Isaac Asimov's Werewo [Paperback]

Gardner R. Dozois (Editor), Sheila Williams (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1999

From the award-winning pages of "Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine" comes a unique collection of new lycanthropic legends. These wild and wooly tales are written by today's acclaimed talents, including Suzy McKee Charnas, and Pat Murphy.

Charnas, Suzy McKee - Boobs

Clemens, Sarah - Red

Cross, Ronald Anthony - Two bad Dogs

Foster, Alan Dean - Wolfstroke

Keizer, Gregg - What seen but the Wolf

Murphy, Pat - An American Childhood

Somtow, S. P. - The Madonna of the Wolves (Excerpt from "Moon Dance")

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Ace (October 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0441006612
• ISBN-13: 978-0441006618
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,330,485 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining anthology, September 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Isaac Asimov's Werewo (Paperback)

The latest anthology reprints from the Asimov magazine centers on werewolves and as expected from that illustrious publication the stores are all great. The time frames vary adding to the depth of the mix. The stories take readers seemingly everywhere. One tale involves a Viking visit to the new world before Columbus. Another centers on a wild ride on the Orient Express in the nineteenth century. The 1950's South hosts a story. The American Western frontier provides the backdrop for a firth tale. Finally, the remaining entries take the audience on a weird trip in modern times. Each tale holds in common two things: werewolves are a featured character(s) and all six are excellent tales.

Several of the tales are award winners, but all deserved recognition. Fans of horror short stories and anyone who relishes a werewolf tale with a bite will gain much pleasure from this collection that lives up to the Asimov label.

Harriet Klausner

3.0 out of 5 stars A pretty good Anthology, December 28, 2009

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M. panah "Sassonic" (Orange County, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Isaac Asimov's Werewo (Paperback)

This is a series of short stories, from various authors (not Asimov)each having a werewolf theme. There's no point in me giving splot summaries for several short stories, but a couple of the stories are a real interesting read, in particular the very first story in the anthology is great by Gregg Keizer, it's about a Viking ship at sea which may or may not have a werewolf in its crew. It's a dark story, filled with lore, and drama. It's worth buying the book just for that.

4.0 out of 5 stars A Mixed Bag, October 14, 2005

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The5thMarauder "Rogue" (Grand Rapids, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Isaac Asimov's Werewo (Paperback)

I am a huge werewolf fan, especially of lycanthropy as a metaphor of teenage female puberty/menstruation (Ginger Snaps, Annette Curtis Klause's Blood and Chocolate). Therefore, I greatly enjoyed the stories "Boobs" and "An American Childhood".

"Madonna of the Wolves" and "What Seen But the Wolf" were fascinating in their premises, but lagged at times. "Red" and "Two Bad Dogs" were my least favorite, they seemed out of place for some reason.

It's a good compilation, and worth a look if you're a werewolf lover.