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A review by gerd_d
New Dead: A Zombie Anthology by Christopher Golden
3.0
I remember reading a complaint about anthologies in general that went down to something like "The quality in stories varies too much"
I'm so tempted to second this notion for "The new dead"
There are a lot of better edited anthologies out there, no doubt, although the highlights (most notable Jonathan Maberry's entry) are worth it anyway.
Fact is that the writing is extremely varied both in style, which is a good, and in writing quality, which is a not so good; frankly I couldn't help but wonder how some of the stories made it in there, but the fact that one of the stories I felt to be not quite up there seems to be among the best liked reading some other reviews certainly means that those stories do belong.
Well, can't argue taste, right?
And it does make it a recommendable read for beginners that look for a good overview of what this particular sub-genre has to offer, more seasoned readers may want to skip it though because in the end the overall stories offer little new and would have been for the greater part in need of tighter editing, with some reading at best like fan fiction.
Not all stories are bad, mind, some I just didn’t like because they kind of rambled on, or featured redundant parts, which made me wonder if they had some sort of problem to keep the deadline. (
I'm so tempted to second this notion for "The new dead"
There are a lot of better edited anthologies out there, no doubt, although the highlights (most notable Jonathan Maberry's entry) are worth it anyway.
Fact is that the writing is extremely varied both in style, which is a good, and in writing quality, which is a not so good; frankly I couldn't help but wonder how some of the stories made it in there, but the fact that one of the stories I felt to be not quite up there seems to be among the best liked reading some other reviews certainly means that those stories do belong.
Well, can't argue taste, right?
And it does make it a recommendable read for beginners that look for a good overview of what this particular sub-genre has to offer, more seasoned readers may want to skip it though because in the end the overall stories offer little new and would have been for the greater part in need of tighter editing, with some reading at best like fan fiction.
Not all stories are bad, mind, some I just didn’t like because they kind of rambled on, or featured redundant parts, which made me wonder if they had some sort of problem to keep the deadline. (