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A review by 5elementknitr
In the Shadow of the Master: Classic Tales by Edgar Allan Poe by Sue Grafton, Jeffery Deaver, P.J. Parrish, Lisa Scottoline, Tess Gerritsen, Joseph Wambaugh, Lawrence Block, Nelson DeMille, Stephen King, Sara Paretsky, Michael Connelly, Laurie R. King, Laura Lippman, T. Jefferson Parker
5.0
When I saw the title of this book, I had to immediately request it of my library. Then, when I started reading it, I realized I had not properly understood that title.
I thought it was going to be this:
An Edgar Allen Poe story, then a story written by a modern writer inspired by that story.
It was actually this:
An Edgar Allen Poe story, then an essay written by a modern writer telling how they discovered EAP or were inspired by EAP or something else about EAP.
At first, I was terribly disappointed, but after reading all of it, it was a wonderful read. I was comforted in the knowledge that I'm not alone in having originally discovering EAP through the Vincent Price/et al. Poe-esque movies of the 60s and 70s. And there are also a couple of delightful poems instead of essays. One of the "essays" was almost exactly as long as the essay-writer's bio! All the bios about each essay writer were written by that essay writer, and many are equally as entertaining as their essay!
Not only has this inspired me to check a more complete book of EAP from the library, but also to seek out those delightfully awful, barely-based-on-Poe's-stories movies!
I thought it was going to be this:
An Edgar Allen Poe story, then a story written by a modern writer inspired by that story.
It was actually this:
An Edgar Allen Poe story, then an essay written by a modern writer telling how they discovered EAP or were inspired by EAP or something else about EAP.
At first, I was terribly disappointed, but after reading all of it, it was a wonderful read. I was comforted in the knowledge that I'm not alone in having originally discovering EAP through the Vincent Price/et al. Poe-esque movies of the 60s and 70s. And there are also a couple of delightful poems instead of essays. One of the "essays" was almost exactly as long as the essay-writer's bio! All the bios about each essay writer were written by that essay writer, and many are equally as entertaining as their essay!
Not only has this inspired me to check a more complete book of EAP from the library, but also to seek out those delightfully awful, barely-based-on-Poe's-stories movies!