The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories - Softcover

VanderMeer, Jeff; VanderMeer, Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848876874 ISBN 13: 9781848876873

Publisher: Corvus, 2011

Synopsis

From Lovecraft to Borges to Gaiman, a century of intrepid literary experimentation has created a corpus of dark and strange stories that transcend all known genre boundaries. Together these stories form The Weird and amongst its practitioners number some of the greatest names in twentieth and twenty-first century literature.

Exotic and esoteric, The Weird plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities; you won't find any elves or wizards here... but you will find the boldest and downright most peculiar stories from the last hundred years bound together in the biggest Weird collection ever assembled.

The Weird features an all star cast of authors, from classics to international bestsellers to Booker prize winners. Here are Ben Okri and George R.R. Martin, Angela Carter and Kelly Link, Franz Kafka and China Miéville, Clive Barker and Haruki Murakami, M.R. James and Neil Gaiman, Mervyn Peake and Michael Chabon, Stephen King and Daphne Du Maurier.

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Review

"What is good about the majority of these stories is precisely that they leave you with many more questions than answers, the mark, in my view, of a superior kind of fiction... It does, in fact, what most of our best fiction does, irrespective of category." --Award-winning author Michael Moorcock, from his introduction

"These texts, dead and/or not, burrow, and we cannot predict everything they will infect or eat their path through. But certainly your brain, and they will eat the books you read from today on, too. That is how the Weird recruits." --China Mieville, bestselling and award-winning author of "Embassytown", from his afterword

""The Steampunk Bible "is an informed, informative and beautifully illustrated survey of the subject." "--The Financial Times"

Praise for THE WEIRD: "What is good about the majority of these stories is precisely that they leave you with many more questions than answers, the mark, in my view, of a superior kind of fiction... It does, in fact, what most of our best fiction does, irrespective of category." --Award-winning author Michael Moorcock, from his introduction

"These texts, dead and/or not, burrow, and we cannot predict everything they will infect or eat their path through. But certainly your brain, and they will eat the books you read from today on, too. That is how the Weird recruits." --China Mieville, bestselling and award-winning author of "Embassytown", from his afterword

"Studded with literary gems, it's a hefty, diligently assembled survey of a genre that manages to be at once unsettling, disorientating and bracing in its variety." --"James Lovegrove, Financial Times "

"It's a tremendous experience to go through its 1,126 pages... there are so many delights in this that any reader will find something truly memorable." --"Scotland on Sunday"

"Readers eager to explore a world beyond the ordinary need look no further." --"Time Out"

"""An anthology of writing so powerful it will leave your reality utterly shredded... Give yourself to the weird! Hurl your puny mortal body through the portal the VanderMeers have opened for you, join your lord the Mieville on the other side, give your heart and soul to the saints that stand at his feet, to the mad prophets that have prepared you for his coming. Open the pages of the new gospel of The Weird." --"Guardian.co.uk"

"Unmissable!"" - The Guardian"

"The definitive collection of weird fiction... its success lies in its ability to lend coherence to a great number of stories that are so remarkable different and yet share the same theme." --"TLS"""

What is good about the majority of these stories is precisely that they leave you with many more questions than answers, the mark, in my view, of a superior kind of fiction... It does, in fact, what most of our best fiction does, irrespective of category. "Award-winning author Michael Moorcock, from his introduction"

These texts, dead and/or not, burrow, and we cannot predict everything they will infect or eat their path through. But certainly your brain, and they will eat the books you read from today on, too. That is how the Weird recruits. "China Mieville, bestselling and award-winning author of Embassytown, from his afterword"

Studded with literary gems, it's a hefty, diligently assembled survey of a genre that manages to be at once unsettling, disorientating and bracing in its variety. "James Lovegrove, Financial Times"

It's a tremendous experience to go through its 1,126 pages there are so many delights in this that any reader will find something truly memorable. "Scotland on Sunday"

