The New Weird

All hearken back to the days of the pulp magazines from the 1930s and 1940s or in the case of The New Weird, as far back as the 1920s and Weird Tales, and each in their own way seeks to update, or reinvent these sub-genres to align themselves more with contemporary tastes and sensibilities while at the same time capturing the qualities that endeared readers to them in the first place.

The New Nostalgia; Bukowski; Russert Ed Gorman 2008

All hearken back to the days of the pulp magazines from the 1930s and 1940s or in the case of The New Weird, as far back as the 1920s and Weird Tales, and each in their own way seeks to update, or reinvent these sub-genres to align themselves more with contemporary tastes and sensibilities while at the same time capturing the qualities that endeared readers to them in the first place.

Archive 2008-06-01 Ed Gorman 2008

Got the copy of The New Weird anthology, edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, which is lovely and satisfyingly thick.

Cat Rambo catrambo 2008

Yes, Mr. V is already on this list with his novel Shriek, but I could not possibly let a representation of my experience of the decade escape without including one of the anthologies he and Ann put together during that time. 2002's Leviathan 3 is also an extraordinary and worthwhile anthology, but The New Weird sums up and analyzes some of the forces that allowed the decade to be as interesting as it was, and so when I think of the decade, The New Weird comes to mind even more than Leviathan 3.

Decade: Some Books 2010

As critic Paul Kincaid notes in a recent SF Site March 1st review of The New Weird, we also see the New Hard SF Renaissance and the New Space Opera1 as well as the New Weird.

Archive 2008-06-01 Ed Gorman 2008

As critic Paul Kincaid notes in a recent SF Site March 1st review of The New Weird, we also see the New Hard SF Renaissance and the New Space Opera1 as well as the New Weird.

The New Nostalgia; Bukowski; Russert Ed Gorman 2008

my copy of The New Weird arrived today, waiting for Still Life to be in stock :

Finch Cover, Tad Williams Quote 2009