Splatterpunks: Extreme Horror
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Editor: Paul M. SammonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1990-12
ISBN: 0312045816
Number of pages: 346
Publisher: St Martins Pr
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Book Review: Still valid after all these years...maybe more so.
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this back in 1992 when a lot of 'gore' writing, or splatterpunk was still relatively new to mainstream; if one pins it down to Clive barker's Books of Blood which many do. But it still works today in 2007. To address some of the issues in other reviews, many of the authors do not want to be pigeon holed with a specific label such as splatterpunk, but they all freely volunteered their works for this volume. I think the issue is one of being labeled as an author, not an issue of what these works are solely unto themselves. Most of the authors voiced that they write many things aside from splatterpunk works, and they wanted that to be known. As far as not being extreme, as in extremely gross and overly graphic, that is a point addressed by the editor - that splatterpunk is NOT just about gross out, that its characters and plots are just as valid as any other work of fiction. Each author is briefly introduced before their story and the essay over the splatterpunk category itself by the editor is worth the price alone - particularly since all the copies are used and cheap. It's a fun, interesting and largely unique volume of horror that's worth a place on anyone's bookcase.
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Driven and Reckless, the young writers who lead the splatterpunk movement have one rule: "There are no limits." Editor Paul Sammon--himself a talented writer and moviemaker--has assembled the first and only book to emcompass this dynamic literary movement. Features the works of Edward Bryant, Craig Spector, Rex Miller, Clive Barker and more.United States Books
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