What are you currently reading?

[Sock Monkey]

Just finished reading the Thunderstorm LE of the Golden/Keene edited Drive-in Multiplex Anthology book. I was hoping I would like it more than other reviewers, but this was average at best. While the stories fit within the Drive-In mythos and were decent, the majority of them felt the same, in both content and tone, and none of them ever rose to the level of something truly special. The one exception may be Lansdale's own story from the book, and it's the first one, making the rest of the book feel like even more of a slog. As much as it kills me to write this, I'd recommend readers skip this anthology and just go reread the Drive-In books instead. This book definitely has me worried about the quality of the forthcoming "The Stand" anthology that Keene & Golden are also editing.

Am now reading the Thunderstorm LE of Bryan Smith's "Kill the Hunter". Hope this one is as fun as it sounds as I could use it after the last read!

Unfortunately, your thoughts on MULTIPLEX reflects the growing majority of reviews I've read about it. I honestly struggle with the idea of these riffs on other authors' mythologies. Frankly, the only ones that I enjoy are the Lovecraftian ones and mostly those that push the ideas forward instead of merely attempting to emulate Lovecraft himself. I only bought this one because (a) Lansdale's new story, (b) I like Thunderstorm titles, and (c) with this line-up I figured it had to be a surefire hit. I guess I'll need to crack it open myself to see where I land, but the reviews keep pushing further and further down my TBR list.

[sholloman81]

Yikes, I’m sorry to hear that. I haven’t cracked my copy yet and still plan to, but will go in with expectations firmly tempered (and just hope to be pleasantly surprised).

Hope you like it more than I did! It's not a bad book by any means. Just not what I was hoping for quality wise, especially with this line-up of authors.

[RonClinton]

Just finished reading the Thunderstorm LE of the Golden/Keene edited Drive-in Multiplex Anthology book. I was hoping I would like it more than other reviewers, but this was average at best. While the stories fit within the Drive-In mythos and were decent, the majority of them felt the same, in both content and tone, and none of them ever rose to the level of something truly special. The one exception may be Lansdale's own story from the book, and it's the first one, making the rest of the book feel like even more of a slog. As much as it kills me to write this, I'd recommend readers skip this anthology and just go reread the Drive-In books instead. This book definitely has me worried about the quality of the forthcoming "The Stand" anthology that Keene & Golden are also editing.

Am now reading the Thunderstorm LE of Bryan Smith's "Kill the Hunter". Hope this one is as fun as it sounds as I could use it after the last read!

Yikes, I’m sorry to hear that. I haven’t cracked my copy yet and still plan to, but will go in with expectations firmly tempered (and just hope to be pleasantly surprised).

[sholloman81]

Just finished reading the Thunderstorm LE of the Golden/Keene edited Drive-in Multiplex Anthology book. I was hoping I would like it more than other reviewers, but this was average at best. While the stories fit within the Drive-In mythos and were decent, the majority of them felt the same, in both content and tone, and none of them ever rose to the level of something truly special. The one exception may be Lansdale's own story from the book, and it's the first one, making the rest of the book feel like even more of a slog. As much as it kills me to write this, I'd recommend readers skip this anthology and just go reread the Drive-In books instead. This book definitely has me worried about the quality of the forthcoming "The Stand" anthology that Keene & Golden are also editing.

Am now reading the Thunderstorm LE of Bryan Smith's "Kill the Hunter". Hope this one is as fun as it sounds as I could use it after the last read!

[brlesh]

About half way through Shakespeare Unleashed, an anthology of horror / dark fantasy stories based on the works of William Shakespeare, edited by James Aquilone.

Hit or miss so far, though I feel I would probably have a greater appreciation for some of the stories if I was more familiar with the works of Shakespeare.

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