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Magic Terror [Paperback]

Peter Straub (Author)
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  • Paperback: 416 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins; (Reissue) edition (25 Mar 2011)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0007109911
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007109913
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 862,864 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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‘Elegant, terrifying, provocative… the best collection of suspense and horror fiction in many years. Magic Terror is bliss for readers whose love of the eerie doesn’t preclude a taste for literary elegance.’
Washington Post

‘Clever exercises in horror.’
New York Times

‘Mixing stark realism with black comedy, and reverberating with echoes of Conrad, Melville and the Brothers Grimm, these excursions to the dark side of life set a high standard for the literature of contemporary magic terror.’
Publishers Weekly

‘Peter Straub is the great classicist of horror fiction… a world-class author.’
CLIVE BARKER

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A new collection of award-winning short stories from the acclaimed master of horror – author of the bestselling MR X, KOKO, THE TALISMAN and BLACK HOUSE.

Welcome to another kind of terror as Peter Straub leads us into the outer reaches of the psyche. Here the master of the macabre is at his absolute best in seven exquisite tales of living, dying and the terror that lies in between…

No one tells a story like Peter Straub. He dazzles with the richness of his plots and the eloquence of his prose. He startles you into laughter in the face of events so dark that you begin to question your own moral compass. Then he reduces you to jelly by spinning a tale so terrifying – and surprising – that you have to sleep with the lights on. Now, with these seven acclaimed stories he has given us his finest and most imaginatively unsettling collection yet.

‘WHEN STRAUB TURNS ON ALL HIS JETS, NO ONE IN THE SCREAM FACTORY CAN EQUAL HIM.’
STEPHEN KING

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Magically intriguing 12 Mar 2002
Format:Paperback
Intriguing, superlative collection of short tales from Peter Straub, an author often described as "the thinking man's Stephen King" (no offense to Mr. King!). At times deeply harrowing, but always vividly intoxicating, these tales are an excellet variety of thriller/horror/drama/romance/fantasy. "The Ghost Village" is a must for fans of his Blue Rose Trilogy (especially "Koko); "Ashputtle" is deeply unsettling, with its subtle but unnerving outcome; "Hunger, An Introduction" is a haunting gothic ghost tale; "Mr Clubb and Mr Cuff" is a fun, malicious revenge tale. A must for fans of Straub, and also recommended for those not yet familiar with his novels, a perfect introduction to the unease and superb narrative this author provides. See also: "Houses Without Doors"
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I try to keep an open mind and, since so many consider him a good horror/fantasy writer, I've read several Peter Starub's books... and never quite got to enjoy it. This book certainly isn't the exception: The collection of stories is made up of apparently very different tales, but unfortunately, they all end up having the same flavour. Of course some are better than others, but nonetheless I always get the feeling the beggining and central plot are extremely long while the endings are abrupt. I don't know if this is done to try and leave you with a taste for more; at least I get the feeling the writer suddenly got bored with what he was doing and just cut it off. Besides a good plot and well developed characters, what I most like of a book is it's rythm, and at least for me, Magic Terror just didn't have the right pace. This is not a bad book, and the stories aren't bad; but I'd probably reccommend it as a second choice if you have nothing better to read. It may be a good book to read while your busy with something else, because you can set it aside and return to it whenever you want. At least it will entertain you, but don't expect chills: the terror component is basically concentrated in the title.
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MAGIC OR TERRIBLE? 28 Sep 2011
By Steve B
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Peter Straub's short stories often work in support of his novels and much of this collection will seem familiar to existing fans. In "Bunny is Good Bread", we learn more of the early life of Fee Bandolier, the Blue Rose killer and "The Ghost Village" deals with a bizarre incident experienced by Tim Underwood's unit in Vietnam shortly before the period covered in the novel Koko. A word of warning: unless you are keen on torture porn, "Mr Clubb and Mr Cuff" is probably best avoided.
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