New Cthulhu : the recent weird

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New Cthulhu : the recent weird

ISBN:

9781607012894

Publication Information:

[Gaithersburg, Md.] : Prime Books, c2011.

Physical Description:

520 p. ; 23 cm.

Contents:

Pickman's other model (1929) / Caitlin R. Kiernan -- Fair exchange / Michael Marshall Smith -- Mr. Gaunt / John Langan -- The vicar of R'Lyeh / Marc Laidlaw -- The crevasse / Dale Bailey & Nathan Ballingrud -- Bad sushi / Cherie Priest -- Old Virginia / Laird Barron -- The dude who collected Lovecraft / Mick Mamatas & Tim Pratt -- The Oram County whoosit / Steve Duffy -- The fungal stain / W.H. Pugmire -- A study in emerald / Neil Gaiman -- Burried in the sky / John Shirley -- Bringing Helena back / Sarah Monette -- Take me to the river / Paul McAuley -- The essayist in the wilderness / William Browning Spencer -- The disciple / David Barr Kirtley -- Shoggoths in bloom / Elizabeth Bear -- Cold water survival / Holly Philips -- The great white bed / Don Webb -- Lesser demons / Norman Partridge -- Grinding rock / Cody Goodfellow -- Details / China Mieville -- Another fish story / Kim Newman -- Head music / Lon Prater -- Tsathoggua / Michael Shea -- Mongoose / Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette -- A colder war / Charles Stross.

Personal Subject:

Cthulhu (Fictitious character)-Fiction.

Genre:

Science fiction.

Added Author:

Guran, Paula.

Summary:

"In the early 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 appealing."--P. [4] of cover.

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For more than 80 years H.P. Lovecraft has inspired writers of supernaturalfiction, artists, musicians, filmmakers, and gaming. His themes of cosmicindifference, 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 relevantthan ever as we explore the mysteries of a universe in which our planet isinfinitesimal and climatic change is overwhelming it. In the first decade of the twenty-first century the best supernaturalwriters no longer imitate Lovecraft, but they are profoundly influenced by thegenre and the mythos he created. New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird presentssome of the best of this new Lovecraftian fiction -- bizarre, subtle,atmospheric, metaphysical, psychological, filled with strange creatures andstranger characters -- eldritch, unsettling, evocative, and darklyappealing.

Author Notes

Neil Gaiman was born in Portchester, England on November 10, 1960. He worked as a journalist and freelance writer for a time, before deciding to try his hand at comic books. Some of his work has appeared in publications such as Time Out, The Sunday Times, Punch, and The Observer. His first comic endeavor was the graphic novel series The Sandman. The series has won every major industry award including nine Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, three Harvey Awards, and the 1991 World Fantasy Award for best short story, making it the first comic ever to win a literary award.

He writes both children and adult books. His adult books include The Ocean at the End of the Lane, which won a British National Book Awards, and the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel for 2014; Stardust, which won the Mythopoeic Award as best novel for adults in 1999; American Gods, which won the Hugo, Nebula, Bram Stoker, SFX, and Locus awards; Anansi Boys; Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances; and The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction, which is a New York Times Bestseller. His children's books include The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish; Coraline, which won the Elizabeth Burr/Worzalla, the BSFA, the Hugo, the Nebula, and the Bram Stoker awards; The Wolves in the Walls; Odd and the Frost Giants; The Graveyard Book, which won the Newbery Award in 2009 and The Sandman: Overture which won the 2016 Hugo Awards Best Graphic Story.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

The lore underlying H.P. Lovecraft's tales of cosmic horror has inspired some of the best talents in fantastic fiction, and Prime editor Guran's latest anthology puts 27 exemplars on tentacle-wreathed display. Both Laird Barron in "Old Virginia" and Charles Stross in "A Colder War" speculate on the horrors that might ensue if government research teams were allowed to explore Lovecraftian monsters as potential weapons. In Cherie Priest's "Bad Sushi," a chef uncovers a cosmic conspiracy involving supernaturally corrupted seafood. Sherlock Holmes foils worshipers of Lovecraft's Great Old Ones in Neil Gaiman's "A Study in Emerald," while in Elizabeth Bear's "Shoggoths in Bloom," an African-American scientist finds himself sympathizing with enslaved creations of those eldritch entities. Comic riffs on Lovecraftian themes include "The Essayist in the Wilderness," William Browning Spencer's hilarious account of a navel-gazing writer oblivious to his wife's transformation. Guran (The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror) smartly selects stories that evoke the spirit of Lovecraft's work without mimicking its style. (Nov.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Library Journal Review

Horror writer H.P. Lovecraft has long inspired a wide range of authors. This latest anthology (see also 2011's The Book of Cthulu, edited by Ross E. Lockhart) features 27 Lovecraftian tales published between 2000 and 2010. A father's death and a tape recording force a young man to confront a horrible family secret in John Langan's subtly revelatory tale, "Mr. Gaunt." In a twist on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Neil Gaiman's "A Study in Emerald" features a famous consulting detective who investigates a royal murder in a Victorian England ruled by beings from beyond the stars. The contributors' list consists of a who's who in contemporary sf and dark fantasy, including China Mieville, Elizabeth Bear, Sarah Monette, Charles Stross, Caitlin R. Kiernan, and John Shirley. VERDICT For fans of Lovecraftian fiction and well-wrought horror. (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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