Tombs. Original Fiction by Masters of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Suspense.

Edited by Peter Crowther & Edward E. Kramer.

ISBN 10: 1565049055 / ISBN 13: 9781565049055

Published by White Wolf Publishing, 1994

About this Item

Anthology includes works by Neil Gaiman, William F. Buckley Jr., Michael Moorcock, Michael Bishops, Ian Watson, and others. Introduction by Forrest J. Ackerman. 346 pages, light wear to ends and corners.

Seller Inventory # 10612

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tombs. Original Fiction by Masters of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Suspense.
• Publisher: White Wolf Publishing
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565049055
• ISBN 13: 9781565049055
• Binding: Hardcover pictorial boards.
• Condition: Very Good.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction, Fantasy

About this title

Synopsis

Twenty-three original tales of horror explore the dark worlds of tombs, catacombs, ancient temples, a crashing submarine, and a derelict space station

Reviews

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.
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