Reviewspam!

Hey doods,

Some quick reviewspam for you:

• Nayu's Reading Corner, whose review of Cosmopath we've already mentioned, has published this very nice review of Ed Greenwood's Archwizard, second book in the Falconfar trilogy.
• Nayu's also written this review of Gail Z. Martin's Dark Lady's Chosen, fourth and final instalment in the Chronicles of the Necromancer. She told us in her email that she "absolutely adored it." Not bad praise, eh?
• Review site Cybermage (you'll note he's also featured our podcast in his most recent post) has added his voice to the many applauding Eric Brown's Cosmopath.
• Lastly, Tim at Mass Movement Magazine has reviewed Brian Lumley's Haggopian and Other Stories, Volume 2.

Some great reviews there, so take a look at them, and if you like anything, remember you can buy it right off our site.

Cheers,

David

Friday links

• Joel Glover has reviewed Juliet McKenna's Irons in the Fire for the David Gemmell Awards website. Review can be read here. Don't forget to get involved and vote for all your favourite Solaris Books!

• There's a year-end review of Ellen Datlow's anthology New Tales Inspired by Edger Allen Poe at the Dark Recesses Magazine website, which charts all the celebrations in 2009 which marked the 200th anniversary of the gothic author's birth. Linkage here.
  

• Last but not least, The Innsmouth Free Press (what a great name for a great site!) has reviewed Brian Lumley's book of Cthulhu Mythos tales, Haggopian and Other Stories, here.

Have a great weekend, everyone! Be seeing you next week.

-Jen

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Tinythulhu!

My amigurumi Cthulhu, "Tinythulhu", has just seen the cover of Haggopian and Other Stories. He's a little bewildered by what he sees...

Cthulhu Bingo - Rules

Right, we're in the office right now with reference copies of Brian Lumley's new Mythos anthology, Haggopian and Other Stories, and we've come up with an awesome game: #CthulhuBingo!

It's dead simple. Pick up a Mythos book. We're using Haggopian, but you can use whatever comes to hand. Flip it open to random pages until you hit on an awesome adjective. Something HP would have been proud to write himself. Shout it out loud!

Everyone present agrees a score out of ten for your adjective. Play until bored. Highest scoring word wins. Basic rules:

1. It's gotta come out of the book in front of you. We all know awesome Mythos adjectives; the trick is to find them.
2. You gotta find it by flicking randomly through; no manner of methodical search is acceptable. Randomness is how Azathoth expresses himself in our subconscious minds...
3. Points based on three guidelines: length, obscurity, and what I like to call sheer Lovecrafteosity. Loathsome is six points; cyclopean is eight. If you've awarded ten points for any word other than squamous, I want to hear about it.

Comment here, or twitter us @solarisbooks, to share your words and score. We'd love to hear from you.

Cheers,

David