Martin Greenberg (1)Recensioni

There are a couple gems in this collection - Michael Swanwick's stunning A Midwinter's Tale, John Christopher's tragic Christmas Roses - and a few fun twists - Connie Willis' The Pony, Isaac Asimov's Christmas Without Rodney (though right at the end). Most of the rest were less interesting to me as stories, though it's an interesting collection of ways science fiction was thinking about religion and secular trappings of Christmas and their role in colonization.½

Fun read of a wide variety of styles and authors. Nostalgic, both as any holiday book tends but in its authors--when's the last time you read an Asimov Yuletide story?

Seven short stories centered around vampire lore. Some were traditional, some very modern and some humorous. As with any compilation some stories were more intriguing than others. Overall a good read for vampire fans. My favourite was Moonlight in Vermont, a funny teen rivals story.

This collection of seventeen short stories, one novella and a full length novel by many of the classic mystery writers of late 18th and 19th century Great Britain is a real treat for fans of this genre. There are two stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, one featuring Sherlock Holmes and another that is about a vanishing train. Agatha Christie, Ruth Rendell, G.K. Chesterton and Roald Dahl are also represented. I didn’t realize that Dahl had written any mysteries. One of my favorites was the novella, In the Fog by Richard Harding Davis, which has a very neat twist at the end. This was the only author in the book with whom I was not familiar. The novel, The Three Coffins by John Dickson Carr, was a classic locked room tale that was very satisfying and contains a chapter that discusses the different types of locked room stories that have been written. Carr was an expert on this subject and I found that chapter really delightful. Highly recommended. 4 stars