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The Dark Descent
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.087208
EAN: 9780312862176
ISBN: 0312862172
Label: Tor Books
Manufacturer: Tor Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 1024
Publication Date: January 15, 1997
Publisher: Tor Books
Studio: Tor Books
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Editorial Review:
If you could have only one anthology of dark stories, this would be the one to have. Having observed that "fans of horror fiction most often restrict their reading to books and stories given a horror category label, thus missing some of the finest pleasures in that fictional mode," David G. Hartwell assembles here 56 important tales within an insightful critical framework; his purpose is to "clear the air and broaden future considerations of horror." Several well-known classics are included, but there are also dozens of lesser-known horror tales, including many by science fiction and literary writers. Get one copy for yourself. Get another for that friend or relative who doesn't understand why you like to read horror.
In The Dark Descent, hailed as one of the most important anthologies ever to examine horror fiction, editor David G. Hartwell traces the complex history of horror in literature back to the earliest short stories. The Dark Descent, which won the World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology, showcases the finest of these ever written--from the time-honored classics of Edgar Allan Poe, D.H. Lawrence, and Edith Wharton to the contemporary writing of Stephen King, Clive Barker, and Ray Bradbury.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Scary stuff
Comprehensive collection of horror stories. Lots of familiar authors here, perhaps some writers will gain new fans as a result of reading them for the first time. Would like to see more current authors included in the book, many of the stories are dated. It's a huge book, so it's worth the price for all the reading.
Rating:  - I must be missing something
Why all the 5 star reviews? Am I really that picky or is everyone else that easy? Did we read the same book, I mean the WHOLE over 1,000 big pages? Well enough questions, there were some really excellent stories in this compilation namely "The Crowd", "The Autopsy", "Sticks", "Yours Truly, Jack The Ripper", "Dread", "How Love Came To Professor Guildia", "MacIntosh Willy", sadly those were in the minority. Some stories as in most compilations this vast were from early 1900's and the language ... Read More
Rating: - Not Free SF Reader
Part of a larger series that takes a look at various types of horror writing, with an introduction giving some detail and thoughts on the topic, as well as to each author and story.
This is a good collection, and is well to the ghost story end of the spectrum, in general.
Fabulous Formless Darkness : Smoke Ghost - Fritz Leiber
Fabulous Formless Darkness : Seven American Nights - Gene Wolfe
Fabulous Formless Darkness : The Signal-Man - Charles Dickens
Fabulous ... Read More
Rating:  - A fine anthology for the horror afficianado
This huge, (topping out at just over 1000 pages!) collection of some of the finest tales from the masters of horror has it all. It was wonderful to read works I had not encountered over the years, along with some of the classics of the genre. Some personal favorites were the Lovecraftian "Crouch End" (King), a truly bizarre and unclassifiable tale, "The Swords" (Aickman), a masterful work of understated horror, "The Summer People" (Jackson), and a classic ghost story, "The Beckoning Fair One" (Onions) ... Read More
Rating: - Multitudinous tome for the horror and preternatural aficionado
This publication rivals most of the horror/ mystery compilations printed elsewhere. Some of the most consequential and prolific ink slingers of the creepy and the dreary are featured here, and they don't disappoint.
Here, in this volume, you will find it all. The works of King, Bradbury, Jackson, Lovecraft, Poe and many others are at your reading pleasure. Some of my personal favorites: The Beach (King); The Call of the Cthulhu (Lovecraft); Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper (Bloch)...I could ... Read More
Related Categories:- Subjects > Genre Fiction > Literature & Fiction > Books > Horror > United States
- Subjects > Genre Fiction > Literature & Fiction > Books > Horror > Anthologies
- Subjects > Genre Fiction > Literature & Fiction > Books > Horror > Authors, A-Z > ( J ) > Jackson, Shirley
- Subjects > Genre Fiction > Literature & Fiction > ( O ) > Books > Horror > Authors, A-Z > Oates, Joyce Carol
- Subjects > Genre Fiction > Literature & Fiction > Books > Horror > British
- Subjects > Genre Fiction > Literature & Fiction > Books > Anthologies
- Subjects > Literature & Fiction > Books > Authors, A-Z > ( B ) > Barker, Clive
- Subjects > Literature & Fiction > Books > Authors, A-Z > ( B ) > Bradbury, Ray
- Subjects > Literature & Fiction > Books > Authors, A-Z > ( H ) > Hartwell, David
- Subjects > Literature & Fiction > Books > Authors, A-Z > ( S ) > Shirley, John
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