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Description:
Ever since the
first edition of Thomas Ligotti's 'Songs of a Dead Dreamer' appeared
in 1985, it was clear that here was an author of extraordinary brilliance
and originality. In following years there has been a great deal of
interest in the author and his works, although, until now, articles
about him have mostly been scattered in obscure journals. Now, at
last, here is a book about him, a symposium of explorations and examinations
of the Ligottian universe by such leading critics as S.T. Joshi, Stefan
Dzimianowicz, Robert M. Price. With a complete, up-to-date bibliography
of Ligotti's work, two interviews with him, and even a fascinating
essay by Ligotti himself.
Contents:
Introduction by Darrell Schweitzer
Thomas Ligotti's Career of Nightmares by Matt Cardin
Weird Tales Talks with Thomas Ligotti by Darrell Schweitzer
The Mystagogue, the Gnostic Quest, the Secret Book by Robert M. Price
Nothing is What It Seems to Be"by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz
Disillusionment Can Be Glamorous: An Interview with Thomas Ligotti
by E.M. Angerhuber and Thomas Wagner
The Transition from ILterary Horror to Existential Nightmare in Thomas
Ligotti's 'Nethescurial' by Matt Cardin
The Dark Beauty of Unheard of Horrors by Thomas Ligotti
Liminal Terror and Collective Identity in Thomas Ligotti's 'The Shadows
at the Bottom of the World' by Matt Cardin
Twilight Twilight Nihil Nihil: Thomas Ligotti and the Post-Industrial
English Underground by William Burns
Soft Black Star: Some Thoughts on Knowing Thomas Ligotti by David
Tibet
The Dream Quest of Thomas Ligotti: A Study of 'In a Foreign Town,
in a Foreign Land' by Ben P. Indick
Ligotti's Corporate Horror by Darrell Schweitzer
Thomas Ligotti: Escape from Life by S.T. Joshi
A Thomas Ligotti Bibliography by Douglas Anderson
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