The Dark Descent
by David G. Hartwell
Taste attributes: horrormonster/alien/supernaturalmysteryfresh & originalunsavouryimaginarylinearglossyemotive & stirringtroubled leadssolving the riddle/not as it seemsinjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeA fantastical horror novel that is moving, morally murky and fresh. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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About This Book
pt. 1. The color of evil. The reach / Stephen King -- Evening primrose / John Collier -- The ash-tree / M.R. James -- The new mother / Lucy Clifford -- There's a long, long trail a-winding / Russell Kirk -- The call of Cthulhu / H.P. Lovecraft -- The summer people / Shirley Jackson -- The whimper of whipped dogs / Harlan Ellison -- Young Goodman Brown / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Mr. Justice Harbottle -- J.
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- Author
- David G. Hartwell
- Published
- 1987
- Pages
- 751
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- Open Library
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