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McNaughton's THE THRONE OF BONES?

Mar. 26th, 2008 at 2:51 PM

While I was ostensibly dropping off excess books at the used store here that pays cash (aka procrastinating about painting the wall back to flat white...) I found a copy of THE THRONE OF BONES by Brian McNaughton.

Thing is, I have never heard of any of the stories inside, or the markets listed for most of the first appearance credits. (Apparently one was in World Fantasy 1990 pubbed by Weird Tales ltd. That one I'm familiar with!) But it looked interesting, had an afterword by S.T. Joshi, and featured some good old-style interior art, so I paid the book ransom and took it home.

So my question, oh smarter-better-read-than-me people: Is THE THRONE OF BONES worth hanging on to and eventually reading or what?

PS I don't mind email responses in lieu of LJ comments for those who prefer to give unvarnished opinions in private. [ Lon dot prater at gmail. ]

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nballingrud wrote:

Mar. 26th, 2008 07:59 pm (UTC)

I haven't read it, but I've heard a lot of enthusiastic praise for it. Apparently it's about ghouls!

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lonfiction wrote:

Mar. 27th, 2008 12:37 pm (UTC)

Sounds good already! :)

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mssrcrankypants wrote:

Mar. 27th, 2008 11:12 am (UTC)

Absolutely hold on to this one. McNaughton's world- and community-building among the ghouls through the short story series is rich and phenomenally interesting. He was short-listed for the Stoker for this collection, but lost to Karl Edward Wagner's Exorcisms and Ecstasies (or, as Brian put it, "At least I lost to the dead guy"). The same year this collection won the World Fantasy Award.

It's a keeper.

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lonfiction wrote:

Mar. 27th, 2008 12:38 pm (UTC)

Good to know. It's been properly added to my impending reads pile. :) Thanks!

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