Satan's Daughter and Other Tales from the Pulps [Paperback]

E. Hoffmann Price (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 8, 2005

A baker's dozen of classic pulp stories, by a master of the genre! 'Satan's Daughter and Other Tales from the Pulps' includes such rare gems as the title story, 'Scourge of the Silver Dragon,' 'Revolt of the Damned,' 'Pit of Madness,' 'The Walking Dead,' 'Drink or Draw,' and many more. 'Pulp stories at their pulpiest from a master of the form. Enjoy!' -- Darrell Schweitzer

Product Details

• Paperback: 236 pages
• Publisher: Wildside Press (March 8, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0809511185
• ISBN-13: 978-0809511181
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,530,897 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars This is NOT a Horror Anthology!, April 18, 2005

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Baron Von Cool - See all my reviews

This review is from: Satan's Daughter and Other Tales from the Pulps (Paperback)

I was thoroughly disappointed with Satan's Daughter as an anthology. Despite the garish "weird menace" cover, there are only TWO horror tales in it (IIRC); most are western, adventure or detective yarns... Having bought this book unseen online thinking it was an all-horror anthology from the MISLEADING COVER, one can only imagine how bitter my disappointment was upon cracking open the covers.

The title story, Satan's Daughter, was itself a fine read, as was its companion horror tale, something about voodoo zombies on a southern plantation whose title escapes me at the moment. As to the rest of the yarns, I dislike any anthology that mixes genres on principle, and Satan's Daughter proves no exception, something the editors at Wildside Press might consider the next time they're putting together and marketing an anthology. If you put a horror cover on it, you will attract primarily horror fans, and they will NOT be happy to see you've "cheated" them by filling up your page count with stories from other genres. What kills me is that the publisher could have filled the book up with more quality "weird menace" tales by E. Hoffman Price, but deliberately chose not to!

Therefore, this book is for E. Hoffman Price completists only. Horror fans should look elsewhere, in particular the Girasol Collectibles series of super-high quality pulp reprints: HORROR TALES, TERROR TALES, SPICY MYSTERY STORIES... These will satisfy your cravings for shuddersome thrills from 1930's pulp writers far better than this book's boring mish-mash.