Sympathy for the Devil
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (927 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1597801895 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 500 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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He grew up in the vicinity of Dudley, North Carolina, and attended Appalachian State University, where he earned a Bachelor's in English.. Tim Pratt is a science fiction and fantasy writer and poet
"And this is what the devil does" according to Fenrix. What does it say about me that instead of hearing the Rolling Stones in my head every time I looked at the cover for this book, I heard the samples of said song in "Devil Does Drugs" by My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult?This is an anthology for folks who lean more towards dark fantasy as opposed to horror. Now there's a decent representation . Mixed Bag R. E. Wood Some good stories and some not so good, but they were all interesting, even though some did not do it for me.There are enough good stories in this collection to make it worthwhile.Have fun!. "The Devil made me do it!" according to Mary E Brooks. This collection made me laugh, cry, scratch my head and sometimes creeped me out. And I enjoyed every minute. I hope you will, too. As a rule I am not a big fan of short stories but this was an exception.
Thirty-five stories, from classics to the cutting edge, exploring the many sides of Satan, Lucifer, the Lord of the Flies, the Father of Lies, the Prince of the Powers of the Air and Darkness, the First of the Fallen and a Man of Wealth and Taste. His faces are legion. His traps and machinations are the stuff of legends. Edited by Tim Pratt, Sympathy for the Devil collects the best Satanic short stories by Neil Gaiman, Holly Black, Stephen King, Kage Baker, Charles Stross, Elizabeth Bear, Jay Lake, Kelly Link, China Mieville, Michael Chabon, and many others, revealing His Grand Infernal Majesty, in all his forms. Sit down and spend a little time with the Devil.Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult
Bygone days are represented by an excerpt from Dante's Inferno; well-known 19th-century tales such as Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" and Stevenson's "The Bottle Imp"; and stories from the golden age of pulp fantasy, such as Bloch's "That Hell-Bound Train" and Sturgeon's "The Professor's Teddy Bear." The newer offerings are equally wide-ranging, including Kelly Link's poignant, recursive "Lull"; Holly Black's giggle-out-loud "A Reversal of Fortune"; and China Miéville's vividly creepy "Details." Anyone delighted by con games, terrified of damnation, and not offended by Pratt's cheeky dedication ("Thank you, Satan! I couldn't have done it without you") will find plenty to enjoy. . His chosen unifying element is the Devil, or devils, broadly interpreted in 36 original and reprinted works. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. From Publishers