My top 3 favorite stories in the collection:ġ- The 3rd Movement, I have yet to find a story by Adrian Cole I don't like!Ģ- To Be in Ulthar on a Summer Afternoon, have always enjoyed the realm of Ulthar in the dreamlandsģ- A Trillion Young, probably the creepiest story in the collection
As with all short story collections I found some stories weaker and some stronger, but overall a good blend entertaining read. My top 3 favorite stories in the collection: 1- The 3rd Movement, I have yet to find a story by Adrian Cole I don't like! 2- To Be in Ulthar on a Summer Afternoon, have always enjoyed the realm of Ulthar in the dreamlands 3- A Trillion Young, probably the creepiest story in A collection of 13 short stories all related in some way to the iconic Miskatonic University Library. Definitely worth buying! I'll enjoy re-reading all of them again and more than once.moreĪ collection of 13 short stories all related in some way to the iconic Miskatonic University Library. The premises and concepts were creative and original, precisely what I hoped for. Some left me at the end with that empty feeling of dread I expect from a good Lovecraftian tale, others with a sense of uneasy awe. I don't want to give away anything about the stories and so am sticking to generalities: well-written, quirky, original, distressing, enthralling, sinister, darkly humorous, these all immediately come to mind as appropriate descriptions. Several were so good I re-read them on the spot. Unlike in some themed collections of stories, all remained true to the spirit of the basic premise. It was with a sinking feeling of regret that I found myself reading the final story of this collection of beautifully written entries. I don't want to give away anything about the stories and so am sticking to generalities: well-written, quirky, original, distressing, enthralling, sinister, darkly humor Elegantly disturbing, exceptionally Lovecraftian moreĮlegantly disturbing, exceptionally Lovecraftian It was with a sinking feeling of regret that I found myself reading the final story of this collection of beautifully written entries. If you learn all the secrets of the Miskatonic University Library, will you go mad-or just wish you had?. Wise, Marilyn Mattie Brahen, Douglas Wynne, Alex Shvartsman, James Van Pelt, Robert M. If you learn all the secrets of the Miskatonic University Library, will you go mad-or just wish you had?Ī feast of bibliographical horrors by Don Webb, Adrian Cole, Dirk Flinthart, Harry Turtledove, P.D. How safe are Miskatonic’s security precautions and what has perhaps disappeared from, or appeared in the collection since? What other creepy, maddening, extra-dimensional, or even sentient tomes reside on those forbidden shelves? What strange events have taken place among the stacks? Is there an inter-library loan system? Who, or what, comes after miscreants who fail to return books on time? In the modern, digital age, what would happen if some of the content escaped over the Internet? Are some of the books, or all of them, little more than slowly ticking time bombs? And what, dare we ask, can be found in the Cooking Section?
Fortunately, that time at least, the head librarian and his colleagues were able to save the Earth from the dreadful danger of the Dunwich Horror. There was a notably unpleasant incident in the late 1920s, when a certain Wilbur Whateley tried to steal that particular volume, and met a hideous fate. Here in the library, under lock and key, are some of the world’s most dangerous books, most famously the dreaded Necronomicon of the mad Arab, Abdul Alhazred. There was a notably unpleasant incident in the late 1920s, when a certain Wilbur Wha Miskatonic University, in fabled Arkham Massachusetts, has long been described in the fiction of H.P. Miskatonic University, in fabled Arkham Massachusetts, has long been described in the fiction of H.P.
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