Cthulhu 2000

by Miscellaneous

Paperback, 1999

Status

Available

Call number

813.0873808

Genres

Publication

Ballantine Books Inc. (1999), Paperback, 416 pages

Description

A host of horror and fantasy's top authors captures the spirit of supreme supernatural storyteller H. P. Lovecraft with eighteen chilling contemporary tales that would have made the master proud. "The Barrens" by F. Paul Wilson: In a tangled wilderness, unearthly lights lead the way to a world no human was meant to see. "His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood" by Poppy Z. Brite: Two dabblers in black magic encounter a maestro of evil enchantment. "On the Slab" by Harlan Ellison: The corpse of a one-eyed giant brings untold fortune--and unspeakable fear--to whoever possesses it. "Pickman's Modem" by Lawrence Watt-Evans: Horror is a keystroke away when an ancient evil lurks in modern technology. PLUS FOURTEEN MORE BLOOD-CURDLING STORIES "Shaft Number 247" by Basil Copper "The Adder" by Fred Chappell "Fat Face" by Michael Shea "The Big Fish" by Kim Newman "I Had Vacantly Crumpled It into My Pocket . . . But by God, Eliot, It Was a Photograph from Life!" by Joanna Russ "H.P.L." by Gahan Wilson "The Unthinkable" by Bruce Sterling "Black Man with a Horn" by T. E. D. Klein "Love's Eldritch Ichor" by Esther M. Friesner "The Last Feast of Harlequin" by Thomas Ligotti "The Shadow on the Doorstep" by James P. Blaylock "Lord of the Land" by Gene Wolfe "The Faces at Pine Dunes" by Ramsey Campbell "24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai" by Roger Zelazny… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member bcquinnsmom

Another anthology of short horror stories written by people who could be said to be under the influence of HP Lovecraft. There are 18 stories in this book, some very very good, some okay, some not so hot. You'll find this to be true in any anthology, actually -- it's not just this book!

Let me point

out some of my favorites:
"The Barrens," by F. Paul Wilson (which I had already read, but loved it so much I re-read it here);
"His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood," by Poppy Z. Brite;
"The Big Fish," by Kim Newman -- let me add that this one most likely entertained me the most, because even if it was playing fast and loose with the old Innsmouth stories, it was done in pulp style with a wise-cracking noirish detective and I loved it. Not so much for its horror quotient (in fact, parts were downright funny), but just the style...I could see someone reading something like this in the heyday of the pulp magazines).

"Black Man with a Horn," by TED Klein...one of the creepiest stories in here, actually;
"The Last Feast of Harlequin," by Thomas Ligotti, one of my favorite authors
and
"The Faces at Pine Dunes," by Ramsey Campbell, another of my favorite writers of horror.

Overall, a fun collection and well worth the reading time.

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LibraryThing member weakley

Nice collection of works in the Cthulu vein. I think my favourite was the Sam Spade story. It was so well done. The best work in it as far as the writing goes was the Zelazny novella at the end of the book. It's worth reading some of the lesser stories in the collection just to get to "Views of

Mount Fuji, by Hokusai". There were a few dogs in the collection though which brought the overall book down a bit.

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