The Midnight Sun is the companion volume to Gods in Darkness, and collects all of the Kane short stories and poetry. The Complete Stories of Kane. Table of Contents: Death Angel's Shadow (Poem) Undertow Two Suns Setting The Dark Muse Sing a Last Song of Valdese Misericorde Lynortis Reprise Raven's Eyrie In the Lair of Yslsl Reflections for the Winter of My Soul Cold Light Mirage The Other One The Gothic Touch Midnight Sun (Poem) Lacunae Deep in the Depths of the Acme Warehouse At First Just Ghostly The Treasure of Lynortis (Early version of "Lynotris Reprise") In the Wake of the Night (lost novel fragment) The Once and Future Kane (Non-fiction essay)
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Kane- the Ultimate Rogue,
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This review is from: The Midnight Sun: The Complete Stories of Kane (Hardcover)
Karl Edward Wagner's Kane is one of the most unique characters in fiction. Based on the Biblical Cain, Kane is an immortal who wanders his world (a version of Earth) hatching plots and trying to stave off boredom. Wagner decribes him as six feet tall, 300 pounds of muscle with red hair and beard. His most remarkable feature are his eyes, which are a piercing blue and contain a insane killer's gleam- the mark of Kane. Immensely strong and lightning quick, Kane is master of all weapons and combat types. Kane is also a sorcerer of great power. Wagner's creation is utterly amoral, at times a leader of ravaging armies or bandit bands. Sometimes he is hunted by those trying to seek righteous vengence or rid the world of his evil. The stories span thousands of years and the last ones take place in contemporary San Francisco and London. Dispite the monumental evil which Kane has perpetrated in his millennia long existance, the reader can't help but root for him. That's good writing!
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About time...!,
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This review is from: The Midnight Sun: The Complete Stories of Kane (Hardcover)
A decade after his death, somebody finally got around to compiling a tribute to the late, great Karl Edward Wagner and his greatest creation, the arch-hero, Kane, in a two-volume set: Gods in Darkness, the Complete Novels of Kane, and this volume, The Midnight Sun, which contains all of the short stories, poems, etc., that have been floating around, mostly out of print, for the last decade or so.
Kane was my first experience with Wagner. Back in the '70's, when I was still a wee lad and most of my friends were reading stuff like The Outsiders, I stumbled on a paperback copy of Death Angel's Shadow, the one with the Frazetta cover, and spent the next few nights hiding in bed; under my covers, flashlight on long after midnight, altering my mind with this combination of Robert E. Howard and Lovecraft. Now, after reading most of his published work, for my buck, the noveletta's contained here are absolutely Wagner's best writing, period. The shorter Kane stories are nightmarishly bizarre, violent, and punchy, unlike Wagner's complete novels which tend to be a bit bloated and have a tendency to lose momentum (although they're still worth reading, by all means). The novel Bloodstone (contained in 'God's') is particularly inconsistent. That seems natural, since Wagner tended to work in the short story format, both in his own work and as the editor of other authors' works, in his many horror anthologies. As far as the compilations go, they're okay. There are lots of typo's in the text (nitpicky, I know, but c'mon...), and frankly, my biggest gripe - the Ken Kelly covers just stink. Nobody does Wagner and Kane (or fantasy illustration in general) justice like Frank Frazetta. Anyway. Say what you will about the likes of Lin Carter, L. Sprague de Camp, Manly Wade Wellman, Fritz Leiber, et al, there are really only two masters of what's come to be known as 'dark fantasy': Robert E. Howard, and Wagner. This volume is great. Pick it up and enjoy.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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A must have for all fans of Kane.,
By Robert Bottos "Rebel Rob aka Avid Fan" (Coquitlam, British Columbia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: The Midnight Sun: The Complete Stories of Kane (Hardcover)
This book is a fitting companion to Night Shade Books previous release "Gods in Darkness". The text is crisp and clean and I have only noticed one typographical error. This book brings together for the first time all of Karl Edward Wagner's short stories and poems about his mystic swordsman anti-hero Kane. The stories are presented in chronological order which is a nice change. Readers who own "Night Winds" will note that "Sing A Last Song of Valdese" now preceeds "Lynortis Reprise" and "Raven's Eyrie". My only complaint, and it is minor, is that Night Shade didn't include an overall chronology of the Kane stories in both of it's editions. I first read Wagner's Kane stories when I was 13 years old. Twenty-two years later they still hold their appeal and I'm saddened that there will be no more tales of Kane. Hint, hint, perhaps there is an author out there willing to pick up where Wagner left off. My favourite tale in this entire collection is "Reflections for the Winter of my Soul". This is one of the best werewolf stories I have ever read and I think it would make a great adaptation to the screen or a show like "The Outerlimits" or "Tales From the Darkside".
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