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Post by benedictjjones on Jan 29, 2010 10:26:26 GMT
published in 2008 by Solaris as best Mythos Tales Vol. 1
contains:
Introduction (by Lumley)
The Horror at Oakdeene (1970)
Born of the Wind (1975)
The Fairground Horror (1976)
The Taint (2005)
Rising with Surtsey (1971)
Lord of the Worms (1983)
The House of the Temple (1980)
a few notes on the actual book:
it is slightly shorter and just not as wide as a standard paperback which gives it a rather strange feel, the text etc inside is slightly off centre as is the cover (i think it was cut slightly off). the cover is great.
the only story I had read before was 'the taint', but i'll give that another read before i post comments aout it.
The Horror at Oakdeene - young Martin Spellman wants to write a book about strange mental cases and joins up as a nurse at Oakdeene Asylum. Soon he comes to dread being sent down, on the night shift, to 'hell' - the bowels of the asylum.
actually a pretty good story although Lumley tyle is more asured in his later work
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