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You're interviewing S.T. Joshi? how did you manage that?
I asked him and he obliged because I'm awesome.
You're interviewing S.T. Joshi? how did you manage that?
It's a collection of short stories by Thomas Ligotti who writes what could be called "existential horror". If you're a fan at all of Lovecraft, Poe or any other classic horror writers, then you should check him out. He has a very nihilistic view of the world and writes very beautifully
I'm almost done with China Mieville's Kraken. It's my least favorite so far in comparison with his others (and I'm expecting it to maintain that status unless the ending absolutely rips the ground out from under me). It's a great concept, but not quite as serious as his previous efforts. That's not saying a novel has to be serious to be good, but Mieville's humorous side gets a bit too long-winded; if he wanted to write a somewhat comic book, it should be a bit shorter and not the mammoth undertaking that Kraken is. I think of Melville's quote "To write a mighty book, one must choose a mighty theme;" the Kraken, of course, is a mighty theme, but to add to the irony it would have been great if about 200 pages were cut. There's a lot of mindless running around and dark, grotesque London underworld buffoonery (which, despite its redundancy, is madly entertaining) comprised of "gunfarmers," whose bullets grow in their hosts' bodies to produce more "gun-spawn;" "knuckleheads," who have fists where their heads should be; a crimelord who's made up of nothing more than ink in a tattoo; two terrifying hoodlums for a crimelord who are in the nasty habit of practicing origami on human beings; and much more...
Raina: As he has only written short stories (and essays), start with them. The Nightmare Factory edition that Wolves83 posted has gone out of print, as has the first editions of his single collections. The earlier works, as unknown stated, are being rereleased, but most of them are expensive collector's editions. However, there are som mass market paperbacks. Try to get your hands on The Shadow At The Bottom Of The World or Teatro Grottesco.
I'm interviewing S.T. Joshi about Lovecraft, weird fiction, and atheism for my magazine. He often mentions Ramsey Campbell as the leading living writer of horror and weird fiction, though I have yet to read any of his work myself.
Hey Dodens, I just bought the Commemorative Edition of Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft. Any suggestions on where to start or just some personal favorites?