From Library Journal
This follow-up to Ghost Movies I (Severn House, 1996) presents a diverse array of ten sometimes classic English and American tales offering mystery, suspense, the supernatural, the fantastic, and the grotesque from Dean Koontz, M.R. James, Algernon Blackwood, and others. A history of each tale's adaptations in various media prefaces the stories. Algernon Blackwood's "The Listener" explores the protagonist's fear of going mad and his dark, sinister dwelling as the setting for the supernatural and grotesque. Used in Tales from the Darkside, George R. Romero's "Clay" plays upon the distance between a clergyman and his flock by showing the horrors beneath the faithful demeanor of one parishioner. As Bennett Cerf's "Room for One More" suggests, these stories are for telling and are recommended.?Michelle Foyt, Berlin-Peck Memorial Lib., Kensington, Conn.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
About the Author
Rudolf Steiner became a respected and well-published scientific, literary, and philosophical scholar. He developed his earlier philosophical principles into an approach to methodical research of psychological and spiritual phenomena that has led to innovative and holistic approaches in medicine, philosophy, religion, education, science, agriculture, and the arts. He founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which has branches throughout the world.
Dean R. Koontz, the author of many #1 "New York Times" bestsellers, lives with his wife, Gerda, and their dog, Trixie, in southern California.
Peter Haining is the author of "Where the Eagle Landed "and "Knights of Madness,"
