[Books 2007] Neil Gaiman, ghost stories
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inulro55. Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
I've finally finished this short story collection. I've said elsewhere that short stories aren't really my thing. The exception is Neil Gaiman - his short stories are always better than his novels. This collection is no exception. As always, some are better than others, but the quality is astonishingly high throughout. I can actually see myself re-reading these a lot (inasmuch as I ever have the time to re-read anything).
56. Haunted Hotels by Jo-Anne Christensen
Every year my mother sends me a volume or three of the Lone Pine/Ghost House collection. Some of these are better than others. This is one of the better ones (generally speaking, the ones by Jo-Anne Christensen are). She's from western Canada so I was less than surprised that Fort San (now Echo Valley Conference Centre) made the cut - it's probably our most famous haunted place - but I'd never heard the one about the ghost motel south of Red Deer, which is one of the more unusual stories in the volume, and probably wouldn't have had a look-in if the book had been written by someone from elsewhere.
I've finally finished this short story collection. I've said elsewhere that short stories aren't really my thing. The exception is Neil Gaiman - his short stories are always better than his novels. This collection is no exception. As always, some are better than others, but the quality is astonishingly high throughout. I can actually see myself re-reading these a lot (inasmuch as I ever have the time to re-read anything).
56. Haunted Hotels by Jo-Anne Christensen
Every year my mother sends me a volume or three of the Lone Pine/Ghost House collection. Some of these are better than others. This is one of the better ones (generally speaking, the ones by Jo-Anne Christensen are). She's from western Canada so I was less than surprised that Fort San (now Echo Valley Conference Centre) made the cut - it's probably our most famous haunted place - but I'd never heard the one about the ghost motel south of Red Deer, which is one of the more unusual stories in the volume, and probably wouldn't have had a look-in if the book had been written by someone from elsewhere.
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Date: 2007-10-11 10:15 pm (UTC)