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Post by andydecker on Jun 17, 2020 14:43:47 GMT
David Bischoff – Quoth the Crow (HarperPrism, 1998, 277 p.) THE ETERNAL ONE At our human limits, when we've gone as far as flesh and imagination can take us, we meet the Eternal One. THE CROW. Immemorially old, and inconsolable, hew is there only for those who seek both revenge and love, and are willing to go all the way – and beyond. QUOTH THE CROW William Blessing is obsessed with Edgar Allan Poe. Like Poe, he is a writer of dark fantasy. And like Poe, he has powerful enemies. One of them pretends to be a friend, even as he plots to murder William and steal his wife. Blessing's only hope is to learn the truth about his "friend" before … But this is the realm of the Crow, where the grave is the doorway to truth. William must walk through it to discover Poe's final secret. Then, and only then, with the help of a dark-winged "Raven", can he return to feed on the human carrion who raped his wife and slaughtered his soul.
The whole Crow-Universe wasn't my cup of tea, even if I have nothing against Gothic with a big G. I couldn't stand the art of the comic and thought the story pretty basic. I saw the movie, which I thought okay at best, and read about its tragedy of course, but the success of the franchise leaves me rather cold and/or baffled. This is the first of the novelizations, and David Bischoff is also a writer which I fear does nothing for me. This edition is one of those large trade paperbacks with a big print. The Poe connection sounds mildly interesting, even if it was news to me that Poe had powerful enemies (and I guess the idea that his work is "Dark Fantay" would send him spinning in his grave), but who knows.
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