1938 - Year in SF&F: Reviews
THE WONDER TIMELINE: SF&F RETROSPECTIVE Read other issues here ---------------------------------------------- C. L. Moore "Werewoman" (Northwest Smith series) © Leaves #2, 1938 Horrors Unknown, ed. Sam Moskowitz, 1971 --/ cool f novella --/ wonder award --/ rare find There are similarities to Jack Williamson's "Wolves of Darkness" (most notably) and H. P. Lovecraft's "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath" - all written in a purple prose of A. Merritt, though with more gusto... extremely rare adventure, published in the obscurest fanzine of them all (not even one proper mention on the web!). I have a thing for obscure quality fanzines... Sometimes they publish absolute gems, and this is one of them. Delicate and yet savage fantasy, with bizarre race of female werewolves, ghost beings (like in "Final Fantasy") haunting Zothique-esque landscape. So much atmosphere that you can drown in it. Pure indulgence. ---------------------------------------------- Return to the Wonder Timeline Labels: Timeline |
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