The Dark Descent

Winner of the World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology.
A gigantic, superlatively edited historical overview of horror fiction." --Chicago Sun-Times

In The Dark Descent, hailed as one of the most important anthologies ever to examine horror fiction, editor David G. Hartwell traces the complex history of horror in literature back to the earliest short stories. The Dark Descent showcases the finest of these ever written--from the time-honored classics of masters of the form.

Author: Clive Barker, Ray D. Bradbury
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 01/15/1997
Pages: 1024
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.20lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 2.00d
ISBN13: 9780312862176
ISBN10: 0312862172
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Horror | General
- Fiction | Anthologies (multiple authors)

About the Author

David G. Hartwell, called an editor extraordinaire by Publishers Weekly, is one of science fiction's most experienced and influential editors. As an editor with Berkley Books, Pocket Books, William Morrow, and Tor Books, he has worked with many of the field's best authors and edited many award-winning works. He is the author of Age of Wonders, a nonfiction study of the science fiction field. Among his many anthologies is the bestselling World Treasury of Science Fiction. He is the holder of a Ph.D. in comparative literature from Columbia University, a winner of the Eaton Award, and has been nominated for the Hugo Award twenty-four times.