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New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird (2011)

di Paula Guran (A cura di)

Altri autori: Dale Bailey (Collaboratore), Nathan Ballingrud (Collaboratore), Laird Barron (Collaboratore), Elizabeth Bear (Collaboratore), Steve Duffy (Collaboratore)23 altro, Neil Gaiman (Collaboratore), Cody Goodfellow (Collaboratore), Caitlín R. Kiernan (Collaboratore), David Barr Kirtley (Collaboratore), Marc Laidlaw (Collaboratore), John Langan (Collaboratore), Nick Mamatas (Collaboratore), Paul McAuley (Collaboratore), China Miéville (Collaboratore), Sarah Monette (Collaboratore), Kim Newman (Collaboratore), Norman Partridge (Collaboratore), Holly Phillips (Collaboratore), Lon Prater (Collaboratore), Tim Pratt (Collaboratore), Cherie Priest (Collaboratore), W. H. Pugmire (Collaboratore), Michael Shea (Collaboratore), John Shirley (Collaboratore), Michael Marshall Smith (Collaboratore), William Browning Spencer (Collaboratore), Charles Stross (Collaboratore), Don Webb (Collaboratore)

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For more than eighty years H.P. Lovecraft has inspired writers of supernatural fiction, artists, musicians, filmmakers, and gaming. His themes of cosmic indifference, the utter insignificance of humankind, minds invaded by the alien, and the horrors of history??written with a pervasive atmosphere of unexplainable dread??remain not only viable motifs, but are more relevant than ever as we explore the mysteries of a universe in which our planet is infinitesimal and climatic change is overwhelming it. In the first decade of the twenty-first century the best supernatural writers no longer imitate Lovecraft, but they are profoundly influenced by the genre and the mythos he created. New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird presents some of the best of this new Lovecraftian fiction??bizarre, subtle, atmospheric, metaphysical, psychological, filled with strange creatures and stranger characters??eldritch, unsettling, evocative, and darkly app… (altro)

