tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903848080840259127.post8114966093513396523..comments2024-02-16T14:10:12.166+08:00Comments on Bibliophile Stalker: Book/Magazine Review: Waking the Dead and Other Horror Stories by Yvette TanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903848080840259127.post-44311541119494658132009-11-16T07:45:54.439+08:002009-11-16T07:45:54.439+08:00I liked the Stella/Star story very very much.I liked the Stella/Star story very very much.Tinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903848080840259127.post-58957410737314610392009-11-06T02:26:32.705+08:002009-11-06T02:26:32.705+08:00Hi Charles! Glad you liked "The Bridge" ...Hi Charles! Glad you liked "The Bridge" and "Daddy," those were my favorites too, in what I believe to be a very strong collection. :)<br /><br />I fear, though, that you may be fixating on the 'bibliography' aspect -- you mentioned it in your Philippine Spec Fic overview as well -- when a quick shuffle through the shelf next to my desk turns up quite a lot of single-author short story collections that eschew the explicit identification of original sources: among them "The Quantity Theory of Insanity" by Will Self, and "An Amateur's Guide to the Night" by Mary Robison, two excellent books. On the local front, Tara Sering's collection "Reconnassiance" also lacks any such biblio info.<br /><br />Of course, it would be nice if all books listed all the sources of their material. But in the case of fiction collections, I don't agree that it "makes the book look unprofessional." (And btw, in the case of "Waking the Dead," all the publications where the stories first saw print are listed in the Author's Note.)<br /><br />Anyway, thanks for reading and reviewing. :)Luis K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02337600799515172539noreply@blogger.com