California Sorcery
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- Synopsis
- For fifty years literary circles have referred to them as "The Group"--twelve supremely talented writers from what was dubbed "the California school". They defied convention. They changed our expectations. They were the rebels and non-conformists who gave us Something Wicked This Way Comes, Logan's Run, I Am Legend, Deathbird Stories, and Psycho. Their stories amazed, delighted, and terrified. They established the roots of today's literature of the fantastic, but their range was extraordinary--from science fiction to fantasy, from crime to horror, from the Wild West to contemporary small town America. Now these twelve talents appear together in a single anthology, with nine original stories, and three classic reprints (including a contribution by Robert Bloch which has been out of print for more than 50 years). Featuring a revealing "Group portrait" of each author, California Sorcery offers a magic blend of untethered imagination and dazzling skill--a book of wondrous surprise and rare pleasure provided by some of the world's most brilliant storytellers. Welcome to the Group: Ray Bradbury; Richard Matheson; Harlan Ellison; Ray Russell; Charles Beaumont; George Clayton Johnson; Robert Bloch; John Tomerlin; Chad Oliver; Charles E. Fritch; William F. Nolan; and Jerry Sohl.
- Copyright:
- 1999
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 276 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780441008087
- Publisher:
- Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
- Date of Addition:
- 08/17/10
- Copyrighted By:
- William F. Nolan and William Schafer
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Submitted By:
- 170
- Proofread By:
- 170
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.