Robert W Chambers - Böcker

"Det som hemsöker mig är att jag inte kan glömma Carcosa, där svarta stjärnor hänger i skyarna; där skuggorna av människotankar förlängs i eftermiddagen och där tvillingsolarna sjunker i Halisjön; och mitt medvetande kommer för alltid att bär...

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<p><b>'Altogether one of the greatest weird tales ever written' H.P. Lovecraft</b>t</p> p>The weird tales in this slim volume are all linked by a play, the second act of which reveals truths so terrible and bea...

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With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies. 'I read it and reread it, and wept and laughed and trembled with horror which at all times assails me yet'. With its strange, imaginative blend of horror, science fiction, romance and lyrical ...

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With one foot in the gothic horror genre and the other in early modern horror, The King in Yellow also touches on fantasy, mystery, war, mythology, and science fiction. The book had a profound influence on the work of Lovecraft and other similar w...

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Han förde mig in i den gröna vagnen. "Ni kommer att få se besynnerliga saker", sade den gamle. Vid dessa ord upplystes rummet av ett klart men blodigt sken. Stödda mot väggarna stod hela rader av lik, gula, hemska, vanställda. Några gaps...

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Och ser du, en natt drev det mig åter att planlöst ströva genom Kleinstadts tysta gator? Ingenstans i världen är det så hemskt som i denna stadsdel. Man viker in på en gata och ser endast ett dött mörker, då sticker ur en fönsterspringa en spöklik...

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Robert William Chambers  (1865-1933) was an American illustrator and writer, best known for  The King in Yellow , his influential and odd collection of ten macabre and French short stories first published in 1895. The title refers to a f...

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"Eftersom alltihop verkar så osannolikt - så fruktansvärt omöjligt för mig, nu när jag sitter här trygg och vid mina sinnens fulla bruk i mitt bibliotek - tvekar jag över att skriva ned en episod som redan ter sig snarare grotesk än fruktansv...

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These astonishing tales blend elements of horror, science fiction and cosmic terror that are as powerful today as they were when they were first published.

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»Det som hemsöker mig är att jag inte kan glömma Carcosa, där svarta stjärnor hänger i skyarna; där skuggorna av människotankar förlängs i eftermiddagen och där tvillingsolarna sjunker i Halisjön; och mitt medvetande kommer för alltid att bära med...

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An American master of the fictional nightmare Robert W. Chambers most famous and most highly regarded work is undoubtedly, 'The King in Yellow'-a collection of stories held by the common theme of a drama of the same title which drives those who re...

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For the first time in one volume, the best stories of one of Americas most popular classic authors of the supernatural. Robert William Chambers The King in Yellow (1895) has long been recognised as a landmark work in the eld of the macabre, and ha...

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An ornithologist seeking prehistoric creatures also discovers modern romance in these strange and satiric short stories by Robert W. Chambers, an early master of supernatural fiction and the author of the cult classic The King in Yellow. Originall...

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In the shadow of World War I, a group of disillusioned Americans arrives in France, drawn by a desire to make a difference. Among them is John Burley, whose quest for purpose leads him to a remote village where he encounters Maryette, the enchanti...

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"The King in Yellow, a series of vaguely connected short stories having as a background a monstrous and suppressed book whose perusal brings fright, madness, and spectral tragedy, really achieves notable heights of cosmic fear in spite of une...

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An American master of the fictional nightmare Robert W. Chambers most famous and most highly regarded work is undoubtedly, 'The King in Yellow'-a collection of stories held by the common theme of a drama of the same title which drives those who re...

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The second nightmarish volume of the author's collected weird and supernatural fiction Robert W. Chambers most famous and most highly regarded work is undoubtedly, 'The King in Yellow'-a collection of stories held by the common theme of a drama of...

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The second nightmarish volume of the author's collected weird and supernatural fiction Robert W. Chambers most famous and most highly regarded work is undoubtedly, 'The King in Yellow'-a collection of stories held by the common theme of a drama of...

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The third chilling collection of the author's weird and supernatural fiction Robert W. Chambers most famous and most highly regarded work is undoubtedly, 'The King in Yellow'-a collection of stories held by the common theme of a drama of the same ...

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The third chilling collection of the author's weird and supernatural fiction Robert W. Chambers most famous and most highly regarded work is undoubtedly, 'The King in Yellow'-a collection of stories held by the common theme of a drama of the same ...

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The final unsettling collection of the author's weird and supernatural fiction Robert W. Chambers most famous and most highly regarded work is undoubtedly, 'The King in Yellow'-a collection of stories held by the common theme of a drama of the sam...

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The final unsettling collection of the author's weird and supernatural fiction Robert W. Chambers most famous and most highly regarded work is undoubtedly, 'The King in Yellow'-a collection of stories held by the common theme of a drama of the sam...

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The great horror – sci-fi writer, editor and literary agent Forrest J Ackerman made an office and museum in his famed Ackermansion in the Griffith Park area of the Hollywood Hills of California underneath the observatory. On Saturday nights ...

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HAVE YOU FOUND THE YELLOW SIGN? First published in 1895 by F. Tennyson Neely, The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers stands as one of the earliest examples of weird fiction in American literature, influencing future generations of writers includ...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

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