The Imago Sequence

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I started reading this several months ago & stalled out when I got to the novella Hallucigenia. I decided to just skip past that & finish & I'm glad I did. Two of the pieces in here: Shiva, Open Your Eye & Procession of the Black Sloth are 2 of my favorite short works of fiction I read last year. I love Barron's modern take on crime fiction blended with cosmic horror.

Aimeesue Oooooh! 1y

vivastory @Aimeesue Are you a Barron fan? 1y

Aimeesue Tbh, i hadn't heard of Barron. But I am a huge fan of horror/ sci-fi/ spec fic short stories. Prefer them to full scale noves, actually. So thanks for the introduction! 1y

vivastory @Aimeesue No problem! This was his debut collection. I have his second collection & have high hopes for it

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Reggie I‘ve only listened to the first couple of stories, I save this for driving trips but the first one about the special ops and the witch. I liked that one and yes, the Sloth one. He is sooo good. 1y

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tphil10283

The Imago Sequence | Laird Barron

so-so

It has some odd stories however, I couldn‘t finish the last one because it was too incoherent to me.

vivastory

The Imago Sequence | Laird Barron

This story 🤯🤯 I immediately reread the second half as soon as I finished, something I rarely do. Incredible.

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jen_hayes7

Imago Sequence | Laird Barron

About halfway through a 5+ hour drive. Listening to an audiobook, partner‘s driving and I‘m crocheting away. #audiocrafting

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TobeyTheScavengerMonk

The Imago Sequence | Laird Barron

so-so

I truly loved 2 of these short stories. “Shiva, Open Your Eye” is a flawless Lovecraft homage, and “Bulldozer” is an Old West phantasmagoria that might be one of my favorite horror short stories period.

The rest were a little same-y. “Hallucigenia”, and “The Imago Sequence” especially were treading the same squamous ground.

It felt like Barron had one trick* he was very good at so he didn‘t really stretch himself, at least in this collection.

TobeyTheScavengerMonk *that trick being: “Macho man discovers his impotence in a hostile universe through addiction, then madness, then being ingested by an unknowable horror of ambiguous origins that probably has tentacles” 5y

Leniverse Tentacles are always good though. 🦑 (But I see how the rest of it would get old quickly.) 5y

RealBooks4ever Squamous. Now there‘s a word you don‘t see every day! 😁 5y

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TobeyTheScavengerMonk

The Imago Sequence | Laird Barron

What an excellent short story beginning.

Further down the page we get:

“Can‘t squeeze no trigger now can I? I can squirt my initials on the ceiling.”

GingerAntics 🤣😂🤣 6y

vivastory This makes me want to read Barron. Did you ever watch the YouTube video of the event at the Strand featuring Ellen Datlow, Laird Barron & Grady Hendrix? Well worth watching! 6y

TobeyTheScavengerMonk @vivastory I will check that out! Sounds awesome. 6y

RohitSawant This has been on my TBR for awhile, and your post just bumped it up! 6y

TobeyTheScavengerMonk @rohit-sawant The 2nd story “Shiva, Open Your Eye” is one of the best Lovecraft homages I‘ve ever read! 6y

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tricours

The Imago Sequence | Laird Barron

I'm struggling with this book. The writing and choice of words is so confusing and peculiar that I can't really focus, so a snippet of absolute clarity like this one is really welcome.

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brendanmleonard

The Imago Sequence | Laird Barron

#somethingforsept - I know I've probably talked about these books before, but I don't think I talked about the best part of #weirdbooks - the covers! I'm particularly a fan of the two Library of America collections in the center (and you should really read Laird Barron if you haven't - there's a story in Imago Sequence that's Roanoke meets MK-ULTRA in Virginia).

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tricours

The Imago Sequence | Laird Barron

Current reading view: Viking ships 😀 Just finished the first short story in this horror collection, which I think is supposed to be Lovecraftian. I'm not too fond of villains that explain their deeds, but the story was definitely not BAD. On to story number two!

brendanmleonard I love Barron - he's one of my favorite short story authors! 8y

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tricours

The Imago Sequence | Laird Barron

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