
I've heard about about 'The Horn'- anyone know where I can read it? And Joel- no jokes about my 'getting the horn', please...  | ||
| Alansjf (Alansjf) Username: Alansjf Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 94.194.134.45 |
I'm pretty sure Gallagher's 'The Horn' was in one of Stephen Jones' Best New Horror volumes, and in SG's PS collection Out of His Mind. | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.208.112.230 |
Simon, it was reprinted in The Giant Book of Best New Horror (I think that might've been the first one, but I may be wrong), and was collected in the PS ublishing collection, 'Out of His Mind'. | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.208.112.230 |
Sorry, that last post crossed with Alansjf's. | ||
| Simon Strantzas (Nomis) Username: Nomis Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 38.113.181.169 |
You mean you tried to take credit for Allan's answer, don't you? For shame. | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.208.112.230 |
I meant to take credit for Alan's answer. I admit it. I feel guilty. | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.208.112.230 |
Sorry, my last post crossed with Simon's. | ||
| Simon Strantzas (Nomis) Username: Nomis Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 99.225.104.255 |
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