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The Wine-Dark Sea - Robert Aickman, Peter Straub
The Wine-Dark Sea
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Since his death several years ago, British writer Aickman's reputation has continued to grow among connoisseurs of the horror story. Unlike much of the current form, full of blood, monsters and melodrama, Aickman's stories achieve a quieter, more subtle and, in several ways, more lasting sense of... show more
Since his death several years ago, British writer Aickman's reputation has continued to grow among connoisseurs of the horror story. Unlike much of the current form, full of blood, monsters and melodrama, Aickman's stories achieve a quieter, more subtle and, in several ways, more lasting sense of disquiet. His lucid, finely tuned prose moves imperceptibly from the small cr
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Format: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow
Pages no: 388
Edition language: English
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MatthewHunter
MatthewHunter rated it
"Aickman at his best was this century's most profound writer of what we call horror stories and he, with greater accuracy, called strange stories." -- Peter Straub, "Introduction" to The Wine-Dark SeaThis is my first exposure to Robert Aickman's work, so I can't corroborate the truth of Straub's cla...
FriedEgg
FriedEgg rated it
Another collection of stories that, although not quite of the same consistantly high standard as those in Cold Hand in Mine, was still remarkably good. You see the thing about Aickman is that even when the stories aren't quite as interesting and gripping as the others (such as "Growing Boys", "The F...
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