Robert Aickman

Hartwell, David G. , editor. THE DARK DESCENT. Tom Doherty Associates, Inc., 1987.
Very light shelf wear, DJ has some light edge wear and small tears. ; Dust jacket in Acid/Free Dura/Clear Jacket Cover. Jacket photo by Doug Fornuff. Jacket design by Joe Curcio. The Evolution of Horror - Clive Barker; Shirley Jackson; Ray Bradbury; Stephen King; John Collier; Joyce Carol Oates; and others. Edited by David G. Hartwell. Contents include: Part I: The Color of Evil. - Robert Aickman. Robert Bloch. Ray Bradbury. Lucy Clifford. John Collier. Harlan Ellison. Nathaniel Hawthorne. M. R. James. Stephen King. Russell Kirk. J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Fritz Leiber. H. P. Lovecraft. Edith Nesbit. Michael Shea. Karl Edward Wagner. Manly Wade Wellman. Part II: The Medusa in the Shield. - Robert Aickman. Cliver Barker. Michael Bishop. Ramsey Campbell. Thomas M. Disch. Dennis Etchison. William Faulkner. Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Robert Hichens. Henry James. Stephen King. D. H. Lawrence. Tanith Lee. J. Sheridan Le Fanu. H. P. Lovecraft. Richard Matheson. Flannery O'Conner. Edgar Allan Poe. Joanna Russ. Theodore Sturgeon. Part III: A Fabulous Formless Darkness. - Robert Aickman. Ambrose Bierce. Algernon Blackwood. Robert W. Chambers. Walter de la Mare. Philip K. Dick. Charles Dickens. Thomas M. Disch. Shirley Jackson. Stephen King. Fritz Leiber. Joyce Carol Oates. Fitz-James O'Brien. Oliver Onions. Ivan Turgenev. Edith Wharton. Gene Wolfe. ; A TOR Book; Large 8vo 9" - 10" ; 1011 pages; From front flap: "Horror fiction has existed since man's earliest days of telling tales around a fire. It deals with our most powerful emotions: fear, love, and hope. Horror is not merely stories of supernatural creatures and evil gods, not just an allegorical representation of the eternal struggle between good and evil. Horror has many faces. In recent years horror has produced a number of bestselling novels and has become the second most popular category of fiction, according to THE NEW YORK TIMES. Throughout its history, however, the short story has always been horror's most vital form. In short fiction the boundaries of the genre have been established, broken, and re-established; the field has become differentiated and complex. THE DARK DESCENT is a comprehensive presentation of the evolution of the horror story, filled with signigicant and powerful works by the masters of the genre. The anthology contains stories by the bestsellers of today, as well as little-known gems from writers almost forgotten-and from authors not usually considered horror writers. Horror fiction has had an impact upon all types of literature, and we can trace its effect via the generations of writers who have contributed to the field, from Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, H. P. Lovecraft and Theodore Sturgeon to Robert Aickman, Ramsey Campbell and Stephen King, whose bestselling collections of horror short fiction have proven the durability of the form and who has contributed 40,000 words to this volume. THE DARK DESCENT presents the entire spectrum oh horror fiction, from the psychological investigations of Edgar Allan Poe, William Faulkner, Flannery O'Conner, and Thomas M. Disch, through the colorful supernatural allegories of J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ray Bradbury, and Harlan Ellison, to the disturbing and dreadful stories of Oliver Onions, Edith Wharton, Robert Aickman, and Gene Wolfe, stories that leave the reader in doubt of the very nature of reality. THE DARK DESCENT represents a broad new definition of horror fiction and makes a strong case for considering horror as central to contemporary literature. But first and foremost it is a superb collection by an outstanding group of storytellers, and anthology of fiction that will frighten, disturb, and delight the reader. " Oversize may require extra postage. ! ! Book & Read on ! !.

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Wilson, Gahan (editor) (Robert Bloch; Patricia A. McKillip; Robert Aickman; T. E. D. Klein; Sterling E. Lanier; Karl Edward Wagner; Manly Wade Wellman; Fritz Leiber; David Drake; Dennis Etchison; Dirk W. Mosig; Joseph Payne Brennan; H. Warner Munn): FIRST (1st) WORLD FANTASY AWARDS: The Bat Is My Brother; Beetles; The Forgotten Beasts of Eld; Pages from a Young Girl's Journal; The Events at Poroth Farm; A Father's Tale; Sticks; Come into My Parlor; Fearful Rock; The Bait; The Abandoned Boudoir, New York Doubleday 1977
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311 pp. Navy blue boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Ex-library copy in a well protected dustajcket. This anthology contains: Introduction; Map of Providence; The Convention; About the Fantasy Awards; The Awards. Life Achievement: The Bat Is My Brother by Robert Bloch; Beetles by Robert Bloch; Acceptance Speech by Robert Bloch; and About Robert Bloch. Novel: The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip. Short Fiction: An Essay by Robert Aickman; Pages from a Young Girl's Journal by Robert Aickman; The Events at Poroth Farm by T. E. D. Klein; and A Father's Tale by Sterling E. Lanier. British Fantasy Award: Sticks by Karl Edward Wagner. Single Author Collection or Anthology: Come into My Parlor by Manly Wade Wellman; Fearful Rock by Manly Wade Wellman; and About Manly Wade Wellman. Special Professional: The Ballantines. Best Artist: Lee Brown Coye - an Appreciation by Gahan Wilson. Special Non-Professional: From Whispers edited by Stuart David Schiff: The Bait by Fritz Leiber; The Vampire in America by Manly Wade Wellman; The Shortest Way by Dave Drake; From Chips and Shavings by Lee Brown Coye; The Soft Wall by Dennis Etchison; Toward a Great Appreciation of H. P. Lovecraft by Dirk W. Mosig; The Abandoned Boudoir by Joseph Payne Brennan; Cradle Song for a Baby Werewolf by H. Warner Munn; Guillotine by Walter Shedlofsky; and The Farmhouse by David Riley. First Edition Good Only Hard Cover 8vo