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Picked this up for the excellent Neil Gaiman pastiche of Conan Doyle, "A Study in Emerald", which I never tire of. An entertainingly wide range of interpretations of and responses to Lovecraft: stories that are sympathetic in tone (Don Webb's "The Great White Bed"), humorous (William Browning Spencer's "The Essayist in the Wilderness"), utterly contemporary (Michael Marshall Smith's "Fair Exchange"), overly-affected crypto-Lovecraft (W.H. Pugmire's "The Fungal Stain"), and meta (Nick Mamatas and Tim Pratt's "The Dude who Collected Lovecraft"). Some pretty good stuff in here, and the less-good is at least short. ( )
1 vota adzebill | Aug 1, 2022 |
I haven't read Lovecraft's work in decades--I haven't read the word "squamous" in years and years and years! But I'm glad I decided to pick this volume up as it brings him into the 21st Century (and beyond). Sometimes kicking and screaming, as in the case of two short stories that respond to Lovecraft's racial politics (to say "Lovecraft was a racist" is kind of like saying "Duke Ellington was a musician"). If you've been recently introduced to the Chtulu mythos, or if like me it's been a long time, I'd pick it up. If you're into weird horror, I'd do so as well. ( )
  kspence | May 19, 2015 |
Favorites:
Pickman's Other Model by Caitlin R. Kiernan
Bad Sushi by Cherie Priest
Buried in the Sky by John Shirley
Bringing Helena Back by Sarah Monette
Shoggoths in Bloom by Elizabeth Bear
Lesser Demons by Norman Partridge
Grinding Rock by Cody Goodfellow
Details by China Mieville
Another Fish Story by Kim Newman
Mongoose by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette
A Colder War by Charles Stross ( )
  lgildersleeve | May 5, 2014 |
Inspired by the impact of the groundbreaking horror works of H.P. Lovecraft in the 20th century, this collection of 27 short works is a sampling of what is being referred to as "the new weird". The stories are not necessarily Lovecraftian in style -- although some have strong hints of that -- but they are modern, up-to-date takes on the kinds of themes and ideas that Lovecraft's stories touched upon 100 years ago. The stories in this collection vary in quality, but even at their weakest, they still exude a sense of otherworldieness -- humanity is still a small speck in the greater cosmos, and we appear to be sharing our small planet with fascinating and terrifying creatures beyond our imaginings. I highly recommend this collection, in part, due to the reputations of many of its contributors. The stories are all reprints from other sources, but you'd be hard pressed to find as good a collection featuring such an esteemed variety of contributors, including: Neil Gaiman, China Mieville, Charles Stross, Elizabeth Bear, Kim Newman, John Shirley and Sarah Monette. If you have even the slightest interest in contemporary horror fiction, you'll want to try this one on for size!
Originally reviewed for my local library's website:
http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/depts/bookguide/srec/staffrec13-04.htm ( )
  cannellfan | Jul 2, 2013 |
H. P. Lovecraft’s influence on fiction, music and film has never been as strong as it is today – his thoughts, ideas and mythos have permeated into all corners of modern culture, often unbeknownst to many. This cleverly chosen collection of stories from Prime Books and edited by Paula Guran shows that the influence of the “dark and baroque prince” is still strong in the literary medium. The tales in the collection, in their different ways, all use Lovecraft’s themes and motifs of cosmic dread, universal indifference and the insignificance of mankind to inspired effect. The collection runs to some 27 tales and there isn’t really a bad one in the bunch with the majority ranging from the very good to the exotically excellent. The tales, without exception, all capture something of the famous “Lovecraftian atmosphere” in subtly different ways. Although it is subjective, to a degree, as to what exactly that “Lovecraftian atmosphere” may be, I would certainly use words like eldritch and evocative; outre and other-wordly; melancholic and psychological in my own personal definitions – and all these tales definitely fit into these definitions. If forced to select favourites I would probably say Caitlin Kiernan's atmospheric and moody "Pickman's Other Model (1929)"; "The Dude Who Collected Lovecraft" by Nick Mamatas and Tim Pratt; “The Fungal Stain” by W, H. Pugmire; "Bringing Helena Back” by Sarah Monette and Kim Newman’s clever and culturally savvy “Another Fish Story”. Paula Guran provides an excellent introduction, which questions and probes at modern Lovecraftania and is as readable as any story in the book. “New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird” is an excellent collection that can be delved into again-and again, the quality of the tales within are that high. ( )
  calum-iain | Apr 21, 2013 |
For fans of Lovecraftian fiction and well-wrought horror.
aggiunto da Christa_Josh | modificaLibrary Journal, Jackie Cassada (Jan 1, 2012)
 

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Guran, PaulaA cura diautore primariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Bailey, DaleCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Ballingrud, NathanCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Barron, LairdCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Bear, ElizabethCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Duffy, SteveCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Gaiman, NeilCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Goodfellow, CodyCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Kiernan, Caitlín R.Collaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Kirtley, David BarrCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Laidlaw, MarcCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Langan, JohnCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Mamatas, NickCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
McAuley, PaulCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Miéville, ChinaCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Monette, SarahCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Newman, KimCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Partridge, NormanCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Phillips, HollyCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Prater, LonCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Pratt, TimCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Priest, CherieCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Pugmire, W. H.Collaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Shea, MichaelCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Shirley, JohnCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Smith, Michael MarshallCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Spencer, William BrowningCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Stross, CharlesCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
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Fantasy. Fiction. Horror. Short Stories. HTML:

For more than eighty years H.P. Lovecraft has inspired writers of supernatural fiction, artists, musicians, filmmakers, and gaming. His themes of cosmic indifference, the utter insignificance of humankind, minds invaded by the alien, and the horrors of history??written with a pervasive atmosphere of unexplainable dread??remain not only viable motifs, but are more relevant than ever as we explore the mysteries of a universe in which our planet is infinitesimal and climatic change is overwhelming it. In the first decade of the twenty-first century the best supernatural writers no longer imitate Lovecraft, but they are profoundly influenced by the genre and the mythos he created. New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird presents some of the best of this new Lovecraftian fiction??bizarre, subtle, atmospheric, metaphysical, psychological, filled with strange creatures and stranger characters??eldritch, unsettling, evocative, and darkly app

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