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Tales Out of Innsmouth: New Stories of the Children of Dagon (Call of Cthulhu Fiction)

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Title: Tales Out of Innsmouth: New Stories of the Children of Dagon (Call of Cthulhu Fiction)
by Robert M. Price, Inc Staff Chaosium
ISBN: 1568821271
Publisher: Chaosium
Pub. Date: September, 1999
Format: Paperback
Volumes: 1
List Price(USD): $13.95
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Average Customer Rating: 3.67

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Rating: 2
Summary: mostly for the people into pulp
Comment: that's right. subtle changes, a few details. this can be interesting for a pulp fan, but not much for us whp just like good stories. some stories were almost interesting, but were for different reasons hard to digest (like these supernatural investigators in old detective novel style). some of the stories really lacked suspence. ah, they come by the thousand. get the uzi. no, that's more of a script for an action movie. i like good pulp. this is not agood collection

Rating: 5
Summary: Ia! Ia! DAGON Y'ha-nthlei !
Comment: Tales Out of Innsmouth (New Stories of the Children of Dagon), is definitely a book worth adding to your library. Ever since Lovecraft started with his weird stories of cosmic evil, all things "Cthulhu" is now a genre unto itself (also check out "Cthulhu 2000"). In Tales, there are thirteen creepy stories in this edition, compiled and edited by the great Robert Price. My favorite was "The Doom That Came to Innsmouth" by Brian McNaughton. Some of my other favorites were "The Old Ones' Signs", by Pierre Comtois, and of course the "The Weird Shadow Over Innsmouth" that was Lovecraft's original tale rewritten (and pardon the pun, fleshed out), by John S. Glasby. All the stories are written in a fresh new voice with thrilling realism. A must must buy! Also check out the video "Dagon" made by the director of "Re-animator," Stuart Gordon. Ia! Ia!

Rating: 4
Summary: suprisingly good.
Comment: I really like short stories. In fact, I absolutely love short stories. I love horror, I love fantasy, and there's a really good reason that every book I've ever reviewed has been an anthology collection of horror or fantasy short stories.

Sadly, 'Tales out of Innsmouth' was not a book that I thought that I would get into. I decided to give it a chance, but things didn't look good from the outset. I've played CoC for years, I've gobbled down every book on, by, or about Lovecraft that I could lay my hands on, I know most of the Old Ones on a first name basis, and quite frankly, the Deep Ones, Dagon's hideous children and the inhabitants of shadowed Innsmouth have never seemed to do to much for me.

Until now.

From editor Robert M. Price's masterful introductory essay "The One That Got Away", 'Tales out of Innsmouth' is just one pleasant surprise after another. Every tale and short story in the book is a unique and intriguing look at some facet of the Deep Ones - the whole book is an experience in redefining one of the best known critters in Lovecraft's universe.

The most intriguing part of the book, in my opinion, is John Glasby's reworking of Lovecraft's original notes for the story that would introduce the Deep One's to his mythos. Entitled "The Weird Shadow Over Innsmouth", this strange take on Lovecraft's vision shows what could have been, and is lots of fun for a faithful reader of Lovecraft's work who may feel like they've read it all.

Other stories, particularly Gregory Luce's cinematic "The Deep End", Scott David Aniolowski's unique take on "The Idol", Brian McNaughton's horrific "The Doom that Came to Innsmouth", and the hilarious "It Was The Day of the Deep One" by Peter H. Cannon, make this book well worth a look. Players and Keeprs alike who want to add a new dimension to their Call of Cthulhu games with more fleshed out Deep Ones should invest in this book, and even folks who just dig a good horror story will undoubtedly find a lot to love about this book. Lovecraft would be proud.

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