http://sheneverslept.com/newsandreviews/archives/109 Science Fiction, Strange Tales, and Horror * News and Reviews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://sheneverslept.com/newsandreviews/archives/109/comment-page-1#comment-23 David Kusumoto Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:53:02 +0000 http://sheneverslept.com/newsandreviews/?p=109#comment-23 Love your blog, Sarah and thanks for the great review for what looks like a bone-chilling book. I'm rather skeptical of the horror genre but your comments have forced me to re-think that. Anthologies are touch-and-go and an underappreciated format, but I love them because they provide the feeling of getting a new "story" every night, without committing to 500-pages of a novel that can be a let-down as a whole. The best short stories require more concentrated bits of exposition that should instantly grab you -- none of that "slow-ramp-up" stuff you get when you read a novel. Your colorful comments about Mamatas's anthology have put it on my "list of books to read" queue. Thanks! Love your blog, Sarah and thanks for the great review for what looks like a bone-chilling book. I’m rather skeptical of the horror genre but your comments have forced me to re-think that. Anthologies are touch-and-go and an underappreciated format, but I love them because they provide the feeling of getting a new “story” every night, without committing to 500-pages of a novel that can be a let-down as a whole. The best short stories require more concentrated bits of exposition that should instantly grab you — none of that “slow-ramp-up” stuff you get when you read a novel. Your colorful comments about Mamatas’s anthology have put it on my “list of books to read” queue. Thanks!

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