Book Review: The Children of Cthulhu

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

The Children of Cthulhu     Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC
John Pelan , Benjamin Adams
Class/Genre:   Science Fiction   Horror   [Short Stories]
Del Rey, Jan 2002, $23.95, 480 pp

THE CHILDREN OF CTHULHU is an engaging horror anthology written by many of the more popular genre authors of the last decade. The twenty-three contributors provide entertaining tales that would not turn HP Lovecraft over in his grave as many Cthulu "experts" do. However, though the stories engage the audience and are fun to read, they don’t feel like a visit to that weird Lovecraft mythverse. As an aside to the editors: "if it ain’t broke", cost it anyway because you still may find a bigger payback. This short story collection provides a big payback to horror fans, but Lovecraft fanatics will feel another let down as the original remains undisputedly the best even after seven decades of "fixing it".

Harriet Klausner

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