Dying For It

by Madeleine E. Robins, Nancy Kress, Robert Reed, et al.

Book Overview

There is a love that flourishes only in the darkness; a passion that rises only from the grave. This anthology of all-new stories probes the shadowy meeting ground of our ancient, primal terrors -- and our deepest forbidden desires. Edited by one of today's most respected anthologists, featuring today's most acclaimed fantasy authors, Dying for It takes you far beyond the realm of the ordinary, and into a realm where the living not only envy the dead,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061053619
• ISBN13: 9780061053610
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Harper Voyager
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

An amazing collection!

In most anthologies, there are some stories that I really enjoy, others that I hate, and still others that I'm lukewarm about. This was one of those rare anthologies that I thorougly enjoyed every story in. Despite the word "erotic" in the title, the emphasis wasn't on sex (the reason a more conservative friend of mine rejected reading it). True, sex figures to some extent in all the stories, but love and death also figure prominently, and the overall theme that emerged for me was the importance of celebrating the former two elements, because the latter is always lurking in the background.In particular, I found Andy Duncan's "Saved" to be extremely affecting. For those of you who thought the love story in the movie _Titanic_ was cheesy and overdone, this Titanic love story is moving and powerful. In fact, one of the reasons I hated the movie may have been because I'd read this story first and found that the syrupy story in the movie just couldn't compare.