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Post by Craig Herbertson on Aug 1, 2008 10:56:12 GMT
Oh and apparently some of the stories dwell on the 'fetishism of the female body' and include plenty of 'violence blood and mutilation'. I wonder if he means mine? I do hope so. Well thank God this reviewer came along John. Here was me loving your story. Now I realise my dreadful mistake - This Charles Black fellow is producing horror anthologies!!! I had no idea. It must have been the covers that fooled me...
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Post by sean on Aug 1, 2008 11:28:30 GMT
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Post by Dr Terror on Aug 1, 2008 12:50:12 GMT
Seen them now. Thanks, Rog. He's not keen on them, is he? He seems to like 6 out of 31 stories, the rest he dismisses with comments akin to the sort of things said about the Pan books. ;D Still, we're getting some publicity from it - thanks for posting about it in several forums, Des.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Aug 2, 2008 15:36:51 GMT
I forget the exact words but this reviewer finishes by calling the collection 'good'. That's a plus point.
He states however about the second book that it doesn't 'differ' from the last. This sums it up really. Its an anthology in a certain style from a certain generic background with a certain feel and if it differed from the last one it wouldn't really be continuing any of that and it would in fact be like releasing a superman comic and then releasing a second comic in the series about flowers. If you don't like or understand the genre you can't really give a great review.
So, I think we should definitely steal this guys last piece of toblerone if we encounter him in a chocolaterie and he's definitely off my croquet and bridge party list.
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Post by Dr Terror on Aug 5, 2008 22:41:27 GMT
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Post by evileye on Sept 17, 2008 12:02:12 GMT
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Post by The Lurker In The Shadows on Sept 17, 2008 13:57:53 GMT
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Post by Dr Terror on Sept 17, 2008 20:36:19 GMT
Congrats, Dan. Look forward to hearing it.
Thanks EE for bringing that review to my attention. There's an updated version of it there now.
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Post by benedictjjones on Sept 21, 2008 13:01:16 GMT
^seconded. well done dan.
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Post by mattofthespurs on Sept 23, 2008 9:00:51 GMT
The postie very kindly delivered all 3 of the Black Book of Horror volumes this morning. I look forward to delving into them shortly.
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Post by Dr Terror on Sept 23, 2008 22:34:08 GMT
Nice one, thanks, Matt. Hope they give you lots of ghoulish pleasure.
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Post by lordfroggy on Oct 5, 2008 19:32:45 GMT
Charles as promised at the BFS Awards Showcase back in July, I did order The Black Book of Horror and the review of book three in Prism failed to put me off this series...
...better late then never! I hope to place orders for book 2 and 3 soon.
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Post by Dr Terror on Nov 3, 2008 23:15:29 GMT
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Post by Dr Terror on Feb 7, 2009 21:59:13 GMT
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Post by franklinmarsh on Sept 22, 2010 11:25:30 GMT
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