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This gripping set of tales by the master storyteller Arthur Conan Doyle is bound to thrill and unnerve you. In these twilight excursions, Doyle's vivid imagination for the strange, the grotesque and the frightening is given full rein. We move from the mysteries of Egypt and the strange powers granted by The Ring of Thoth to the isolated ghostlands of the Arctic in The Captain of the Polestar, we encounter a monstrous creature in The Terror of Blue John Cap and the beings that live above our heads in The Brazilian Cat and The Leather Funnel; and we shudder at the thing in the next room in Lot 249. Sit down in your uneasy chair and enjoy this unique collection of chillers.
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Selected and with an introduction by David Stuart Davies, this gripping set of tales by the master storyteller Arthur Conan Doyle is bound to thrill and unnerve you. In these twilight excursions, Doyle's vivid imagination for the strange, the grotesque and the frightening is given full rein. We move from the mysteries of Egypt and the strange powers granted by "The Ring of Thoth" to the isolated ghostlands of the Arctic in "The Captain of the Polestar", we encounter a monstrous creature in "The Terror of Blue John Cap" and the beings that live above our heads in "The Brazilian Cat" and "The Leather Funnel"; and we shudder at the thing in the next room in Lot 249. Sit down in your uneasy chair and enjoy this unique collection of chillers.
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Great Introduction to the Supernatural Fiction of Doyle
28. Mai 2012
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Yes, we all know him and love him for Sherlock Holmes. But Doyle published a great deal of other fiction, including brilliant historical novels, and tales of the supernatural which have inspired film and fiction since his day. This collection aptly titled Tales of Unease provides an excellent introduction to Doyle's speculative short stories and will reward any lover of Victorian fictional prose with treasures a plenty. "The Ring of Thoth" is a marvelous tale and so is "Lot No. 249" and both inspired me personally in the writing of my own novel, The Mummy or Ramses the Damned. I find in all Doyle's work the same rich vocabulary and vivid descriptions I savor in so many 19th Century English writers, but what distinguishes Doyle's work is his great love of action, of pounding narrative full of high incident as well as unforgettable characters and images --- which is why, undoubtedly, Doyle's work has inspired so many films. Again, this little volume functions as an introduction. There is a great deal more, much more, of Doyle to be re-discovered, studied, enjoyed. And speaking of introductions, the essay here on Doyle by David Stuart Davies is excellent.
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In The Shadow of Sherlock, Forever.
10. Oktober 2010
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Whenever one hears the name Conan Doyle one cannot help but add Sherlock Holmes in the same breath. Like all Doyle's other works they will be perpetually in the shadow of the great consulting detective, which is a shame, as I enjoyed these short stories just as much. The only other author that I could compare with Doyle's tales here would be Edgar Allan Poe, and between the two I found Doyle the more readable.
The genres covered are ghost, horror (in it's many different facet's) and even science fiction stories. The story, "Playing with Fire" even touches on Conan Doyle's infatuation for many years, spiritualism.
Doyle's story telling was always at it's strongest in the short story format, and these tales testify to that.
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Story titles.
The Ring of Thoth. (1890) A big influence on Boris Karloff's 1932 film "The Mummy".
The Lord of Château Noir. (1894)
The New Catacomb. (1898)
The Case of Lady Sannox. (1893)
The Brazilian Cat. (1908)
The Brown Hand. (1899)
The Horror of the Heights. (1913) Doyle does science fiction.
The Terror of the Blue John Gap. (1910)
The Captain of the Polestar. (1883)
How It Happened. (1913) A most delightful story only three pages long, but it's dénouement may be a little old hat for modern tastes.
Playing With Fire. (1900)
The Leather Funnel. (1900)
Lot No.249. (1894) Rudyard Kipling apparently had his first nightmare in years reading this. The longest story in this collection and arguably the best.
The Los Amigos Fiasco. (1892) Another story that found it's way to Hollywood, as the Boris Karloff 1936 film "The Walking Dead".
The Nightmare Room. (1921)
The genres covered are ghost, horror (in it's many different facet's) and even science fiction stories. The story, "Playing with Fire" even touches on Conan Doyle's infatuation for many years, spiritualism.
Doyle's story telling was always at it's strongest in the short story format, and these tales testify to that.
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Story titles.
The Ring of Thoth. (1890) A big influence on Boris Karloff's 1932 film "The Mummy".
The Lord of Château Noir. (1894)
The New Catacomb. (1898)
The Case of Lady Sannox. (1893)
The Brazilian Cat. (1908)
The Brown Hand. (1899)
The Horror of the Heights. (1913) Doyle does science fiction.
The Terror of the Blue John Gap. (1910)
The Captain of the Polestar. (1883)
How It Happened. (1913) A most delightful story only three pages long, but it's dénouement may be a little old hat for modern tastes.
Playing With Fire. (1900)
The Leather Funnel. (1900)
Lot No.249. (1894) Rudyard Kipling apparently had his first nightmare in years reading this. The longest story in this collection and arguably the best.
The Los Amigos Fiasco. (1892) Another story that found it's way to Hollywood, as the Boris Karloff 1936 film "The Walking Dead".
The Nightmare Room. (1921)
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Good Tales Indeed
13. Januar 2009
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Tales of Unease has short stories of variable quality, but Doyle holds your attention with every one. Some stand out with a twist ending. The best one, in my opinion, is Lot 249. Read this at night with all the house lights out except your reading lamp. It might raise the hair on the back of your neck a little.
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