The Weird Sonneteers [Paperback]

Keith Allen Daniels (Author), Jerry H. Jenkins (Author), Ann K. Schwader (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2000

"The Weird Sonneteers" is a landmark collection of more than 100 sonnets on science fiction, fantasy and speculative science themes by three award-winning masters of the form.

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"Dark fantasies and chilling terror, existential loneliness and amusing perversities, provocative philosophical enigmas, science fiction wonders, alien explorations and extrapolations on death -- strange, ethereal fantasies, explicit sex... Keith Allen Daniels' poetry is masterful, mind-expanding, and... strange among the strange." -- Doug Coulson, "The Barrelhouse"

"Jerry Jenkins' poetry makes words dance on the tongue. He transmutes arcane subjects into the human condition with stanzas that are scorchingly, burned-down-to-the-ground beautiful."

"Ann K. Schwader's entrancing texts, each a subtle, yet vivid hallucination, show the mark of a superior stylist. We, the readers of dark and fantastic literature, are lucky to have her as a guide." -- Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Anamnesis Pr; 1 edition (March 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1892842041
• ISBN-13: 978-1892842046
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,900,330 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Superb collection, August 15, 2000

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Elaine Moore (DFW Metroplex) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Weird Sonneteers (Paperback)

As Keith Allen Daniels says in his introduction "most of these sonnets have a past life" but this reviewer found them all fresh and new and worth more than one visit. These three poets are clearly masters of this poetic form--which lends itself well to the diverse themes of horror and dark fantasy as envisioned by the individual authors.

But it is the distinctive storytelling of Ann K. Schwader that truly shines in "Pages from a Paperback Imagination". Her technique of overlaying contemporary heroes (Avalon, Avalon, Do You Read?) with the stuff of myth and legend is unique. The 14 lines of "Dead Girls Don't Cry" are filled with an in-depth characterization this reviewer usually only finds in novels -- and her monsters (Poraymos/The Devouring) are too real to ever be forgotten.

Powerful poetry here. Highly recommended.