Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780441115037
ISBN: 0441115039
Label: Ace Books
Manufacturer: Ace Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: 1983-09
Publisher: Ace Books
Sales Rank: 1284689
Studio: Ace Books
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Rating: - The way it ought to be
As a fan of Masters of Solitude, I looked foreward to reading A Cold Blue Light. Little did I realize that the two books would have nothing in common but the authors. But, I decided to give the book a chance.
I am glad I did. This is a superb book, the way science fiction should be written.
The book takes a basic premise, the haunted house, and examines it with a blend of philosophy and psychology, incorporating themes from some of the more significant writers of the nineteenth and ... Read More
Rating: - "The Haunting". Definitive Version.
If you only judge a story by its plot, you will probably pan this book for being remarkably similar to Shirley Jackson's 1959 classic "The Haunting of Hill House". Having re-read both fairly recently, this novel by Marvin Kaye and Parke Godwin, the ace writing team that brought you "Masters of Solitude", wins hands down as a horror story. Basic scenario: neurotic young heiress with a troubled past has inherited a spooky, isolated mansion. Previous psychic investigation has revealed no conventional ... Read More
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