[SW: supernatural literature; weird fantasy terror tales;]

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Grant, Charles L. (ed), Robert Bloch, Bill Pronzini, Robert Aickman, Ramsey Campbell, Michael Bishop, Stephen King: Shadows, Garden City, NY Doubleday Science Fiction 1978 ; fester Einband / hard cover; Schutzumschlag / dust cover; 1. Ed. ISBN: 0 385 12937 8
0 385 12937 8 Fine Starrett, James

182pp - A collection of original horror stories by some of the best authors in the genre: Robert Bloch, Bill Pronzini, Robert Aickman, Ramsey Campbell, Michael Bishop, Stephen King. The book (with cream-coloured leatherette with green titles to the spine) is immaculate. The DJ is slightly soiled and sunned at spine and is price-clipped but has a Doubleday & Co price sticker at the clipped corner. First Edition (so stated) Very Good Leatherette; First Edition (so stated)

[SW: Horror, Fiction, Short Stories, Collection, Robert Bloch, Bill Pronzini, Robert Aickman, Ramsey Campbell, Michael Bishop, Stephen KingCollection Anthologies]

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Ferman, Edward L. (ed) ... Frederik Pohl, Robert Aickman, Ron Goulart, Barry N. Malzberg, Richard Cowper, Avram Davidson, J. Michael Reaves, Alan Dean Foster, Isaac Asimov, Gahan Wilson,, L. Sprague De Camp, Stephen Tall, +++: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April, May & June 1976, 3 Issues Featuring "Man Plus" by Frederik Pohl, + Balsamo's Mirror, He, Paradise Beach, The Sound of Something Dying, The Hospice, At the Starvation Ball, +++ New York Mercury Press 1976
Very Good Bonnie Dalzell & Rick Sternbach, David Hardy, David Hardy

---Tight square and clean, minor edge wear. Contents include: Man Plus by Frederik Pohl (in 3 parts) / The Hospice by Robert Aickman / Them and Us and All by Sonay Dorman / Sweets to the Sweet by Jeanne Parker / At the Starvation Ball by Ron Goulart / Seeking Asstance by Barry N. Malzberg / Cartoons by Gahan Wilson / Science: "All Gall" & "It's A Wonderful Town!" & " Surprise! Surprise!" by Isaac Asimov / Paradise Beach by Richard Cowper / The Sunday We Didn't Go to Lemons by Paul Darcy Boles / The Account of Mr. Ira Davidson by Avram Davidson / Three Comedians by Harvey Jacobs / Pages From a 22nd Century Zoologist's Notebook: Part 2 by Bonnie Dalzell / The Sound of Something Dying by J. Michael Reaves / Chlorophyll by Stephen Tall / P R N D L L by Robert F. Young / He by Alan Dean Foster / A Crowd of Shadows by C. L. Grant / Balsamo's Mirror by L. Sprague de Camp. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual books and not a stock photo First Editions First Printings Soft Covers 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

[SW: ....Tight square and clean, minor edge wear. Contents include: Man Plus by Frederik Pohl (in 3 parts) / The Hospice by Robert Aickman / Them and Us and All by Sonay Dorman / Sweets to the Sweet by Jeanne Parker / At the Starvation Ball by Ron Goulart / Seeking Asstance by Barry N. Malzberg / Cartoons by Gahan Wilson / Science: "All Gall" & "It's A Wonderful Town!" & " Surprise! Surprise!" by Isaac Asimov / Paradise Beach by Richard Cowper / The Sunday We Didn't Go to Lemons by Paul Darcy Boles / The Account of Mr. Ira Davidson by Avram Davidson / Three Comedians by Harvey Jacobs / Pages From a 22nd Century Zoologist's Notebook: Part 2 by Bonnie Dalzell / The Sound of Something Dying by J. Michael Reaves / Chlorophyll by Stephen Tall / P R N D L L by Robert F. Young / He by Alan Dean Foster / A Crowd of Shadows by C. L. Grant / Balsamo's Mirror by L. Sprague de Camp. Fantasy and Science Fiction Art & Artists]

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