The Selected Stories of Manley Wade Wellman, Vol. 5 by Manly Wade Wellman

They might be unschooled, but never ignorant fools. Wellman always wrote of the mountain folk with the greatest love and respect. His writing has a style that is rural but never ever condescending that maybe finds its closest comparison in Clifford Simak. Manly Wade Wellman is a uniquely American voice. 'You see what I mean, I can't say how he looked, only he was hateful.' Those good clothes were almost as much of a match to the rest of him as his long, soft, pink hands, the hands of a man who never had to work a tap.

His good clothes fitted his mean body like they were cut to it. The right eye squinted, mean and dark, while the hike of his brow twitched the left one wide.

Loose mouth, a bit open to show long, even teeth.

On his carrot-thin neck, his head looked like a swollen pale gourd. His thin legs bowed out at the knee and in at the shank, like two sickles point to point. Mister Onselm's shoulders didn't wide out as far as his big ears, and they sank and sagged. 'He was what country folks called a low man, more than calling him short or small a low man is low otherwise than by inches. I think it's also probably the most accessible, as in it's the first book of 25 that my girlfriend has decided to read on her own. As much as I love THE SHIP OF ISHTAR (and oh boy, do I ever), WHO FEARS THE DEVIL is probably the most literate and 'important' book we have published to date. It is difficult for me to explain how incredible this book is. Manly Wade Wellman Planet Stories Sara Otterstätter Who Fears the Devil? It's like Johnny Freakin' Cash meets the Cthulhu Mythos. Because I hark when Greg Bear, Robert Silverberg, and Karl Edward Wagner tell me I should.Ģ. Carl Kolchak ain't got nothin' on Silver John.Ĥ. introduction by SF legend Mike Resnick!ĥ. What, are you kidding me? Silver John is an inhabitant of the Wold Newton Universe.Ħ. Prose as sweet as country dew on a summer's morn.ħ. How many pulp writers do you know who were nominated for a Pulitzer?ĩ. The original Planet Stories edition of Manly Wade Wellman's Who Fears the Devil? is due to hit the Paizo warehouse later this month, so I thought I'd share the top 10 reasons why it's one of my favorite Planet Stories books to date. Top 10 Reasons I Love Manly Wade Wellman's Who Fears the Devil?

The Selected Stories of Manley Wade Wellman, Vol. 5 by Manly Wade Wellman