The Earth Strikes Back

Ecological horror short story collection
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The Earth Strikes Back is a short story collection edited by Richard Chizmar published by White Wolf in 1994.

Plot summary

The Earth Strikes Back is a compilation of 20 ecological horror stories specially written for this publication.[1]

Contents

  • "My Copsa Micas", by Dan Simmons
  • "Harvest", by Norman Partridge
  • "Toxic Wastrels", by Poppy Z. Brite
  • "The Forest Is Crying", by Charles De Lint
  • "I Remember Me", by Thomas Tessier
  • "Ground Water", by James Kisner
  • "Cages", by Ed Gorman
  • "Where It's Safe", by John Shirley
  • "Expiration Date", by William Relling Jr.
  • "The Dreaded Hobblobs", by Gary A. Braunbeck
  • "Cancer Alley", by Nancy A. Collins
  • "Binary", by Roman A. Ranieri
  • "Tyrophex-Fourteen", by Ronald Kelly
  • "Torrent", by Mark Rainey
  • "Toxic Shock", by Rick Hautala
  • "Please Stand By", by Thomas F. Monteleone
  • "Double-Edged Sword", by Barry Hoffman
  • "The Fur Coat", by Richard Laymon
  • "Do Not Pass Go Do Not Collect $200", by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
  • "Genesis II", by Hugh B. Cave

Reception

Andy Butcher reviewed The Earth Strikes Back for Arcane magazine, rating it a 9 out of 10 overall.[1] Butcher comments that "it's well worth the effort to track down, and very highly recommended" and called it "a superb work".[1]

Reviews

  • Review by Peter Crowther (1995) in Interzone, #101 November 1995[2]
  • Review by Eric M. Eskenazi (1996) in Fangoria, May 1996
  • Review by Don D'Ammassa (1996) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #190 October 1996

References

  1. ^ a b c Butcher, Andy (July 1996). "The Great Library". Arcane (8). Future Publishing: 81.
  2. ^ https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2173023