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A review by pamwinkler
The Uncanny Reader: Stories from the Shadows by Bruno Schulz, John Herdman, Chris Adrian, Kate Bernheimer, Karin Tidbeck, China Miéville, Jonathan Carroll, Karen Russell, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Steve Stern, Marjorie Bowen, Robert Aickman, Joyce Carol Oates, Dean Paschal, Marjorie Sandor, Felisberto Hernández, Jean-Christophe Duchon-Doris, Edgar Allan Poe, Kelly Link, Ambrose Bierce, Mansoura Ez-Eldin, Namwali Serpell, Edith Wharton, H.P. Lovecraft, Joan Aiken, Guy de Maupassant, Anton Chekhov, Aimee Bender, Shirley Jackson, Franz Kafka, Yōko Ogawa, Steven Millhauser
2.0
This is one of those books where I get the uncomfortable feeling that I missing something. It may be that these stories tend to be more poetic and literary, I don't tend to do those. I'll probably read it again someday; maybe I'll like it then?
Berenice by Edgar Allan Poe was good. Everyone knows the story; it's always good.
The Music of Erich Zann was also good, I love that story.
The Waiting Room by Robert Aickman was good, a bit predictable but good.
Phantoms by Steven Millhauser was very good.
Tiger Mending by Aimee Bender was pretty unsettling.
The Black Square by Chris Adrian was absolutely fantastic.
Reindeer Mountain by Karin Tidbeck was good. And a little painful.
Haunting Olivia by Karen Russell was also good and painful.
Berenice by Edgar Allan Poe was good. Everyone knows the story; it's always good.
The Music of Erich Zann was also good, I love that story.
The Waiting Room by Robert Aickman was good, a bit predictable but good.
Phantoms by Steven Millhauser was very good.
Tiger Mending by Aimee Bender was pretty unsettling.
The Black Square by Chris Adrian was absolutely fantastic.
Reindeer Mountain by Karin Tidbeck was good. And a little painful.
Haunting Olivia by Karen Russell was also good and painful.