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![]() Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. ![]() Alongside that thread of Weird is a strong sense of place, the midwest United States in the late 20th Century, perhaps early 21st. These aren't separate aspects of the work, the Weird relies upon this strong sense of place, and I wonder how the stories come across to someone unfamiliar with this part of the U.S. It may work quite well, but no doubt it would work much differently than it does for me. Somehow I find that fitting. Two further observations across stories. Many stories are leavened with a dry humour, not something that undermines the Weird or (when horror is part of the story) deflects the emotion, rather a sardonic commentary ("Inn of the Dreaming Dog") that emphasizes the everyday people and circumstances in which the tales unfold, or a knowing poke at the ridiculous situations facing us ("The Winter Wraith", "Not Without Mercy", "Thanksgiving"). And, Ford often doesn't advertise this in the stories themselves, but the narrator in many tales is a fictional version of himself, as corroborated by reviewing his biography (teaching positions and schools, marital status, places of residence). This conceit emphasises the way the Weird and the mundane rub elbows throughout the various stories, adding a slight tension, as if something could erupt at any point, without warning -- perhaps on the page, perhaps instead at my own elbow, in my reading chair. ![]() ![]() ![]() My Review: Dudebro Jeffrey Ford voice on full Technicolor display...if you've never read Ford's stories, you're either going to hate the hell out of that voice from giddy-up to whoa, in which case give the collection a miss; or you're going to see the voice as its own contiunuing character, the kind-of career-long Rod Serling of the author's imaginitive universe. I liked the voice from my first encounter and if you don't, bail instantly. These aren't Horror Stories, they're atmospheric tales of strange and uncongruent realities that look a lot like consensus reality. As is the statutory requirement for story-collection reviews on my blog, I herewith employ the Bryce Method of giving a line or two and a rating to each of the fifteen included stories individually. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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"Jeffrey Ford's stories often start out as seemingly everyday realist and then the weird comes crashing in. Big Dark Hole is about the dark holes we might find ourselves in right now and maybe, too, those inside us"-- Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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One caveat I will give...for me, the weakest story by far was the last in the collection, which seemed to simply fizzle away into nothing after building and building forward. That took me out of the collection on a somewhat sour note, and I wish I'd read that story earlier so that I could end on a higher note. Some of my favorites in the collection included "The Match", "The Bookcase Expedition", "Big Dark Hole", and "Thanksgiving".
Recommended for all lovers of weird fiction. I can't wait to read more of Ford's work. (