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Post by dem bones on Aug 1, 2012 16:42:48 GMT
Forthcoming Mammoth publications from Constable-Robinsons. October & November 2012.Stephen Jones (ed.) - Zombie Apocalypse: Fightback (Robinson, October 2012) Sequel to the bestselling Zombie Apocalypse! – 18,000 copies sold in the UK
This long-awaited follow-up to Zombie Apocalypse! is once again a ‘mosaic novel’ that weaves together contributions from big-name horror writers in the form of essays, reports, letters, official documents and transcripts to create a coherent and compelling narrative. In volume one, old-school, flesh-eating zombies spread ‘The Death’ around the world. Now, the fightback begins, spearheaded by an equally stellar line-up of contributors, from Neil Gaiman, Sarah Pinborough and Michael Marshall Smith to Lisa Tuttle, Roz Kaveney and Christopher Fowler, and master-minded by multi award-winning horror anthologist Stephen Jones.
This will be a must-have for the many fans of the first book as well as the ever-expanding legions of zombie and horror fans..Stephen Jones (ed.) - Best New Horror 23 (Robinson, October 2012) New volume in a series now into its 23rd year and winner of the World Fantasy Award, British Fantasy Award and International Horror Guild Award
Every single horror writer of note has contributed at some point to the Best New Horror series, compiled by internationally acclaimed horror anthologist Stephen Jones and dedicated to presenting the best in contemporary horror and dark fantasy fiction.
This year’s darkest, most exceptional tales of terror showcase new short stories from both contemporary masters of the macabre as well as exceptional newcomers. With top-name contributors – such as Joan Aitken, Ramsey Campbell, Christopher Fowler, Joe R. Lansdale, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Robert Silverberg, Michael Marshall Smith and Evangeline Walton – a comprehensive overview of the horror year, a necrology of recently departed luminaries and an exhaustive list of indispensable addresses, this series remains the world’s leading annual horror anthology and the key event in the horror calendar for all horror fans, young and old.Peter Normanton - The Mammoth Book of Slasher Movies (Robinson, October 2012) A classic gorefest for all horror lovers – the most gloriously gory slasher and splatter horror movies of the past sixty years.
You can scream all you want, but it won’t make them stop in this compendium of more than 60 grisly, gruesome years of slasher and splatter movies – from genre-hopping Danny Boyle’s first horror film, 28 Days Later, to gore-meister Lucio Fulci’s Zombie Flesh Eaters. Here you will find the low-down on some 250 movies, with entries from 23 different countries – assembled by born-again slasher fan Peter Normanton.
This wonderfully macabre compilation is a definite must-have for all aficionados of the slasher and splatter movie sub-genres and general horror fans alike. The index, which includes every movie mentioned in the A–Z and accompanying notes, runs to 540 movies. The book includes the full list of video nasties that the UK government has attempted to ban.Marie O'Regan - Mammoth Book Of Ghost Stories By Women (Robinson, November 2012) A mesmerizing spin on the modern dark tale – 25 haunting stories showcasing writing by women on the supernatural and the macabre
Ghost stories are a perennial favourite, and British Fantasy Award-nominated horror and dark fantasy writer Marie O’Regan has put together this unforgettable selection of dark, sensational, horrifying stories by acclaimed female writers.
Alongside a handful of reprints, both classic and contemporary, are spectral tales by outstanding talents, such as Kelley Armstrong, Muriel Gray, Nancy Holder, Nancy Kilpatrick, Sarah Langan, Gail Z. Martin, Elizabeth Massie, Yvonne Navarro, Sarah Pinborough, Lilith Saintcrow, Lisa Tuttle among others.
This haunting anthology is subtly beguiling, yet brings a new sense of daring to the modern dark tale and a hard-edged twist to traditional horror.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Aug 1, 2012 16:54:03 GMT
Ghost stories by women! What next, I wonder?
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Post by dem bones on Aug 1, 2012 17:14:13 GMT
What next? Let me see now ... Nigel and Colin Cawthorne - Football Hooligans: No One Likes Us, We Don't Care (Robinson, September 2012) 130 years of trouble on the world's football terraces. First-hand accounts of football violence, from infamous Millwall to Man U. Once dubbed 'the English disease', British match-day thuggery has spread right across Europe and beyond. Here is the inside story of that phenomenon from those that were there, taking part in the mayhem. 'Yob Laureate' Dougie Brimson and his brother Eddy offer a compelling description of match-day madness; Colin Ward goes steaming in, while other pieces detail the irresistible aggro of the local Derby, the tragedy inside Heysel Stadium and the violence surrounding England's 1998 World Cup match against Tunisia. Finally, Dougie Brimson asks if the police are not just another 'firm', simply participants in the violence. Will that do? Details and, most likely, individual threads on each to follow over coming days/ weeks/ months. Five very exciting prospects, i'm sure you'll agree.
