| 1917 N.Y. Times 11 Feb. (Book review section) 52/2
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Those who enjoy horror, stories overflowing with blood and black mystery, will be grateful to Richard Marsh for writing ‘The Beetle.’
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| 1934 P. Hutchison Short Stories of Pirandello in N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 9 Sept. 2/3
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‘The Fly,’ as a pure achievement in horror fiction, leaving aside for the moment the Pirandello philosophic slant, must be ranked as one of the world's masterpieces within that disagreeable genre.
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| 1949 L. E. Spivak Introduction in Mag. Fantasy Fall 5
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To readers we will offer the best of imaginative fiction, from obscure treasures of the past to the latest creations in the field, from the chill of the unknown to the comedy of the known-gone-wrong. In short, the best of fantasy and horror.
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| 1972 R. Hodgens Brief, Tragical History of Sci. Fiction Film in Focus on Sci. Fiction Film 82
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The great villain was The Thing from Another World , which appeared in 1951. The Thing was based on a short novel by John W. Campbell, Jr., the editor of Astounding Science Fiction , where it appeared in 1938 with the title ‘Who Goes There?’ The story is regarded as one of the most original and effective science fiction stories, subspecies‘horror’.
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| 1978 F. Rottensteiner Fantasy Book 77
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F. Marion Crawford's style of horror is more robust and straightforward, featuring such events as decaying bodies which come to life, like the clammy corpse in ‘The Upper Berth’ (1894).
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| 1989 B. Searles On Books in Isaac Asimov's Sci. Fiction Mag. Sept. 190/1
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The editors of Horror:100 Best Books , Stephen Jones and Kim Newman, have taken a different tack; they have invited a hundred writers to each write an entry on his/her favorite work of horror.
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| 1992 K. K. Rusch Editorial in Mag. of Fantasy & Sci. Fiction Dec. 7/1
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Even mystery fiction explores the paranormal: psychics abound, and odd, unexplainable events appear in the most rational novel. And science fiction, fantasy and horror are becoming more realistic, with settings closer to home.
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| 1993 N. Spinrad On Books in Asimov's Sci. Fiction July 168/2
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The Harvest is neither horror nor hard science fiction, but peculiarly enough, since we do not usually associate horrific ends with hard science fiction means, Assemblers of Infinity by Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason is both.
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| 1995 P. Di Filippo On Books in Asimov's Sci. Fiction Oct. 168/1
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In focusing on pantropy (a useful term coined by James Blish to designate the retrofitting of humanity to their environment) as opposed to the currently more popular terraforming, Pohl explored an overlooked Mars-colonizing approach that strikes one as still fresh. With its occasional references to hackers and jacking in, as well as its subtly foreshadowed climax involving spontaneous AI's evolving out of ‘the net,’ this book is plainly a neglected proto-cyberpunk ancestor.
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