The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities (Hardcover) by Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer

from PghDragonMan

I was saddened to learn of Dr. Lambshead's passing. The world will be a poorer place without him, but what a legacy he's left behind. Thankfully, we have luminaries from his inner circle, such people as Jeff and Ann Vandermeer, China Mieville and Naomi Novik, to name just a few, hard at work cata...

from TheAlternativeOne

An Appraisal of a Unique and Fascinating Tome - The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities - Edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities Ann and Jeff VanderMeer (Editors) Harper Voyager Publication Date: July 12, 2011 Hardcover 320 Pages ISBN: 97800620...

from Katyas

Book Info: Genre: Satire/speculative shorts Reading Level: Adult Recommended for: Those who enjoy speculative fiction and clever storytelling My Thoughts: I learned about cabinets of curiosities from reading the Pendergast novels by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. One of the novels is actually...

from krau0098

I got to page 170 of this book and then decided to set it aside. It's a very creative idea; the whole book is about a fake man name Lambshead and his curiosities. It's written like a non-fiction book. I wasn't a huge fan of Vandermeer's "City of Saints and Madmen" either and I didn't realize this...

from TheDivineOomba

This is a book that's hard to rate - some of the stories are quite brilliant - and others less so. I like the stories of the different people actually meeting Dr. Lambshead or the descriptions of the stuff in his cabinet, but some of the stories about the actual objects dragged a bit. The illustr...