The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror
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Editor: Stephen JonesEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-11-08
ISBN: 0786720492
Number of pages: 512
Publisher: Running Press
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Book Review: Jones spreading himself too thin
Summary: 2 Stars
This is Number 18 in the Mammoth Book of Best New Horror series as usual edited by Stephen Jones. First off I have read almost all of these and this is the weakest entry in the series that I have read, one tends to think Jones may be spreading himself too thin or should clear some stuff off his plate before he attempts to edit Number 19.
Most of the stories were average at best, I found few to be actually what I would consider scary (The Luxury of Harm, They, and the last story The Man Who Got Off The Ghost Train.)
Otherwise the majority tend to be sub-standard at best certainly not leaving up to the book's title. What is the point of a two page or a four page story when neither one leaves a lasting impression on the reader? There are some other nice stories such as Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (A Fantasy) which would have better suited for a fantasy anthology instead of a Horror anthology. Just seems like Jones was trying to fill up space here with a lot of clunkers.
If you must have it buy it used, I paid $6 for my new copy and I'm glad I didn't pay any more than that.
Summary of The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror
Here is the latest edition of the world's premier annual showcase of horror and dark, fantasy fiction, from a series that has won the World Fantasy Award, British Fantasy Award, and the International Horror Guild Award. It features some of the very best short stories and novellas by today's masters of the macabre ? including Neil Gaiman, Glen Hirshberg, Tanith Lee, Ramsey Campbell, and Charles Coleman Finlay.
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