The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror (Paperback)

by Stephen Jones (Editor)

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Paperback: 512 pages
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers; 2nd printing edition (November 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0786707925
ISBN-13: 978-0786707928
Product Dimensions: 19 x 13.2 x 4.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 363 g

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Horror-lovers have to wait till after Halloween for one of their biggest treats of the year: the latest volume of this World Fantasy Award-winning series. Editor Jones offers his usual comprehensive look at the year, including a quick history of horror small press as well as opinion on its future in the face of an onslaught of self- and e-publishing. The fiction startsD"Halloween Street"Dand endsD"Tricks and Treats One Night on Halloween Street"Dwith delicious short tales from Steve Rasnic Tem and rarely flags between. Standout stories include those from newcomers Gemma Files ("The Emperor's New Bones") and Tim Lebbon ("White"), as well as from veterans like Ramsey Campbell ("The Entertainer") and Peter Straub ("Pork Pie Hat"). Lightning literally strikes with F. Paul Wilson's "Aftershocks," and Kim Newman cleverly explains Edgar Allan Poe and his doppelg nger, Edgar Allen Poe, in "Just Like Eddy." Most of the 21 stories are superb, and Jones again provides his ever-useful address section andDassisted by Kim NewmanDa sobering necrology. A worthy reflection of the diversity and high quality of contemporary horror and dark fantasy, this annual volume remains an absolute necessity and bargain-priced to boot. Buy two: one to read and one to give. (Nov. 15)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Well worth the money..., Mar 4 2001

By	J. Bilby "littlebibs" (Kingston, New Hampshire United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If it wasn't for these horror anthologies (also The years best fantasy and horror) I would never have found all these great writers (from both sides of the atlantic). I do realize both of these top anthologies mentioned above have their "favorite" core authors, but all in all Stephen Jones is an excellent editor in mostly everything he touches. Having found such authors as Michael Marshall Smith, James Herbert, Simon Clark, Ramsey Campbell from Great Britain and Joe R. Lansdale, Joyce Carol Oats, Peter Straub, F. Paul Wilson to name just a small list its hard to include all our own personal favorites but hopefully these will continue to be published into the future.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Top Quality Short Stories, Feb 2 2001

By	J. L. Probert - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I must confess to feeling rather more enthusiastic than the previous two reviewers about this volume. Horror fans have a lot to thank Steven Jones for, and in the list of his achievements this series must come near the top. While anthologies such as Dark Forces, Douglas E Winter's Prime Evil and Al Sarrantonio's 999 have been excellent one-off collections, the Best New Horror series is an annual reminder of how a genre with a sometimes dubious reputation can still come up with some of the most brilliantly written stories of the year. These are pieces by talented authors who are obviously working in the genre out of choice, producing work that stands head and shoulders above the vast majority of mainstream fiction currently available. Volume 11 maintains the tradition established by its predecessors, with standout novellas by F Paul Wilson (Aftershock), Tim Lebbon (White) and Peter Straub (Pork Pie Hat). David Case (famous for The Cell and The Hunter from The Pan Book of Horror Stories) also has an entry, and Paul McAuley's "Naming the Dead" is a super tale of a Victorian detective tackling spirits in modern-day London in a story which sounds from his introduction as if it was written for Jones' Dark Detectives anthology which came out from Fedogan and Bremer last year. Certainly it would not have been out of place in that volume. So, 21 stories with not a bad one among them, a summary of the year in horror and a detailed "Necrology" listing all those connected (however tenuously) with the genre who have departed over the last twelve months. Anyone with a passing interest in how good this genre really can be (and that's nothing short of excellent to me and you) should get a copy of this now.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best Horror Anthology for the year., Jan 9 2001

By	David M. Elder (Pacifica, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've been a consistant reader from Volume I on of this anthology, but I must admit that lately the selections have been dissappointing. It seems as if Stephen Jones must always include some of the same authors in every volume, even though there are better horror stories from other authors not included for that year.

For this year, the landmark 999 was clearly the best horror anthology, of which this volume contains only two stories (the ones by Klein and Campbell). Clearly the 999 stories by Ligotti, Lansdale and Oates were far better than the majority of the stories included in Best New Horror 11.

Still, you might find the little Halloween vignettes by Tem amusing and the Schow story Unshaped a bit disconcerting, but I think, aside from the Campbell story (see 999), Peter Straub's story of a legendary Jazz saxaphonist is quite superb.

Hopefully Jones will be more discriminating in the future, rather than continually playing his favourites.

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