The editor of Devils and Demons compiles more than fifty terrifying tales, many never before anthologized, by such masters as Willa Cather, Gaston Leroux, Bram Stoker, and Joyce Carol Oates. Science Fiction & Doubleday Bk Clubs.
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Kaye's companion volume to his Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural pulls together nearly 60 works by some of the finest writers of the past century, including Bram Stoker, H. G. Wells, H. P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury and Richard Matheson. There are some pleasant surprises, too: stories by Joyce Carol Oates, Willa Cather, Stephen Crane and Winston Churchill. Although few of the tales are truly terrifying, many of them do indeed qualify as "unknown." Kaye's eclectic gathering, organized under categories such as "Ghosts and Miscellaneous Nightmares," "The Beast Within," "Acts of God" and "Fiends and Creatures," includes Darrell Schweitzer's and Jason Van Hollander's "The Throwing Suit," a disturbing portrait of gnosticism, artistic impression and damage to the immortal soul; Theodore Sturgeon's "Bianca's Hands," a surreal tale of one man's obsession with a disturbed girl's hands; Emilia Pardo-Bazan's "The Pardon," a suspenseful rendering of a husband's feared revenge, and Jack Snow's "Midnight," a nightmarish account of the eternal hell on earth that an occultist visits upon himself. While readers may question the choice of certain works, bristle at Kaye's self-promotional references in several of the introductions and dismiss some of the older tales as dated, most horror fans will find ample enjoyment here. Science Fiction and Doubleday Book clubs selections.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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By Blue Tyson "- Research Finished" (Legion clubhouse) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown (Guild America Books) (Hardcover)
A collection in with the editor basically says he doesn't much like horror of the werewolves and zombies ripping into people variety, so if you are looking for any of that, you won't find it here.
This large batch of stories (over50_ ranges from the rather old-fashioned to reasonably recent, with more of the former. Those that aren't fans of much older work will likely find quite a bit of this anthology trying. There are also a few poems. Also, from amusing to nasty, so a pretty decent variety of stories, including some rare pieces he has dug up himself, and the odd famous piece too : e.g. Lovecraft. Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : The Others - Joyce Carol Oates Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : Tap Dancing - John Gregory Betancourt Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : The Hungry Stones - Rabindranath Tagore Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : The Southwest Chamber - Mary E. Wilkins Freeman Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : The Lost Room - Fitz-James O'Brien Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : The Happy Children - Arthur Machen Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : Darby O'Gill and the Good People - Herminie T. Kavanagh Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : Keeping His Promise - Algernon Blackwood Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : A Day in the Life of Comrade Lenin - Carole Buggé Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : The Throwing Suit - Darrell Schweitzer and Jason Van Hollander Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : The Man Who Wanted to Be in the Movies - John Jakes Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : Fidel Bassin - W. J. Stamper Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : Unsigned Original - Parke Godwin Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : The Clemency of the Court - Willa Cather Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : The Empty Zoo - Edward D. Hoch Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : Beyond Sleep - Barry N. Malzberg Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : Bianca's Hands - Theodore Sturgeon Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : The Iron Man - Frederick Laing Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : Sagittarius - Ray Russell Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : Wolf - Michael Moorcock Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : An Illusion in Red and White - Stephen Crane Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : Man Overboard! - Winston Churchill Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : The People of the Pit - A. Merritt Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : In the Avu Observatory - H. G. Wells Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : In the Valley of the Shades - C. H. Sherman Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : The Thing in the Hall - E. F. Benson Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : Mr. Wilde's Second Chance - Joanna Russ Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : The Dreams in the Witch-House [SS] - H. P. Lovecraft Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : The Little Man on the Subway - Isaac Asimov and James MacCreigh Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : The Poems - Ray Bradbury Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : Vision Quest - Patrick LoBrutto Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : The Man in the Bottle - Gustav Meyrink Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : A Diagnosis of Death - Ambrose Bierce Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : Remember Me - Joan Vander Putten Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : The Pardon - Emilia Pardo-Bazán Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : The One Thousand Dozen - Jack London Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : Carmanda - Jessica Amanda Salmonson Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : The Cripple - Maurice Level Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : The Squaw - Bram Stoker Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : Pictures - Irving Werner Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : The Necklace - Guy de Maupassant Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : The Necklace - Jack Moffitt Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : Midnight - Jack Snow Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : Ms. Lipshutz and the Goblin - Marvin Kaye Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : Amina - Edward Lucas White Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : Simpson's Lesser Sphynx - Esther M. Friesner Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : Dress of White Silk - Richard Matheson Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : The Palace of the Mountain Ogre: A Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : Chinese Hansel and Gretel - Toby Sanders Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : The Little Witch of Elm Street - Mildred Clingerman Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : The Brown Man's Servant - W. W. Jacobs Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : Poppa Bear - Alvin Vogel Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : In Letters of Fire - Gaston Leroux Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown : Green Magic - Jack Vance I see dead people. 2.5 out of 5 Dead choreography. 3 out of 5 Ghost girl tempting. 3 out of 5 Ghost wardrobe arranging. 3 out of 5 Orgiastic invitation decline. 3.5 out of 5 Ghost procession. 3 out of 5 Info better than cash. 3 out of 5 Sooicide ghost nosh visit. 3.5 out of 5 Fearless leader follies many. 1.5 out of 5 Haunter house painter prolonging. 3.5 out of 5 Flat out jealousy. 4 out of 5 Haitian rotter rotten end. 3.5 out of 5 Murder mystery maker meeting mastery. 4 out of 5 Lack of loquaciousness noosed. 4 out of 5 Cage revenge wait. 3.5 out of 5 Killer dreams. 2 out of 5 Hand over control. 3 out of 5 Lifting power life ending leverage. 3.5 out of 5 Son of Hyde, Guignol Grand. 4 out of 5 Sheep for me, please. 2.5 out of 5 Wife-killer identification unlikely. 3.5 out of 5 Shark bait stranding. 3.5 out of 5 Explorer gets horribly lost. 3.5 out of 5 Big flying thing I think. 3.5 out of 5 Ghost love return. 3 out of 5 Elemental demise. 3.5 out of 5 Limbo life thread busted. 3.5 out of 5 Talented broke mathematics students should choose other places to study than in a house in Arkham with space-time continuum conduits, witches, and vampire rats. 4.5 out of 5 God training train. 3.5 out of 5 Good writing can be bad for reality. 3 out of 5 Heritage check. 2 out of 5 Stoppered breathing. 3 out of 5 Necrofiddler, eh? 3 out of 5 Raven riven revenant. 4 out of 5 Dead woman catching. 2.5 out of 5 Still hanging around like a rotten egg smell. 3.5 out of 5 Succubus stay. 3.5 out of 5 Not handy for rescue. 3 out of 5 Iron maiden torture time. 3.5 out of 5 Encounter advice not helpful. 2.5 out of 5 Mistaken appraisal. 3.5 out of 5 Mistaken appraisal death. 2 out of 5 Dark death deal repeat experience. 3.5 out of 5 Booze bill expensive. 3 out of 5 Beast woman disguise. 3.5 out of 5 Club chowmen. 3.5 out of 5 Not so tasty clothes. 2.5 out of 5 In-laws to the feast. 3 out of 5 Ankle-or-anywhere-else-biter. 3 out of 5 Devil diamond deal death. 4 out of 5 Hybrid misdealings. 3.5 out of 5 Taking tricks for the devil. 3.5 out of 5 Magical maladroit mastery malaise. 4 out of 5
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