Isaac Asimov's Werewo

by Suzy McKee Charnas, Pat Murphy, Sheila Williams

Book Overview

From the award-winning pages of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine comes a unique collection of new lycanthropic legends. These wild and wooly tales are written by today's acclaimed talents, including Suzy McKee Charnas, and Pat Murphy.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0441006612
• ISBN13: 9780441006618
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Ace Books
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

A Mixed Bag

I am a huge werewolf fan, especially of lycanthropy as a metaphor of teenage female puberty/menstruation (Ginger Snaps, Annette Curtis Klause's Blood and Chocolate). Therefore, I greatly enjoyed the stories "Boobs" and "An American Childhood". "Madonna of the Wolves" and "What Seen But the Wolf" were fascinating in their premises, but lagged at times. "Red" and "Two Bad Dogs" were my least favorite, they seemed out of place for some reason. It's a good compilation, and worth a look if you're a werewolf lover.

Entertaining anthology

The latest anthology reprints from the Asimov magazine centers on werewolves and as expected from that illustrious publication the stores are all great. The time frames vary adding to the depth of the mix. The stories take readers seemingly everywhere. One tale involves a Viking visit to the new world before Columbus. Another centers on a wild ride on the Orient Express in the nineteenth century. The 1950's South hosts a story. The American Western frontier provides the backdrop for a firth tale. Finally, the remaining entries take the audience on a weird trip in modern times. Each tale holds in common two things: werewolves are a featured character(s) and all six are excellent tales. Several of the tales are award winners, but all deserved recognition. Fans of horror short stories and anyone who relishes a werewolf tale with a bite will gain much pleasure from this collection that lives up to the Asimov label.Harriet Klausner