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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
This man was a stone-cold genius. I'm so glad I picked this up for spooky season. He's going to be a spooky season staple from now on.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Drug use, Physical abuse
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Death of parent, Gaslighting
Neil Gaiman said that "You know his stories, even if you think you don't." I, for one, realised I knew his stories from The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror episodes and "The Scary Door" in Futurama.
In these stories one of the characters is always paranoid about some sort of supernatural phenomena dogging their steps, sabotaging their lives, haunting them in every way -- and then by the end it transpires these things are ridiculous and entirely real. Totally genius.
My favourite stories were "Blood Son", "Death Ship", "Button, Button", "The Funeral", "Long Distance Call", "The Holiday Man" and "The Duel."
In these stories one of the characters is always paranoid about some sort of supernatural phenomena dogging their steps, sabotaging their lives, haunting them in every way -- and then by the end it transpires these things are ridiculous and entirely real. Totally genius.
My favourite stories were "Blood Son", "Death Ship", "Button, Button", "The Funeral", "Long Distance Call", "The Holiday Man" and "The Duel."
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
This is a very interesting short story about the three-man crew of a spaceship who, landing on a planet, find a crashed craft. They investigate, only to find their own faces staring back at them (and no, that isn't the spoiler it sounds like).
The story is well written, drawing one in, and each of the characters is well-depicted and different in personality. The ending was not expected, but I've seen better "punch lines" (in this case, several sentences...) than was employed to wrap this story up.
Good classic scifi. I am dubious about the time travel tag though. On the surface it appears to be time travel, but when one scratches it a bit, that notion falls apart.
Merged review:
This is a very interesting short story about the three-man crew of a spaceship who, landing on a planet, find a crashed craft. They investigate, only to find their own faces staring back at them (and no, that isn't the spoiler it sounds like).
The story is well written, drawing one in, and each of the characters is well-depicted and different in personality. The ending was not expected, but I've seen better "punch lines" (in this case, several sentences...) than was employed to wrap this story up.
Good classic scifi. I am dubious about the time travel tag though. On the surface it appears to be time travel, but when one scratches it a bit, that notion falls apart.
The story is well written, drawing one in, and each of the characters is well-depicted and different in personality. The ending was not expected, but I've seen better "punch lines" (in this case, several sentences...) than was employed to wrap this story up.
Good classic scifi. I am dubious about the time travel tag though. On the surface it appears to be time travel, but when one scratches it a bit, that notion falls apart.
Merged review:
This is a very interesting short story about the three-man crew of a spaceship who, landing on a planet, find a crashed craft. They investigate, only to find their own faces staring back at them (and no, that isn't the spoiler it sounds like).
The story is well written, drawing one in, and each of the characters is well-depicted and different in personality. The ending was not expected, but I've seen better "punch lines" (in this case, several sentences...) than was employed to wrap this story up.
Good classic scifi. I am dubious about the time travel tag though. On the surface it appears to be time travel, but when one scratches it a bit, that notion falls apart.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
dark
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Not bad, but a few of the stories didn't quite resonate with me on a "Best of" frequency.