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Title: In the Stone House by Barry N. Malzberg ISBN: 0-87054-178-1 Publisher: Arkham House Publishers Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)

Rating: 1
Summary: not that hot
Comment: I hate to say this, but it is the most boring Arkham House book I have ever read. Ideas behind some of the stories are mildly interesting, but the book kept putting me to sleep no matter how hard I tried to get through it.

Rating: 5
Summary: Fantastic collection from one of my favorite authors
Comment: I was browsing through Amazon's listings and noticed that this fantastic collection had only one solitary, lonely review. One review. Blows my mind. Malzberg is a powerful writer. I love his sardonic and arrogant style. It's been several months since I read the collection so my comments may or may not be relevant, but I felt that I had to write a review to draw a small bit of attention to this overlooked collection.

The stories in this collection are, like the majority of Malzberg's hundreds of stories, short. They're short but they make the reader think. Malzberg packs a tremendous amount of force into a few short pages. My favorite stories in the volume are: 'Ship Full of Jews' (in which Christopher Columbus sails to the New World with a hold full of Jewish slaves), 'Hitler at Nuremberg' (in which Hitler does not commit suicide, is tried at Nuremberg, and revealed to be Goering's patsy), 'In the Stone House' (Twisted Kennedy politics, Dad Kennedy survives and rules his family with an iron hand) and 'Standards & Practices' (Emily Dickinson as a modern day college professor).

I love Malzberg's alternate history stories. He puts neat, totally implausible twists on history. Fantastic stuff. In addition to the stories mentioned above there are stories about Lee Harvey Oswald, a couple more Kennedy stories, a story about Raymond Chandler & Dashiell Hammett, an aging Tchaikovsky, and on and on.

I've just made up my mind that I have to reread this collection ASAP. Malzberg's exploration of the human psyche are priceless. I love reading him. A recent perusal of his bibliography revealed that he has an enormous number of uncollected stories. I see that he's recently released an E-collection, but I can't wait for the day when some enterprising company releases 'The Complete Malzberg'. I'll be first in line to buy a copy. _In the Stone House_ is Highly Recommended. One of the finest collections of 2000.

Rating: 5
Summary: Will intrigue any with a fascination for twists and turns
Comment: This set of short stories reflects the bizarre and compelling twists of Malzberg's plots and characters, ranging from alternative realities and hard science fiction to subtler blends of history and science fiction. Famous personalities - such as Emily Dickson and Tchaikovsky - often feature in these tales, which will intrigue any with a fascination for twists and turns of character and story.