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Paperback Strange Tales from the Strand Book

ISBN: 0192829971

ISBN13: 9780192829979

Strange Tales from the Strand

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Containing twenty-nine stories of the weird and uncanny, all originally published in the Strand, this collection is an enthralling mix of horror and the supernatural, unnatural disasters, madness, and revenge. We read of a germ that turned the world blind in Edgar Wallace's "The Black Grippe." In "A Sense of the Future," the world supply of oil gives out, cars become obsolete, and after three months we have returned to the days of horse-drawn carriages...

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ASSUREDLY STRANGE; AND THAT IS A GOOD THING

Strange is as it should be. This collection is about enjoyment from gifted English prose stylists on a crusade to bend reality. The Strand Magazine was one of the premier prose outlets of its day and this collection serves to introduce it to a new audience. The stories are delightful reading, some dark, some whimsical, some in the venerable futuristic style. Anticipation arises as the reader comes to the end of a story and turns that corner into the next. Some offerings demand serious reflection. This collection is one that over time will be reread at least once, perhaps more.
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