"[A] sumptuous sampling... compulsively readable..." —Publishers Weekly Starred Review
"[A] sumptuous sampling... compulsively readable..."
—Publishers Weekly Starred Review
Best known as a writer of supernatural horror, T.E.D. Klein, author of The Ceremonies and Dark Gods, has also written essays, articles, op-ed pieces, and reviews that are provocative, erudite, occasionally splenetic, and always highly opinionated. This book, compiled by S. T. Joshi, presents a wide selection of Klein’s nonfiction, including:
• A lively account of the first World Fantasy Convention, where the field’s most colorful personalities gathered in Providence to honor its native son, H. P. Lovecraft.
• Klein’s introduction to the Arkham House edition of Lovecraft’s shorter tales... His lists of the 13 most terrifying horror stories and the 25 most familiar horror plots.
• Memoirs of his college days in Providence, under Lovecraft’s spell... His triumphs and blunders as a Paramount script reader... His influential tenure as editor of Twilight Zone magazine... What it was like to work with eccentric (and notorious) director Dario Argento on his first full-length American film.
• A pair of groundbreaking New York Times features on cruelty to animals in the movies... A skeptical take on Woody Allen at the turning point in his career... The hitherto unremarked secret of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001.
• Personal encounters with legendary weird-tale writers Robert Aickman and Donald Wandrei... Appreciations of Arthur Machen, Lord Dunsany, Rod Serling, Ramsey Campbell, and Mark Twain... Reviews of Ruth Rendell, Christopher Priest, William Peter Blatty, and a quartet of Gene Roddenberry biographies.
• Plus candid interviews, impassioned editorials for CrimeBeat magazine, and even a couple of poems.
Table of Contents
I. On Lovecraft
Providence After Dark
The United Amateur
A Dreamer’s Tales
Remembering Arkham House
The Festival
The Old Gent
T.E.D. Klein: Master of Ceremonies
II. On Other Authors
Arthur Machen
Ramsey Campbell: An Appreciation
Slow
An Afternoon with Aickman
A Haunted House
Frank Belknap Long
Dr. Van Helsing’s Handy Guide to Ghost Stories.
Introduction to Dark Love
Introduction to David Schow’s Seeing Red
Whiskey, Popcorn, and Gold
Gaspard de la Nuit
A Connecticut Yankee
The Ceremonies, edition: A Note from the Author
A Conversation with T.E.D. Klein
III. The Twilight Zone
Stories from the Twilight Zone
Twilight Zone Magazine
The Most Terrifying Horror Stories
The Book of Hieronymus Bosch
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Horrors! An Introduction to Writing Horror Fiction
Standing Behind the Curtains: A Conversation with T.E.D. Klein
IV. On Film
They Kill Animals and They Call It Art
Animals in Movies— The Abuse Gets Worse
On Cutting Up Movie Classics
How I Flopped as a Paramount Script Reader
Annie Hall
Star Wares
Master of a Lost Art
And Many Happy Returns
T.E.D. Klein Interview
V. On Other Topics
Where Do We Go from Here?
Charles Manson, B.M.O.C.
The Joy of Losing
Working for the Brown Daily Herald
CrimeBeat
Crime and Punishment
A Higher Standard
A Couple of Letters on . . . Antarctica!
Quotation & Misquotation
Silenced Voices
Three Letters to Brown
Spalding Gone Gray
Lament of an Aging English Instructor
Reassuring Words: An Interview with T.E.D. Klein
VI. Reviews
Legion by William Peter Blatty
The Face That Must Die and Incarnate by Ramsey Campbell
The Suburbs of Hell by Randolph Stow
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This product was added to our catalog on Friday 20 September, 2019.
