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Title: The Dark Descent by David G. Hartwell, Clive Barker, Ray Bradbury, John Collier, Shirley Jackson, Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates ISBN: 0-312-86217-2 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 15 January, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Certainly the finest horror anthology available
Comment: This sprawling collection will keep the fan of weird fiction (and just plain good fiction) happy and spooked for a long time. The stories are broken into three sections, the boundaries between which are not terribly well explained by the editor (in my opinion, anyway). No matter, the quality of the stories is amazing throughout.
This is not just modern gore and sex horror. Victorian stories such as The New Mother show just how frightening a tale told with restraint. Clive Barker's Dread, perhaps his best short work, may have you sleeping with the lights on. The three Stephen King pieces are all career highlights, especially the Lovecraftian Crouch End.
I can't tell you how many marvellous writers I discovered in this collection. Robert Aickman, Oliver Onions, Robert W. Chambers, Russell Kirk. In some cases, this is the best source of fiction by these writers, as most of their work is out of print.
My edition clocks in at just over 1000 pages. That's 1000 pages of pure enjoyment. Not bad for the price.
Rating: 5
Summary: There are 2 anthologies every horror fan should own
Comment: One is Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural, edited by Cerf and Wagner. The other is The Dark Descent. From Poe and J. Sheridan LeFanu to Stephen King and Shirley Jackson, this anthology covers the horror tradition like few others. The selections in The Dark Descent are a bit more in-your-face than the ones in Cerf and Wagner's elegant anthology--an attribute fans of late twentieth century horror will surely appreciate. At the same time, though, Hartwell has certainly not avoided the classic chillers. Even better, Hartwell has chosen to include some lesser-known tales by some heavy hitters within the genre--so while you won't see Jackson's "The Lottery," you will find two tales by her that you likely haven't read a dozen times before: tales that will hit you with the same force "The Lottery" did the first time you read it. Also not to be missed is Hartwell's introduction, which does a nice job of laying down a critical framework within which to read horror. It doesn't take the place of Danse Macabre or Dreadful Pleasures, but it's a nicely written piece that seems aimed toward readers who wouldn't otherwise read literary criticism.
Rating: 5
Summary: The best
Comment: The best one-volume collection of horror stories I've ever read, and I've read a few.
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Title: Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural by Phyllis Cerf Wagner, Herbert Wise ISBN: 0679601287 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 18 October, 1994 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Incubus by Ann Arensberg ISBN: 0345438167 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 02 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Painted Bird by Jerzy N. Kosinski ISBN: 080213422X Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: September, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Mammoth Book of Terror by Stephen Jones ISBN: 0881846228 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: February, 1991 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror (Mammoth Book of Best New Horror) by Stephen Jones ISBN: 0786710632 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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