{"id":1650,"date":"2009-01-19T18:52:08","date_gmt":"2009-01-19T07:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=1650"},"modified":"2009-01-19T18:52:08","modified_gmt":"2009-01-19T07:52:08","slug":"monstrous-big-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/01\/19\/monstrous-big-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Monstrous Big Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Daikaiju!<\/p>\n

Remember Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales<\/em>, edited by Robert Hood and Robin Pen? It was a much-lauded collection of 26 original giant monster stories — and the anthology ended up winning a Ditmar Award (Australian Hugo) for Best Collection in 2005.\u00a0 I know it’s been a few years now, but the book’s still around and has spawned two sequels — Daikaiju! 2: Revenge of the Giant Monsters<\/em> and Daikaiju! 3: Giant Monsters vs the World<\/em>. All were published by Agog! Press in Australia and in conjunction with Prime Books in the US, and are still available on the Amazon and Barnes & Noble websites, in soft and hardcover.<\/p>\n

At the time of publication Daikaiju!<\/em> was the first original anthology of Really Big Monster stories to appear and it proved a success with fans, even gaining a positive response from literary reviewers who wouldn’t be seen dead watching a giant monster movie.<\/p>\n

Now, however, there are other giant monster anthologies appearing. Permuted Press has just released Monstrous: 20 Tales of Giant Creature Terror<\/em>, edited by Ryan C. Thomas.<\/p>\n

\"Monstrous<\/p>\n

The only authors I know are in it are (impressively) Guy N. Smith of the Crabs!<\/em> books fame, Steve Alten and Cody Goodfellow — the latter of whom was also in Daikaiju!<\/em><\/p>\n

Well, you certainly can’t have too many giant monster stories, I reckon. I’ll be getting a copy.<\/p>\n

But I hope readers won’t forget the Daikaiju!<\/em> books in the process of plunging into this one.<\/p>\n