Tombs - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565049063 ISBN 13: 9781565049062

Publisher: White Wolf Publishing, 1996

Synopsis

Contents
Tomb Swift by Forrest J. Ackerman
In Trust by Ben Bova
The Butterfly Effect by Kathleen Ann Goonan
Epistrophy by Michael Bishop
No Ordinary Christian by Michael Moorcock
White Lady's Grave by Lisa Tuttle
Burial at Sea by Larry Bond and Chris Carlson
The Unchained by Kathe Koja and Barry N. Malzberg
The Time Garden by Ian McDonald
He on Honeydew by Stewart Von Allmen
City Deep by Jeremy Dyson
But None I Think There Do Embrace by S.P. Somtow
Ginansia's Ravishment by Christopher Fowler
Heartfires by Charles de Lint
Drowning With Others by Gary A. Braunbeck
Station of the Cross by Colin Greenland
Queen of Knaves by Neil Gaiman
God's Bright Little Engine by Stephen Gallagher
The Darkest Doctrine by Brad Linaweaver
The Land of the Reflected Ones by Nancy A. Collins
The Temptation of Wilfred Malachey by William F. Buckley Jr.
Blue Flame of a Candle by Storm Constantine

About this title

From Publishers Weekly

Any book in which William F. Buckley Jr. cohabits with camp king Forrest J Ackerman is nothing if not diverse. Indeed, the theme of entombment takes many shapes in the 21 stories and one poem (Ackerman's goofy intro defies classification) that comprise this satisfying anthology that embraces a variety of genres and prose styles. Some of the tombs, like a jukebox containing someone's ashes in Michael Bishop's witty "Epistrophy" or the belly of a fantastic whale in Stewart von Allmen's "He on Honeydew," are literal. Others, as in Buckley's "The Temptation of Wilfred Malachey," are more metaphorical, dealing with characters trapped by fate or their own natures. Most stories have some touch of horror; although in Charles de Lint's "Heartfires" and Ian McDonald's "The Time Garden," the mythic and the frightening become delightfully homey. Some authors inject elements of science fiction (Ben Bova, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Colin Greenland); some call on the supernatural (Lisa Tuttle, Nancy A. Collins, S.P. Somtow); some conjure exotic adventure (Michael Moorcock, Storm Constantine); and some stick to realism (Larry Bond and Chris Carlson's "Burial at Sea" is an emotionally effective story about a submarine accident). This is agreeable grab bag of claustrophobic, mortifying pleasures.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

An anthology of short stories by an impressive collection of some of the best authors writing today, Tombs explores forces, people and things better left forgotten. The theme is not limited to the classic definition of the word "Tomb" but rather, focuses on the metaphorical understanding of "Tomb" as something which often serves to trap the mind and restrain the soul. Tombs is definitely a different read, and features some exceptional and notable authors: Michael Moorcock, Neil Gaiman, Michael Bishop, Larry Bond, Ben Bova, Joe R. Lansdale, Kathe Koja, Storm Constantine, Robert Holdstock, and others. -- Midwest Book Review

Edition details

• Publisher: White Wolf Publishing
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565049063
• ISBN 13: 9781565049062
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 438