tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post7568167863466019210..comments2024-03-06T11:11:48.095-08:00Comments on Too Much Horror Fiction: Cellars by John Shirley (1982): Well, New York City Really Has It AllWill Erricksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-63022229331542950382011-01-14T03:18:37.497-08:002011-01-14T03:18:37.497-08:00Shirley at his best is a truly great author. Both ...Shirley at his best is a truly great author. Both Wetbones and Black Butterflies are genuinely disturbing and you can tell he knows what he's talking about, be it the way Hollywood works (he wrote part of the screenplay for The Crow), the LA and NY punk scene, Gurdjieff's teachings, etc.. I got to interview him for my old rock 'n' roll fanzine GangBang Press & Sound and he wasCrows 'n' Boneshttp://www.crowsnbones.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-80883918829546693142011-01-13T09:03:56.373-08:002011-01-13T09:03:56.373-08:00Ah, once again you're getting into the good st...Ah, once again you're getting into the good stuff. A novel that I loved back when I read it about 20 years ago. And one that I've never forgotten, I might add.<br />I recall another well known genre author commented on it during one of those year end type things & absolutely SAVAGED it. I can't recall who it was, but he pretty much called it an atrocity for it's violence, goreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-31753785303368155302011-01-12T19:59:59.290-08:002011-01-12T19:59:59.290-08:00I read this one, and two bits I remember was the f...I read this one, and two bits I remember was the factoids about how many miles of tunnels exist underneath New York that no one knows what goes on in them, and a truly venomous rant about New York with the note that New Yorkers will list its flaws with a gotta-love-it attitude that is absolutely galling to the ranter (and I suspect, Shirley himself at the time of writing).Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05409029273541301144noreply@blogger.com