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A review by neko_cam
Delta Green: Tales from Failed Anatomies by Dennis Detwiller
3.0
As is always the case with anthologies, the stories in 'Delta Green: Tales from Failed Anatomies' vary substantially in style and quality from one story to the next.
My favorite of the lot was almost certainly 'Coming Home', as it features an early look at a character who goes on to become a heavy hitter in some of the other DG novels and it serves as a fantastic depiction of the specific flavor of insanity experienced by someone who'd been confronted with Cosmic Horror and have later found themselves back in normal life. I loved it.
'Contingencies' was also great, tying itself into the existing mythos logically, exploring an existing and popular thought exercise deftly, and remaining personable enough to stay engaging through it all.
Though I'd read it elsewhere before, 'Drowning in Sand' is brilliant too, touching on some of the most pivotal events in the Conspiracy and showing things from a point of view that could otherwise be easily overlooked.
'Punching' also deserves a mention as it was remarkably subtle for a DG story. If it weren't appearing alongside the others, and if it shirked its single overt reference to the Horror, one could easily mistake this as concerning nothing but one man's troubled time at college and it's fallout.
These stories arethe highlights, and they are worth the price of admission.
My favorite of the lot was almost certainly 'Coming Home', as it features an early look at a character who goes on to become a heavy hitter in some of the other DG novels and it serves as a fantastic depiction of the specific flavor of insanity experienced by someone who'd been confronted with Cosmic Horror and have later found themselves back in normal life. I loved it.
'Contingencies' was also great, tying itself into the existing mythos logically, exploring an existing and popular thought exercise deftly, and remaining personable enough to stay engaging through it all.
Though I'd read it elsewhere before, 'Drowning in Sand' is brilliant too, touching on some of the most pivotal events in the Conspiracy and showing things from a point of view that could otherwise be easily overlooked.
'Punching' also deserves a mention as it was remarkably subtle for a DG story. If it weren't appearing alongside the others, and if it shirked its single overt reference to the Horror, one could easily mistake this as concerning nothing but one man's troubled time at college and it's fallout.
These stories arethe highlights, and they are worth the price of admission.