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mike_brough's review against another edition
2.0
I love Dennis Wheatley, HPL and Poe and I dearly wanted to like this book, too. But it just didn't click. I never felt I really got to know Titus Crow and the situations and solutions were usually just too trite.
I might give one of the novels a go to see whether Lumley develops thing better in the longer form.
I might give one of the novels a go to see whether Lumley develops thing better in the longer form.
arthurbdd's review
2.0
Brian Lumley's Titus Crow short stories are a little more bearable than the interminable novel series which follows them chronologically, since Crow is effectively turned into a demigod and a Time Lord early on in the novels.
Nonetheless, of the stories collected here, many of them are from a very rough, early stage of Lumley's career, and others lean into the overly pulpy style of the novels. The only story which is really a keeper is the novella Lord of the Worms, not least because it's the only tale in which Crow actually seems imperilled and vulnerable - and that's been compiled elsewhere. Full review: https://fakegeekboy.wordpress.com/2016/12/18/lumley-revisited/
Nonetheless, of the stories collected here, many of them are from a very rough, early stage of Lumley's career, and others lean into the overly pulpy style of the novels. The only story which is really a keeper is the novella Lord of the Worms, not least because it's the only tale in which Crow actually seems imperilled and vulnerable - and that's been compiled elsewhere. Full review: https://fakegeekboy.wordpress.com/2016/12/18/lumley-revisited/
azm0's review
5.0
I’ve always been a fan of the short story, so to find out that the main characters from The Burrowers Beneath had a collection of them was a real treat. I thoroughly enjoyed these tales, as they help to flesh out the background behind Titus Crow and his friend / disciple Henry Laurent de Maringy, as well as the origins of one of the stranger tools in their employ, the coffin shaped clock. Each tale is concise and stand-alone, and any fans of the Crow series would be remiss to leave this title unread.
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