The Barrens and Others
by F. Paul Wilson
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Author: F. Paul WilsonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2000-12-01
ISBN: 0312869509
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Forge Books
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Book Review: Very solid shortie collection!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been a fan of F. Paul Wilson since I first read THE KEEP, probably back in the early Nineties. I then plowed through all the Adversary and Repairman Jack novels, and have reread most of them from time to time over the years. However, I'd only read a few short stories by him, mostly just chance encounters in publications such as WEIRD TALES and CEMETERY DANCE magazines. The short stories by him were always good, so I finally decided to pick up a collection by him, and I'm glad I did.
Unlike many other authors' short story collections, there are no genuinely bad stories in this collection. Instead, they range from good to very good to excellent, and are surprisingly diverse in subject matter and genre. Most could be described in some way or another as "horror." However, there are also some scifi and crime stories mixed in (a Repairman Jack short, a story featuring the Joker, and a story featuring Dick Tracy), as well as some mixed-genre ones. I even thoroughly enjoyed Wilson's commentaries in between the stories on how each story came about and what else he was up to at the time -- it was fascinating to hear detailed career notes of one of my favorite writers.
If you like Wilson's novels, or if you're a fan of short genre fiction in general, pick this collection up -- I don't think you'll be disappointed.
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The Barrens and Others is the first new collection of fiction in years by bestselling author F. Paul Wilson. From The Keep, nearly twenty years ago, to this year's Legacies, Wilson has been one of the most dependable names for fine storytelling in whatever genre he chooses.In The Barren and Others, Wilson lets his fertile imagination run wild, traveling from the Old West of Doc Holliday to the Pine Barrens of present-day New jersey and encountering many strange, suspect, and supernatural happenings along the way. From urban mercenary Repairman Jack, hero of Wilson's recent novel, Legacies, to the obese and food-obsessed Topsy, Wilson's wild array of characters get caught up in adventures both fascinating and horrifying.
A first -rate collection of first-rate tales, ranging from Lovecraftian to Western supernatural, with many mysterious combination in between, The Barrens and Others will be a treasure for Wilson's established fans and to those discovering Wilson for the first time.
The Barrens and Others may be the collection that F. Paul Wilson fans have been waiting for. It consists of 12 previously published stories, and 2 previously unpublished works--a stage adaptation of "Pelts" and a teleplay called "Glim-Glim."
The collection runs the gamut from gory horror stories to bizarre supernatural tales, and in each piece, one thing is glaringly obvious--Wilson knows how to write people. From the sociopath in "Tenants" to the vigilante repairman in "A Day in the Life" (who also appeared in "The Tomb" and Legacies), Wilson's characters are painfully accurate and believable. Even when the plot line is flimsy, they carry the story. "Feelings," though a somewhat predictable bad-man-learns-lesson tale, boasts one of the best greedy-lawyer characters in print.
The Barrens and Others is a showcase for F. Paul Wilson's imagination, but the real hidden gems in this collection are actually the brief narratives that precede each story. Read in succession, they offer an anecdotal, autobiographical account of Wilson's writing career. --Mara Friedman
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