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Dark Entries, by Robert Aickman
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About the Author
Robert Fordyce Aickman was born in 1914 in London. He was married to Edith Ray Gregorson from 1941 to 1957. In 1946 the couple, along with Tom and Angela Rolt, set up the Inland Waterways Association to preserve the canals of Britain. It was in 1951 that Aickman, along with Elizabeth Jane Howard, published his first ghost stories entitled We Are the Dark. Aickman went on to publish eleven more volumes of horror stories as well as two fantasy novels and two volumes of autobiography. He also edited the first eight volumes of The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories. He died in February 1981.
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Product details
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Faber & Faber; Main edition (September 13, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0571311776
ISBN-13: 978-0571311774
Product Dimensions:
5 x 0.7 x 7.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.0 out of 5 stars
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#170,465 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Though often categorized as horror fiction, Robert Aickman's stories are so distinctive and so great that the only productive analogies people use for him are not the typical horror fiction writers (who often hugely admire him) but such actual literary greats as Poe, Kafka, and Dinesen. You often finish his stories not knowing quite what happened until you re-read them, and even then the strange ambiguities are so deeply unsettling that it's hard to explain the effect Aickman has had on you. For years he has been a well-kept secret among fantasy and horror fans, but Faber Finds's plans to reissue his stories and his one novel (THE LATE BREAKFASTERS) and one novella (THE MODEL) in 2014 in honor of his centenary should make him much more widely known, at least in the UK. DARK ENTRIES, which sports a gorgeously illustrated cover, is a fine place to start with Aickman because it was his first solo collection published in his lifetime (he had published a collection of stories with his one time girlfriend Elizabeth Jane Howard in the 50s), and features some of his finest stories, such as his deepest exploration into gender differences, "Choose Your Weapons," and the most famous (and anthologized) of all his stories, "Ringing the Changes."The latter is a beautiful example of Aickman's mastery of the genre of the "strange tale" (as he preferred to call his work--he didn't care at all for the descriptor "horror fiction"). The story opens with a couple, mismatched in age, making a vacation trip to an out-of-the-way town in East Anglia that had been an important seaport in medieval times, before the harbor had silted up and pushed the town away from the sea. The town is largely deserted, and the few citizens the couple come across make oblique references to the couple being in danger; in the mean time a local old church begins ringing its bell for no apparent reason, and as the day wears on and the mystery of the town deepens, the ringing bell is joined by others, which intensify the overall sense of dread. When the truth about the town's abandonment and the reason for the bells is finally revealed, it is so almost offhandedly, as a kind of throwaway cliche: but then the truth of the statement (and the inability to turn back) digs in for both the couple and for readers. As is typical for Aickman's fiction, no other explanation is overtly given for the horrific event other than that it is happening, and the reader must try to make sense of it based on the circumstances of the story: the city's position almost displaced from time, the couple's age gap, the psychological condition of the husband and wife, etc. Even then you're never sure--and thus Aickman's story lingers longer in the imagination than the basic plot might in the hands of another fantasy writer (even H. P. Lovecraft, who also deals with a visitor stumbling onto the horrific truth about a seemingly nearly-deserted coastal town in his fine story "The Shadow over Innsmouth"). Robert Aickman is one of the finest British writers (and international masters of the strange tale form) in the 20th century: it is terrific seeing him made available to a broader audience.
This is the first in a series of reprints of Aickman's work by Faber and Faber. Which, I must say, is quite fortunate! These are dark and subtle tales by a true master of the craft! While I can't say this is something I'd suggest for someone who typically likes the usual fare of more explicit horror, if you enjoy M.R. James or Arthur Machen then this should be up your alley.These tales typically slide between definitions, leaving the reader with a few more questions than answers when they're through. At first, this might be frustrating. Sometimes we're left without a definitive ending, or all the pieces we need to reach a decisive conclusion... But, what is suggested is often far more horrific than what is seen. There are no duds among Aickman's work. Only those that resonant more powerfully depending on one's inclination. A master amongst masters.
Aickman is one of those writers who has his counterparts in screenwriters for those indie films that are best described as surreal or "symbolist" -dark-mysteries. There's no what I call fundamentalist horror - with the supernatural grossly imposed on physical reality, such as epitomized in Stephen King (thank god!). On the other hand the trademark British toned-down action woven through the labyrinth of Mystery, whose elements have in turn been transmuted into symbols, amount to each story's requiring a second read.At least a second read. Otherwise, each piece ends with an abrupt fall from the stratosphere of the disturbingly possibly-supernatural, back onto the surface of the mundane with a very anticlimatic bump."Dark Entries" was my first reading of Aickman; and I can't criticize him down to fewer than 4 Stars: For part of me must have much affinity with the Euro-style of dark, symbol-driven story, inasmuch as I myself have written at least one short story with a texture and paradigm so much like Aickman's that, if not for the "American" tint of greater intensity in the symbolism itself, could pass for one of his. If Euro-subtlety, and an ability to navigate the longitude of Mystery with the depth of symbolism is your thing, Robert Aickman is for you.
My first exposure to Aickman, I found the material rich with suggestions of darker explanations. Who is the dark man in fancy dress who lives beyond the mirror? Why does the man feel so at home with the spirits filling the cold and empty waiting room? So many questions to ponder, such a delightful chill when pondering them!
Robert Aickman writes stuff that disturbs me in ways I do not understand.
Robt. Aickman is an author who should have been appreciate more during his lifetime but unfortunately was not.
One of Aickman's early collections. Full of his special unequalled brand of "strange stories." All horror fans should be required, hell, everyone should be required to read some Aickman.; he is also one of the great prose stylists of the 20th century and one of the most brilliant short story writers of any kind. Unlike earlier Aickman offerings from faber & faber, this is not riddled with typos. Someone must be listening.
Many years ago I had these stories and now I have this wonderful edition. No blood or gore here. Just good old fashioned ghost stories that are very suggestive and eerie. Trust me. You will like them. Thank you.
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