tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post8737527087609360918..comments2024-02-14T01:50:56.112-06:00Comments on The OF Blog: Query regarding 2008 anthologies and story collectionsLarry Nolenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-39074690817591598872008-11-29T12:19:00.000-06:002008-11-29T12:19:00.000-06:00Poe Children: The New Horror, edited by Peter Str...Poe Children: The New Horror, edited by Peter Straub (this is an astonishingly good reprint anthology)<BR/><BR/>The Drowned Life by Jeffrey Ford (Ford is a master of short fiction in my book)<BR/><BR/>The Baum Plan for Financial Independence by John Kessel (another short fiction master)<BR/><BR/>Dangerous Laughter by Stephen Millhauser (I'm not sure why he's not considered a genre writer, but he's certainly partaking of the fantastic in this collection)<BR/><BR/>The New Weird, edited by Anne and Jeff VanderMeer (a very useful exploration of what New Weird is/was, which has led me to other enjoyable reading)<BR/><BR/>The Best SF and Fantasy of the Year, ed. Jonathan Strahan (a very even and fair collection)<BR/><BR/>I enjoyed Elizabeth Bear's New Amsterdam, but can't honestly call it one of the best of the year. I was disappointed in Datlow's The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy, which I thought merely average. I also expected more of Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy, edited by William Schafer, though I can't say I didn't enjoy it.<BR/><BR/>If Laird Barron's The Imago Sequence hadn't been published last year, it would have been my candidate for best of the year. As it is, that honor definitely goes to Poe's Children.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-61582535087496095092008-11-26T06:13:00.000-06:002008-11-26T06:13:00.000-06:00Joe, I have the VanderMeer, Wastelands, and Datlow...Joe, I have the VanderMeer, <I>Wastelands</I>, and Datlow anthologies and I suspect at least two of them will make the cut.<BR/><BR/>Jason Erik,<BR/><BR/>Yes, you are shameless! :P But I am considering it, but perhaps for a different category, as it is hard to group precisely with more "traditional" anthologies. I did like it a lot and I am going to be sending a copy of it overseas to a female friend of mine who can't afford the sky-high shipping costs, just because I know she'll love and be inspired by your wife's illustrations :D<BR/><BR/>Mihai,<BR/><BR/>See what I said above to Joe.Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-72550371822549520862008-11-26T02:59:00.000-06:002008-11-26T02:59:00.000-06:00I say "Wastelands" for now :)I say "Wastelands" for now :)Mihai A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08534691063946241019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-42499753428778398782008-11-26T00:45:00.000-06:002008-11-26T00:45:00.000-06:00To be perfectly shameless, I'd like to throw A Fie...To be perfectly shameless, I'd like to throw <A HREF="http://www.surrealbotany.net" REL="nofollow"><I>A Field Guide to Surreal Botany</I></A> up for consideration.Jason Erik Lundberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18159887257065611447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-6638955032316248472008-11-25T19:02:00.000-06:002008-11-25T19:02:00.000-06:00I was about to say I would only include original a...I was about to say I would only include original anthologies and collections, but if you look at collections most are reprint collections so would it not be fair to include reprint anthologies?<BR/><BR/>Anyway:<BR/><BR/>Fast Ships, Black Sails - Editors Vandermeer (original)<BR/><BR/>Wastelands - John Joseph Adams (reprint)<BR/><BR/>The Best of Lucius Shepard (collection - reprint)<BR/><BR/>The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 2 - Jonathan Strahan (reprint)<BR/><BR/>Eclipse Two - Jonathan Strahan (original)<BR/><BR/>The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy - Ellen Datlow (original)<BR/><BR/>Fast Forward 2 - Lou Anders (original)<BR/><BR/>Just After Sunset - Stephen King (collection - reprint)<BR/><BR/>I wasn't as crazy about JJA's Seeds of Change, but I think many will find it satisfying,<BR/><BR/>I haven't read all of these (but most), and the ones I haven't read I feel confident about. <BR/><BR/>I have a fuller list of collections I've read this year, but it is on my work computer so I'll get back to you on this, tooJoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094675116398769415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-968091169974389482008-11-25T16:00:00.000-06:002008-11-25T16:00:00.000-06:00No problem at all, Fábio! I always am interested ...No problem at all, Fábio! I always am interested in seeing what others do. Besides, I'm considering using an essay format for discussing various subgenres/story formats.<BR/><BR/>Charles, I've only read the last one on that list, so I certainly shall be investigating the others, although I perhaps should have eliminated the "Best of ___" ones from consideration, since many of those stories were published at another time. Then again, maybe I could separate anthologies into Original and Reprint categories? Hrmm...Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-11513579616574944042008-11-25T15:38:00.000-06:002008-11-25T15:38:00.000-06:00Coincidentally, I was brainstorming my list the ot...Coincidentally, I was brainstorming my list the other day...<BR/><BR/>D. F. Lewis - Nemonymous: Cone Zero<BR/><BR/>John Joseph Adams - The Living Dead<BR/><BR/>Rich Horton - Fantasy: The Best of the Year 2008<BR/><BR/>Ellen Datlow - The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and FantasyCharleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02773038335190893557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-13759792906033106332008-11-25T15:13:00.000-06:002008-11-25T15:13:00.000-06:00Count me in! BTW, would you mind if I did the same...Count me in! <BR/><BR/>BTW, would you mind if I did the same thing in my blog? Maybe the bloggers of the Blogger Book Club could do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com