Man's Story 2 (Blood and Lillies and other stories of Suspense and Horror, Volume 9) [Paperback]

Laird Long, Cora Buhlert, Darren Franz, Karen Ford, Mike Graves Anthology: C.C. Blake (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 2005

An Anthology of Pulp-Fiction style Stories od Suspense and Terror.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Man's Story 2 Publishing Company; 1ST edition (2005)
• ISBN-10: 0979244927
• ISBN-13: 978-0979244926
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,091,777 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars it just ain't the same, January 10, 2007

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Charles H. Levenson "chubbybuns" (new jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Man's Story 2 (Blood and Lillies and other stories of Suspense and Horror, Volume 9) (Paperback)

Being old enough to have been able to purchase the original Man's Story magazine,at local newstands,and for only a quarter an issue,I think that I can speak with some experience here...This is NOT really anything like the original...Yes,it tries to be...the stories are from the same formula,basicly pulpish damsel-in-distress tales centering on torture,historical or war-related settings,dramatic rescues ,that sort of thing...But there is really very little imagination involved...essentially,you read one or two of this kind of story you have in effect read them all..The original stories had the advantage of being rather"new"way back when,and catered to an audience that had grown up with pulp fiction..The old versions just took that fiction a few sweaty steps forward,made it a tad more fetishisticly erotic and,best of all,adorned it with some very very memorable artwork...The new versions try to update the formula,but fail miserably...For one thing there is a whole lot more of this sort of thing available now,it is more explicit,and can be had,by the gross on a pay-as-you-view(and read)monthly subscription on certain fethish web-sites...These websites offer superior artwork,and thier storylines are as good-and often better-than the stuff offered here..One of the real problems with Man's Story 2 is the artwork,which is,for the most part,almost juevenile..This in itself is enough to compare the enterprise unfavorably with both the original old quarter an issue magazines and the web-sites mentioned earlier...Another negative is the 9.95 pricetag...While one may not be fortunate(as I am)to own entire runs of original issues of"Man's Story"."Man's Epic","World of Men" and other golden age publications,one still can buy a monthly subscription,for about $25.00 or so,and get hundreds and hundreds of illustrated stories,while here,for one's money you get only a few badly illustrated tales...