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Sto caricando le informazioni... Visitants: Stories of Fallen Angels and Heavenly Hosts (originale 2010; edizione 2010)di Stephen Jones (A cura di)
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![]() Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Still more treated the theme of angels as a call to please write a story that uses angels somehow, and squeezed it into this anthology mentioning, "Oh, yes, and an angel. The end." It can certainly be said that this could have benefited by a better editor, who perhaps could have tightened the theme and weeded through the dreck a little better. Given the lengthy "About the Editor" at the end mainly comprised of book titles as opposed to any real information, it should have perhaps been self-evident that Jones cares more about quantity over quality. (I will certainly admit that I wasn't expecting so many stories in this anthology.) Is it worth the $15-$20 that will likely be the cover price? Not at all. Is it worth the price of free from getting it to review or getting it from the library? Absolutely. Find it used, find it at the library, but even if you choose not to, you won't be missing much. ![]() ![]() This was an anthology that I really wanted to like, and while many of the stories were good, most of them didn’t hold my attention long or have me thinking about them afterward. But there were a few that most assuredly had me glad that I read them. Sarah Pinborough’s Snow Angels is a haunting story as seen through the eyes of a terminally ill young boy living with others in a group environment where they have been placed so their families don’t have to watch them die. The use of first person will draw you in and make you feel so much a part of a story that you wouldn’t want to face yourself. Thy Spinning Wheel Compleat by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro reminds me of a cross between a creepy episode of The X-Files that focused on an Amish-like community and the movie The Village, but on steroids. This one ups the ante comparatively, and will leave you with a creepy feeling that maybe you should watch over your shoulder if you live near a “closed” community. A few other highlights are Old Mr. Boudreaux by Lisa Tuttle, The Fold by Conrad Williams, and With The Angels by Ramsey Campbell. The Silverberg story was also interesting, to a point. Several of the stories didn’t meet my expectations, but there is enough in here that any reader who enjoys tales of the weird will should be able to find something to their liking. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Presents a collection of dark stories about fallen angels who respectively terrorize the human race, seek redemption, or otherwise interact with mortals with whom they are forced to coexist. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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![]() GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.080382Literature English (North America) American fiction By type Genre fictionClassificazione LCVotoMedia:![]()
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