Readers eager to explore a world beyond the ordinary need look no further. "Time Out"

An anthology of writing so powerful it will leave your reality utterly shredded Give yourself to the weird! Hurl your puny mortal body through the portal the VanderMeers have opened for you, join your lord the Mieville on the other side, give your heart and soul to the saints that stand at his feet, to the mad prophets that have prepared you for his coming. Open the pages of the new gospel of The Weird. "Guardian.co.uk"

Unmissable! "The Guardian"

The definitive collection of weird fiction its success lies in its ability to lend coherence to a great number of stories that are so remarkable different and yet share the same theme. "TLS""

What is good about the majority of these stories is precisely that they leave you with many more questions than answers, the mark, in my view, of a superior kind of fiction... It does, in fact, what most of our best fiction does, irrespective of category. Award-winning author Michael Moorcock, from his introduction

These texts, dead and/or not, burrow, and we cannot predict everything they will infect or eat their path through. But certainly your brain, and they will eat the books you read from today on, too. That is how the Weird recruits. China Mieville, bestselling and award-winning author of Embassytown, from his afterword

Studded with literary gems, it's a hefty, diligently assembled survey of a genre that manages to be at once unsettling, disorientating and bracing in its variety. James Lovegrove, Financial Times

It's a tremendous experience to go through its 1,126 pages there are so many delights in this that any reader will find something truly memorable. Scotland on Sunday

Readers eager to explore a world beyond the ordinary need look no further. Time Out

An anthology of writing so powerful it will leave your reality utterly shredded Give yourself to the weird! Hurl your puny mortal body through the portal the VanderMeers have opened for you, join your lord the Mieville on the other side, give your heart and soul to the saints that stand at his feet, to the mad prophets that have prepared you for his coming. Open the pages of the new gospel of The Weird. Guardian.co.uk

Unmissable! The Guardian

The definitive collection of weird fiction its success lies in its ability to lend coherence to a great number of stories that are so remarkable different and yet share the same theme. TLS

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"What is good about the majority of these stories is precisely that they leave you with many more questions than answers, the mark, in my view, of a superior kind of fiction... It does, in fact, what most of our best fiction does, irrespective of category." --Award-winning author Michael Moorcock, from his introduction

"These texts, dead and/or not, burrow, and we cannot predict everything they will infect or eat their path through. But certainly your brain, and they will eat the books you read from today on, too. That is how the Weird recruits." --China Mieville, bestselling and award-winning author of Embassytown, from his afterword

"Studded with literary gems, it's a hefty, diligently assembled survey of a genre that manages to be at once unsettling, disorientating and bracing in its variety." --James Lovegrove, Financial Times

"It's a tremendous experience to go through its 1,126 pages... there are so many delights in this that any reader will find something truly memorable." --Scotland on Sunday

"Readers eager to explore a world beyond the ordinary need look no further." --Time Out

"An anthology of writing so powerful it will leave your reality utterly shredded... Give yourself to the weird! Hurl your puny mortal body through the portal the VanderMeers have opened for you, join your lord the Mieville on the other side, give your heart and soul to the saints that stand at his feet, to the mad prophets that have prepared you for his coming. Open the pages of the new gospel of The Weird." --Guardian.co.uk

"Unmissable!" --The Guardian

"The definitive collection of weird fiction... its success lies in its ability to lend coherence to a great number of stories that are so remarkable different and yet share the same theme." --TLS

From the Author

THE WEIRD has been compiled by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer. Ann is the Hugo Award-winning editor of Weird Tales magazine (founded 1923) and has worked with her husband Jeff on the World Fantasy Award-winning Leviathan series of anthologies as well as on the genre-defining anthologies The New Weird and Steampunk. Jeff's novel Finch (Corvus 2010) is currently shortlisted for the Hugo and Locus awards.

Edition details

• Publisher: Corvus
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1848876874
• ISBN 13: 9781848876873
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 1152