Inferno reviewed again

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Charles Tan has given a fine review to Ellen Datlow's anthology Inferno over on his blog: see http://charles-tan.blogspot.com:80/2008/01/book-review-inferno-edited-by-ellen.html. It reads in part:

Here's three of my highlights: "Lives" by John Grant was quite interesting for me because the horror aspect is not what we would immediately expect from the genre. It all would have fallen apart however if Grant did not make us sympathize with the narrator--the key to any good story. "Stilled Life" by Pat Cadigan is another story that relies on characterization and the author throws in a unique element that is seeded right from the beginning. Third is "The Janus Tree" by Glen Hirshberg which is a different coming-of-age tale and just when you thought you could relax, Hirshberg pulls a fast one on us like a skilled magician. . . . If you're looking for horror that lurks beneath the surface or simply good fiction in general, Inferno is one of those must-have anthologies.

Tan rates the the anthology as a whole at 4/5 -- i.e., between "Highly recommended and is easily a pioneer of the genre" and "A classic or it will be".