- Hardcover: 220 pages
- Publisher: Obsidian Books (Jun 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1891480014
- ISBN-13: 978-1891480010
- Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 16.5 x 1.9 cm
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It's a rip-off, 20 Aug 1999
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This review is from: The Exit at Toledo Blade Boulevard (Hardcover)
Small horror publishers frequently offer expensive limited editions by favorite authors such as Ketchum. You can pay hundreds for a leatherbound volume in a hardwood case decorated with pewter skulls, or you can lay out $45 for the "trade" version. I got one of the 500 "trade" copies of this book, and like many of these expensive editions, it was a rip-off. I'm not gonna buy this stuff any more. Why lay out so much money on a book that turns out to be very ordinary and rather dull? Because you can't find the stuff anywhere else. And because in his/her other works, the author delivered. Ketchum has written four novels I liked a lot (Offspring, Off Season, Girl Next Door, and Road Kill), and several that I didn't (Ladies Night, Only Child, Red). This short story collection seemed like a good bet, but it turned out to be a bunch of cliches, shallow use of formulas, and "idea" stories where the author had a bright idea ("what if this psycho guy decides to drive the wrong way down the freeway at night?") and goes nowhere with it. I guess the idea itself, robed in a few expository details and some gore (not interesting enough to make the book worth buying just for the gore aspect), is supposed to wow the reader, but I find this stuff unsatisfying. After reading three or four of these in a row in a collection, I get downright pissed off and throw the thing in the trash. (I offered it to my horror-insider specialty used-book dealer, but he has three copies on hand already and didn't want mine.) The paean to Henry Miller was a nice piece of writing, but it didn't move me greatly and didn't redeem the triviality of the rest of the book. I'd say this one is for Ketchum completists only. (And I disagree with Fiona about the cover art -- I think it's ugly. This is also one of the worst-edited books I've seen, full of typos and whole lines printed twice. For the price of this book and the folderol surrounding this sort of publication, it would be nice to see a text that has had basic proofreading.)
And it sure would be nice -- and make for a wider audience for the authors -- if horror publishers would release larger, cheaper editions rather than these pricey "collector's" editions that leave you feeling like you've been had.
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