An anthology of science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories, each with a bookstore at its core. Stories by Ramsey Campbell, Charles de Lint, Harlan Ellison, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Jack Williamson, Gene Wolfe, and more, with an introduction by Neil Gaiman.
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Love letters to bookstores
2 Oct 2012
By Timothy C Allison
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For many readers a trip to an old fashioned bookstore is an opportunity to indulge in certain childhood fantasies. It is an opportunity to enter a world of wonder and opportunity, to find that book you've been searching for, or the one that you never knew that you desperately needed.
Shelf Life manages to capture that feeling. Originally published in 2002, it contains 15 short stories focusing on books and wondrous bookstores. Like a good collection of fairy tales, the stories themselves are sometimes comforting and sometimes dark and scary. Ketter has collected tales from top grade talent, including Gene Wolfe, Ramsey Campbell, Charles de Lint, and Harlan Ellison.
As with an anthology, you may find that some stories resonate with you more strongly than others. Personally, I felt that the weaker stories were entertaining at worst, and the best stories seem to have stayed with me.
Shelf Life manages to capture that feeling. Originally published in 2002, it contains 15 short stories focusing on books and wondrous bookstores. Like a good collection of fairy tales, the stories themselves are sometimes comforting and sometimes dark and scary. Ketter has collected tales from top grade talent, including Gene Wolfe, Ramsey Campbell, Charles de Lint, and Harlan Ellison.
As with an anthology, you may find that some stories resonate with you more strongly than others. Personally, I felt that the weaker stories were entertaining at worst, and the best stories seem to have stayed with me.
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Some problems, but good overall
18 Sep 2012
By Annette Gisby
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Anyone who knows me knows I love books and bookshops and here we have an anthology where the bookshop is the setting for each of the stories. All the stories are different, but each have an element of the fantastic. They range from SF, to Horror, to fantasy to some with a fairy tale feel. From stories set in Nazi Germany to stories with kittens who can read. As with any anthology, you tend to prefer some stories over others, but all of them are good here. One of my favoruites was The Hemmingway Kittens, even though I'm not really a cat person, but they were just so cute. I didn't even know they were an actual breed, so I learned something too.
This is a great collection for anyone who loves books, it would make an ideal gift for a bibliophile. My one niggle is to do with the editing - some typos and the wrong words used take you out of a story very quickly. Things like 'an' instead of 'and' for example. But still a good read.
This is a great collection for anyone who loves books, it would make an ideal gift for a bibliophile. My one niggle is to do with the editing - some typos and the wrong words used take you out of a story very quickly. Things like 'an' instead of 'and' for example. But still a good read.
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A mixed bag for sure...
19 Mar 2013
By J. Abbiati
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Format:Paperback
There are a few real gems hidden in this anthology, but unfortunately there's also a lot of sub-par work in here, too. And the editing throughout is terrible; the text is littered with typos. Not sure if the gems make the price of the book or the effort of digging them out worth it...
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