THE DEEP ONES: "Buried in the Sky" by John Shirley

"Buried in the Sky" by John Shirley

Discussion begins December 6, 2023.

First published in the October-November 2006 issue of Weird Tales.



BIBLIOGRAPHY

https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?833492

SELECTED PRINT VERSIONS

New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird
Lovecraft Alive!
Living Shadows: Stories: New and Preowned

ONLINE VERSIONS

No online versions found to date.

ONLINE AUDIO VERSIONS

No online audio versions found to date.

MISCELLANY

https://john-shirley.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shirley
https://in-sightpublishing.com/2023/02/03/an-interview-with-john-shirley-part-on...
https://tinyurl.com/3xnmmtdt

New Cthulhu for me.

I'm still in the middle of the story, but I'm finding it interesting that last week and this week both have narrative setups featuring the recent death of a family member.

Well, I found this one to be an uneasy amalgam of commentary on society (consumerism and the post 9/11 American security state), a revenge tale, and the Mythos. Perhaps Deedee gave into her understandable appetite for revenge at story's end.

I had fun with this story, and it reminded me strongly of Jason Pargin's John Dies at the End books, complete with the young protagonists, sardonic social commentary, and the "happy" ending. I think having it follow the Wagner (complete with the parallelism I noted) created a miscue for tone, and that might have been why >4 RandyStafford: found it a little dissonant.

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