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Book ReviewsArbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural |
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Book: Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural
Written by: Bill Pronzini |
Publisher: Arbor House Pub Co
Average Customer Rating: 5 / 5
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a compilation of horror classics
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5 / 5
41 classic tales of horror and the supernatural are presented in 599 pages by the editors Pronzini, Malzberg, and Greenberg in two sections:
Grandmasters -
- Poe [Hop Frog], Stoker [The Squaw], Bierce, Faulkner, Sturgeon, and others including Winston Churchill [Man Overboard].
Modern Masters -
- Hunter [The Scarlet King], Wagner [Sticks], Russell, Kornbluth, Sheckley, and others including Stephen King [The Crate], who also provides a nine-page Introduction in which he writes:
"If [this book] proves anything, it proves that the tale of horror and/or the supernatural is serious, is important, is necessary... not only to those human beings who read to think, but to those vast numbers of readers who read to feel".
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