Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Search - The Dark Descent

The Dark Descent
The Dark Descent
Author: David G. Hartwell (Editor)
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-ho...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312930356
ISBN-10: 0312930356
Publication Date: 10/1987
Pages: 1,011
Rating:
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
 1

4.5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: St Martins Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 5
Reviews: Member | Amazon | Write a Review
Read All 2 Book Reviews of "The Dark Descent"

Please Log in to Rate these Book Reviews

reviewed The Dark Descent on + 39 more book reviews
This anthology of horror stories presents an evolution of the genre in 1,011 pages, with stories by Stephen King, M.R. James, H.P. Lovecraft, Shirley Jackson, Harlan Ellison, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, Clive Barker, John Collier, Edgar Allen Poe, Richard Matheson, Charles Dickens, Joyce Carol Oates, Ambrose Bierce, Edith Wharton, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Philip K. Dick and many others.


Genres: