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A review by arthurbdd
The Hastur Cycle by Lin Carter, Robert W. Chambers, James Wade, Arthur Machen, Ramsey Campbell, James Blish, Richard A. Lupoff, Ambrose Bierce, August Derleth, H.P. Lovecraft, Karl Edward Wagner, Robert M. Price
3.0
Price is not that discerning as an editor, and the idea that all these stories serve a common theme rather falls apart when you look closely, so inevitably this collection is a bit hit and miss.
Admittedly, it has a better batting average than many of Price's Cthulhu Mythos anthologies, and it includes a brace of stories which have rarely been reprinted elsewhere, so that's a plus. On the other hand, it also incorporates too much material which is likely redundant; is anyone getting this deep into Cthulhu Mythos fiction really likely to not already own a copy of The Whisperer In Darkness, for instance? Finally, some of the lesser stories here are just doggerel - low-grade pastiche which could have happily been cut.
Full review: https://fakegeekboy.wordpress.com/2017/10/27/hastur-be-seen-to-be-believed/
Admittedly, it has a better batting average than many of Price's Cthulhu Mythos anthologies, and it includes a brace of stories which have rarely been reprinted elsewhere, so that's a plus. On the other hand, it also incorporates too much material which is likely redundant; is anyone getting this deep into Cthulhu Mythos fiction really likely to not already own a copy of The Whisperer In Darkness, for instance? Finally, some of the lesser stories here are just doggerel - low-grade pastiche which could have happily been cut.
Full review: https://fakegeekboy.wordpress.com/2017/10/27/hastur-be-seen-to-be-believed/