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I love Edgar Allan Poe and this anthology takes a prism to one of the greatest detective stories and moves it around with different perspectives from other authors. I liked the spikiness of the original detective as well as the puzzle to be solved. That particular time had other great writers such as Jules Verne creating new genres of fiction, Lewis Carroll published Alice in Wonderland. Something was going on.Most of the stories were great but with an anthology you will always find one or two t...
Titan Books is one of my favourite publishers at the moment, because they breath new life into the classics, whilst giving readers a little something modern from time to time to indulge in. Usually, they know just which buttons to press to give me a happy… this time though, I’m slightly underwhelmed, and rather unsatisfied.Beyond Rue Morgue Anthology: Further Tales of Edgar Allan Poe’s 1st Detective starts off with Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Murders in The Rue Morgue”, the original tale of where mys...
"It will be found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic."Beyond Rue Morgue Further Tales Of Edgar Allan Poe’s 1st Detective is an anthology edited by Paul Kane and Charles Prepolec. It features the classic written by Edgar Allan Poe to begin with and as you read on different cases are linked to the infamous Detective Chevalier C. Auguste Dupin.These stories allow the reader to explore Dupin’s legacy through mysterious and dark s...
Even before opening the cover of'Beyond Rue Morgue', my black little heart was jumping for joy-well as much as it could, given its decrepit state- from the roster of genre names on the cover. What an absolute treasure trove of authors! Full respect is due to editors 'Paul Kane and Charles Prepolec for not only the choice of subject, but also such a stellar contents list!''Chevalier Dupin is a man who methodically preserves memories of the sights, sounds and odors produced by the horrors of this
Paul Kane & Charles Prepolec in their book, “Beyond Rue Morgue” published by Titan Books have edited an anthology of stories based around the very first mystery detective, Le Chevalier C. Auguste Dupin, created by Edgar Allan Poe.From the Back Cover: Further Tales of Edgar Allan Poe’s 1st DetectiveEdgar Allan Poe’s “The Murder in the Rue Morgue” introduced the world to its first literary detective, Le Chevalier C. Auguste Dupin. Now Dupin’s legacy continues in brand-new tales of ratiocination, m...
As with all anthologies, some were a hit with me, some a miss. An interesting concept.
To much formulaic action, and too little ratiocination in this uneven collection.It's a pity Poe himself didn't write more Dupin-stories.
3.5 starsFor fans of Edgar Allan Poe, this anthology of detective Dupin stories could be reason enough to buy it. A collection of adult fanfiction (without, of course, the negative connotations), Beyond Rue Morgue: Further Tales of Edgar Allan Poe’s 1st Detective is exactly what it sounds like: a group of talented writers dreaming up stories of Dupin and the other mysteries he could have solved and more.Le Chevalier C. Auguste Dupin was the world’s first literary detective, brought to life by Po...
Checked this out just before Halloween because I felt the need to reread "Murder in the Rue Morgue." The documentary on Poe I'd watched sorta said that all detective stories that feature an Everyman + a Quirky Genius owe that trope to this story. So I had to check. Of the rest of the stories, "From Darkness, Emerged, Returned" by Elizabeth Massie was especially good.
At first I thought I would rate each story individually but gradually I changed my mind. After all, no one is going to read just a few of the stories nor should they. Each story has it's twists and turns and some references to literary characters or historical events. There were some stories I finished and the word clever came to mind. They are all in the spirit of Edgar Allan Poe's writing though not necessarily in his voice or even in the character of C. August Dupin himself.Each author has cr...
After reading this collection I gained a newfound love for Dupin. Having read "Murders in the Rue Morgue" a year prior I was quite shocked as to how satisfyingly readable it still is, esepcially if you're into the old school classic mysteries in the Holmes tradition. However I seriously think that he is severely underutilised in the genre which he coincidentally helped create. Sure there's countless Sherlock pastiches that are published like it's going out of style but Dupin has been unfarily ne...
It was OK, but I got bored.
Its hard to accept authors writing about someone else’s creation. The stories here are varied, some with only a tenuous connection to Poe’s character, and most are simply weird. I did enjoy the Holmes story though.