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Post by andydecker on Aug 2, 2012 8:59:50 GMT
Ghost stories by women! What next, I wonder? Ghost stories by men? Best New Horror by Evangeline Walton? Do today´s reader even know who Evangeline Walton was?
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Post by jamesdoig on Aug 2, 2012 9:20:14 GMT
Best New Horror by Evangeline Walton? Do today´s reader even know who Evangeline Walton was? I'd say it's one of the stories published for the first time in the Evangeline Walton collection Doug Anderson has recently published under his Nodens Books imprint. Evangeline Walton, Above Ker-Is and Other Stories (Nodens Books, 2012) ContentsIntroduction Above Ker-Is The Judgement of St Yves The Mistress of Kaer-Mor The Tree of Perkunas Werwolf The Ship from Away Lus-Mor At the End of the Corridor They That Have Wings The Other One Story Notes I can recommend it - great collection!
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Post by noose on Aug 2, 2012 9:23:06 GMT
Women Stories by Ghosts?
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Post by andydecker on Aug 2, 2012 9:34:30 GMT
This is a nice cover.
Something new or an old painting?
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Post by dem bones on Aug 2, 2012 10:11:05 GMT
How odd. i don't remember any of this fuss when Robinson published Vampire Stories By Women. Marie O'Regan made a great job of Body Horror (she's the co-editor with Paul Kane) and i'm looking forward to her solo effort as much as i am the Zombie Apocalypse sequel. As to the inclusion of an Evangeline Walton story in Best New Horror 23, personally, i hope it's a sign of things to come. In the main i far prefer Mr. Jones' theme anthologies - Wolf Men, New Terror, Monsters, Zombies & Co., - over the BNH's because they mix the old and the contemporary to such good effect.
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Post by Dr Strange on Aug 2, 2012 10:34:55 GMT
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Post by noose on Aug 2, 2012 11:05:52 GMT
Dem, no fuss from me, Marie is shaping up to be one of the great anthologists!
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Aug 2, 2012 11:17:02 GMT
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Post by dem bones on Aug 2, 2012 12:51:58 GMT
At The End Of The Corridor is among my favourite post-war Weird Tales, so will look forward to reading your verdict. There's a spoiler-ish post about it on the Brit editions thread, so best give that a miss for time being, or indeed, forever. Really must get me a copy of Witch House!
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Post by andydecker on Aug 2, 2012 15:33:46 GMT
I liked Witch House. Hm, her Mabinogian tretralogy is one of the fantasy classics I always wanted to read and never did. Generations of writers copied this. And thanks, Dr.Strange. This is interesting. Nah, the Robinson´s are all looking good. Some are just more interesting then others. The Hooligan book is not for me - but I was surprised when I saw that Cawthorne has done nearly a dozen of similar books, frim pirates to the vatican , - and I don´t buy things like Slasher Movies any longer, but Zombie Apocalypse and Best New Horror is a must-buy.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Aug 2, 2012 18:32:31 GMT
I shall have to speak very plainly then: It strikes me that a good number of well-known, classic ghost stories were in fact written by women, so the idea of ghost stories by women is not quite as radical as the title of the anthology seems to wish to imply. (The same goes for the vampire book, of course; I had simply overlooked its existence.)
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Post by dem bones on Aug 2, 2012 20:30:27 GMT
agreed, Ghost Stories By Women is far from the first collection of its kind, but the mainstream ones - those that spring to my mind, anyhow - have almost invariably been edited by men. We've had Peter Haining's A Circle Of Witches and The Gentlewomen Of Evil, Richard Dalby's Virago Book Of Victorian Ghost Stories & Virago Book Of Ghost Stories, Alan Ryan's Haunting Women, Marty Greenberg & Charles Waugh's Vamps, Stephen Jones' aforementioned Vampire Stories By Women .... Lisa Tuttle's Skins Of The Soul qualifies, but i'm struggling to think of another one outside of the small press imprints (and will likely be hugely embarrassed when someone sets me straight).
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