- Hardcover: 1152 pages
- Publisher: Tor Books; First Edition edition (May 8 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0765333600
- ISBN-13: 978-0765333605
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 19 x 5.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.4 Kg
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#5,906 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Horror > Anthologies
- #2 in Books > Horror > Anthologies
- #4 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Short Stories
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Praise for THE WEIRD:
“What is good about the majority of these stories is precisely that they leave you with many more questions than answers, the mark, in my view, of a superior kind of fiction... It does, in fact, what most of our best fiction does, irrespective of category.” —Award-winning author Michael Moorcock, from his introduction
“These texts, dead and/or not, burrow, and we cannot predict everything they will infect or eat their path through. But certainly your brain, and they will eat the books you read from today on, too. That is how the Weird recruits.” —China Miéville, bestselling and award-winning author of Embassytown, from his afterword
“Studded with literary gems, it’s a hefty, diligently assembled survey of a genre that manages to be at once unsettling, disorientating and bracing in its variety.” --James Lovegrove, Financial Times
“It’s a tremendous experience to go through its 1,126 pages… there are so many delights in this that any reader will find something truly memorable.” --Scotland on Sunday
“Readers eager to explore a world beyond the ordinary need look no further.” --Time Out
“An anthology of writing so powerful it will leave your reality utterly shredded… Give yourself to the weird! Hurl your puny mortal body through the portal the VanderMeers have opened for you, join your lord the Miéville on the other side, give your heart and soul to the saints that stand at his feet, to the mad prophets that have prepared you for his coming. Open the pages of the new gospel of The Weird.” --Guardian.co.uk
“Unmissable!” – The Guardian
“The definitive collection of weird fiction… its success lies in its ability to lend coherence to a great number of stories that are so remarkable different and yet share the same theme.” --TLS
Book Description
From Lovecraft to Borges to Gaiman, a century of intrepid literary experimentation has created a corpus of dark and strange stories that transcend all known genre boundaries. Together these stories form The Weird, and its practitioners include some of the greatest names in twentieth and twenty-first century literature. Exotic and esoteric, The Weird plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities. You won’t find any elves or wizards here...but you will find the biggest, boldest, and downright most peculiar stories from the last hundred years bound together in the biggest Weird collection ever assembled. The Weird features 110 stories by an all-star cast, from literary legends to international bestsellers to Booker Prize winners: including William Gibson, George R. R. Martin, Stephen King, Angela Carter, Kelly Link, Franz Kafka, China Miéville, Clive Barker, Haruki Murakami, M. R. James, Neil Gaiman, Mervyn Peake, and Michael Chabon.
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A Truly Groundbreaking Anthology, May 10 2012
By Nick Scorza - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories (Hardcover)
Anthologies like this only come along once in a while. The Weird is definitive and utterly absorbing, pulling strange stories from all over the world and from both pulp and literary traditions. The VanderMeers have put this together with a clear aesthetic, but a vast range of subjects and styles. There's something for everyone -- provided you like fiction that's mysterious, unnerving and without easy explanations.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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A Must Have Collection, May 8 2012
By Krista Cubicleblindness "CubicleBlindness" - Published on Amazon.com
Very in depth book with over 1109 pages. Each story ~8 pages long 2 columns per page/per side. Very short forward and introduction pages in the front and back.I highly recommend this book to anybody that like stories about the unusual and strange. With the massive size of around 1192 pages it will keep you reading for days. I have seen varying prices around the web varying from $40-$15. In which this book is so worth the money. I am considering buying a copy for all of my friends. All of the weirdest short stories from the best authors of our time all in one place.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Not chock full of the normal Vampire, Werewolf, Zombie and sex mix, May 12 2012
By A.M Donovan - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories (Hardcover)
When I first saw the box containing this book, I got excited. Then I opened the box, saw the cover with the Lovecraftian cover and some of the contributors and gave a squee of excitement. Then I read the index. My first response was "I am in love!" This is not just another anthology, with representative samples form 1908-2010 the VanderMeer's managed to give us a sense of the evolution of the horror/thriller genres. If you read "The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles" by Lord Dunsany, you will be happy to know that there is another tale dealing with the Gnoles. You will also be pleasantly surprised by the translated stories, too. A worldwide tour de force of the wonderfully weird with translated tales from as far afield as Germany, Russia, Iran and China not just limited to the English speaking world as most of these collections tend towards, also refusing to limit themselves to the usual vampire, werewolf, zombie and sex stories. While these genres are enjoyable I their own right, it is nice to see a collection not limited to the themes that have permeated the horror/thriller section of the book stores. With contributions from the premier authorities of the eerie tale such as Saki, Lovecraft, Bradbury, Campbell, Ellison, King, Gaiman and many more, the VanderMeer's do their best to find new stories and new authors that you may not have been introduced to before and it is well worth the time to meet the group. If you loved the delightful creepiness of The Twilight Zone, the weirdness of Fringe and wish to expand your collection and enjoyment with something that manages to stay pretty strong throughout and different from the normal, run of the mill stories, then you will definitely want to add this to your collection. I did receive this book to do a review (but still loved it!)
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