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Post by dem bones on May 30, 2008 15:34:17 GMT
J. N. Williamson (ed.) - The Best Of Masques (Berkley, 1988) J. N. Williamson - Introduction
Robert R. McCammon - Nightcrawlers
Richard Matheson - Buried Talents
F. Paul Wilson - Soft
Ramsey Campbell - Second Sight
Robert Bloch - Everybody Needs a Little Love
William F. Nolan - The Yard
Gahan Wilson - The Substitute
James Herbert - Maurice And Mog
Jessica Amanda Salmonson - Angel’s Exchange
Steve Rasnic Tem - Hidey Hole
Ray Bradbury - Long After Ecclesiastes Verse
Thomas F. Monteleone - The Night Is Freezing Fast
Charles L. Grant - The Old Men Know
Douglas E. Winter - Splatter
Ray Russell - Czadek
J. N. Williamson - Wordsong
Joe R. Lansdale - Down By The Sea Near The Great Big Rock
Charles R. Saunders - Outsteppin' Fetchit
Dennis Etchison - Somebody Like You
Richard Christian Matheson - Third Wind
Alan Rodgers - The Boy Who Came Back From The Dead
Stephen King - Popsy
J. N. Williamson - Behind The Masques: Author notes Blurb: Meet the undisputed masters of modern terror included in this dazzling all-new collection. A celebration of heart-stopping fear, these twenty-two nightmarish tales have never before been published in paperback. Now prepare yourself for the darkest visions of today's brightest talents, the most unique and innovative storytellers of our time. The best of the best - The Best Of Masques.
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alansjf
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Post by alansjf on May 30, 2008 17:33:20 GMT
I rate Williamson's first two Masques anthologies - I was weaned on these, along with whatever Charles L. Grants and Peter Hainings I could find at my local library.
Volumes III and IV weren't quite as good, a handful of decent stories but far too many forgettable ones, and I haven't read the fifth volume, published as a limited edition last year (or the year before?)
Nice to see some of my favorites from I and II made the cut for this 'best of' selection - the Etchison, Campbell, Rodgers and Grant tales, especially.
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Post by dem bones on May 30, 2008 19:41:20 GMT
I wasn't even aware that there was a Best Of Masques until I found this last week and felt a bit swizzed when I got it home. It's very early in the series for a Best Of ... and "... these twenty-two nightmarish tales have never before been published in paperback" is dubious to say the least. Still, it's a good introduction to the series though I'm surprised he favoured Ray Russell's Czadek over American Gothic.
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Post by goathunter on Nov 4, 2008 2:29:18 GMT
I wasn't even aware that there was a Best Of Masques until I found this last week and felt a bit swizzed when I got it home. It's very early in the series for a Best Of ... and "... these twenty-two nightmarish tales have never before been published in paperback" is dubious to say the least. Still, it's a good introduction to the series though I'm surprised he favoured Ray Russell's Czadek over American Gothic. When this was first published, I'm pretty sure none of them had appeared in paperback before. This was the first of several repackagings of the Masques stories to try to wring more money out of the series (at least, that's my understanding of why there have been so many). It's also my understanding that this 2001 Pinnacle release was completely unauthorized and was supposed to have been pulped.  Hunter |
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