Now in its eleventh year, this winner of the World Fantasy Award and the International Horror Critics Guild Award again showcases the finest talents writing contemporary horror fiction -- established masters as well as new voices -- and presents its lively review of the past year in the field of fear and terror.
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Horror-lovers have to wait till after Halloween for one of their biggest treats of the year: the latest volume of this World Fantasy Award-winning series. Editor Jones offers his usual comprehensive look at the year, including a quick history of horror small press as well as opinion on its future in the face of an onslaught of self- and e-publishing. The fiction startsD"Halloween Street"Dand endsD"Tricks and Treats One Night on Halloween Street"Dwith delicious short tales from Steve Rasnic Tem and rarely flags between. Standout stories include those from newcomers Gemma Files ("The Emperor's New Bones") and Tim Lebbon ("White"), as well as from veterans like Ramsey Campbell ("The Entertainer") and Peter Straub ("Pork Pie Hat"). Lightning literally strikes with F. Paul Wilson's "Aftershocks," and Kim Newman cleverly explains Edgar Allan Poe and his doppelg nger, Edgar Allen Poe, in "Just Like Eddy." Most of the 21 stories are superb, and Jones again provides his ever-useful address section andDassisted by Kim NewmanDa sobering necrology. A worthy reflection of the diversity and high quality of contemporary horror and dark fantasy, this annual volume remains an absolute necessity and bargain-priced to boot. Buy two: one to read and one to give. (Nov. 15)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Top Quality Short Stories,
This review is from: The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 11 (Paperback)
I must confess to feeling rather more enthusiastic than the previous two reviewers about this volume. Horror fans have a lot to thank Steven Jones for, and in the list of his achievements this series must come near the top. While anthologies such as Dark Forces, Douglas E Winter's Prime Evil and Al Sarrantonio's 999 have been excellent one-off collections, the Best New Horror series is an annual reminder of how a genre with a sometimes dubious reputation can still come up with some of the most brilliantly written stories of the year. These are pieces by talented authors who are obviously working in the genre out of choice, producing work that stands head and shoulders above the vast majority of mainstream fiction currently available. Volume 11 maintains the tradition established by its predecessors, with standout novellas by F Paul Wilson (Aftershock), Tim Lebbon (White) and Peter Straub (Pork Pie Hat). David Case (famous for The Cell and The Hunter from The Pan Book of Horror Stories) also has an entry, and Paul McAuley's "Naming the Dead" is a super tale of a Victorian detective tackling spirits in modern-day London in a story which sounds from his introduction as if it was written for Jones' Dark Detectives anthology which came out from Fedogan and Bremer last year. Certainly it would not have been out of place in that volume. So, 21 stories with not a bad one among them, a summary of the year in horror and a detailed "Necrology" listing all those connected (however tenuously) with the genre who have departed over the last twelve months. Anyone with a passing interest in how good this genre really can be (and that's nothing short of excellent to me and you) should get a copy of this now.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Another Solid Installment But...,
This review is from: The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 11 (Paperback)
I look forward to the yearly installment of this series and regularly buy it without question. The series has many things to recommend it; a) a great introduction detailing current trends in horror print, film, comics, websites, b) a nice necrology (a record of deaths in the industry) detailing careers of notable writers, actors, producers, c) a resourceful collection of addresses and websites for the horror fan and finally d) superb stories. The stories are always the treasure and I am constantly taking down old versions and rereading them with gusto. Despite the fact that three of the stories appear in other current anthologies that I've bought, I found the selection this year solid. Stephen Jones (the editor) did another fine job of culling a nice spectrum of the genre. My only complaint is about the editing. It may seem a minor issue but I found numerous editing errors in this year's installment. They were the type of errors that were clearly from the use of computer spellcheckers versus the use of a careful proofreader. (Properly spelled homonyms that were out of place in sentences, etc.) It was sad to see this series come down a notch in quality simply due to cutting corners. Nonetheless, it remains THE annual anthology to purchase if you are a fan of horror fiction.
4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not the best Horror Anthology for the year.,
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This review is from: The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 11 (Paperback)
I've been a consistant reader from Volume I on of this anthology, but I must admit that lately the selections have been dissappointing. It seems as if Stephen Jones must always include some of the same authors in every volume, even though there are better horror stories from other authors not included for that year.For this year, the landmark 999 was clearly the best horror anthology, of which this volume contains only two stories (the ones by Klein and Campbell). Clearly the 999 stories by Ligotti, Lansdale and Oates were far better than the majority of the stories included in Best New Horror 11. Still, you might find the little Halloween vignettes by Tem amusing and the Schow story Unshaped a bit disconcerting, but I think, aside from the Campbell story (see 999), Peter Straub's story of a legendary Jazz saxaphonist is quite superb. Hopefully Jones will be more discriminating in the future, rather than continually playing his favourites.
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