Maps in a Mirror by Orson Scott Card?

[charlesp]

Anybody read Orson Scott Card's collection of short stories called Maps in a Mirror? He divides his stories into Tales of Dread (horror), Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and.... Other (ok maybe it's just that I can't remember what the other groupings are). I'm wondering if anybody who is a "horror" fan has read the tales of dread and had opinions on them. I'm not a horror reader usually, but I found some of his shorts pretty interesting.

CharlesP
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"Coffee is sufficiently advanced technology" - Merlin Mann
One day I realized that sadness is just another word for not enough coffee." - Wally (Dilbert)

[Hissmonster]

NOT YET,

BUT I;LL LET YOU KNOW ON FRIDAY

[Hissmonster]

Hey CharlesP

Just started this book, I will give you a complete critique at week's end.

but I wanted any one intereseted in reading/writing HORROR to read the introduction to this book.

I think it is the best review of the genre I've read in ages and it shows how horror for the sake of horror is becoming flat and a dying art. We need to go back to dread, suspense and fear building in the genre, pulling the readers in to feel the character's panic. That's truly scary!

[charlesp]

hehe.. I thought you might like his intro... but as a non-horror reader/writer I wasn't sure. I found it very interesting... but I didn't know if it was just me.

CharlesP
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"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Arthur C Clarke
"Coffee is sufficiently advanced technology" - Merlin Mann
One day I realized that sadness is just another word for not enough coffee." - Wally (Dilbert)

[April]

I read this awhile back. I don't care for his horror ones. I mean, they're good for horror, but I don't care for them.
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-April

[Hissmonster]

just getting into them and withholding an opinion until I'm done, but the intro was great!

King would be proud!