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20th Century Ghosts (Export: Abandoned) (Paperback)

by Joe Hill (Author)
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Paperback: 396 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz; Export e. edition (18 Oct 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0575082941
  • ISBN-13: 978-0575082946
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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Imogene is young, beautiful, kisses like a movie star, and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead, the legendary ghost of the Rosebud Theater. Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with a head full of big ideas and a gift for getting his ass kicked. It's hard to make friends when you're the only inflatable boy in town. Francis is unhappy, picked on; he doesn't have a life, a hope, a chance. Francis was human once, but that's behind him now. John Finney is in trouble. The kidnapper locked him in a basement, a place stained with the blood of half a dozen other murdered children. With him, in his subterranean cell, is an antique phone, long since disconnected . . . but it rings at night, anyway, with calls from the dead. . . Meet these, and a dozen more, in one of the most praised collections this century. 20TH CENTURY GHOSTS is irresistible, addictive fun, showcasing a dazzling new talent.

From the Publisher

Dear Readers

Every once in a while, a book -- and, indeed, a writer -- comes along that takes the wind right out of your sails: and I mean that in the most pleasant way possible. 20TH CENTURY GHOSTS is that book, as fine a collection of ghost and horror stories as you could ever wish to read. And Joe Hill is that writer.

Although some of these stories have appeared elsewhere, in various (albeit obscure or very low circulation) magazines, Joe has appeared on the scene pretty much fully-formed. Every one of these tales could be mistaken for the output of a writer well into his or her career. But don't take my word for it -- evidence of his skill as as a storyteller is already there . . . with Joe being a past winner of the Ray Bradbury Fellowship and the A.E. Coppard Long Fiction Prize, as well as a nominee for the Pushcart Prize. And now he's got TWO stories in the five-story shortlist for this year's British Fantasy Awards. I suspect more nominations will follow. Don't say you weren't warned.

And we're putting our money where our mouth is on this one. We've got three editions instead of our usual two: a slipcased edition with extra material and signed by Joe and Introducer Chris Golden; a regular trade hardcover edition, signed by Joe and a trade paperback edition, unsigned.

Believe me, this one's a winner.. . new talents and household names alike, and from both sides of the Atlantic.

Happy reading!

Pete Crowther --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


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4.0 out of 5 stars Superbly Crafted Short Stories, 11 Feb 2009
By Amy Goldsmith (Surrey United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 20th Century Ghosts (Paperback)
I wasn't really overly enamoured with 'Heart Shaped Box'- whilst I thought it had lots of promise, it didn't really go anywhere interesting- but I thought that I would give Joe Hill's short story collection a go when I saw it in Borders. I am very glad that I did. Joe's writing is of the very first order; it sucks you in and with little apparent effort you are placed right into the heart of his stories- you are an (often unwilling) observer.

Pop Art is heart wrenchingly poignant and original; the first story, Best New Horror, is claustrophobically terrifying; The Black Phone is also terrifying (the black balloon image still haunts me!)- there aren't really any weak stories in the whole volume. I haven't read a better book of short, scary, well-written(and powerful) stories since Ramsey Campbell's 'Alone With the Horrors' (or Stephen King's 'Night Shift.')

A must-read for all fans of short scares - or, indeed, for fans of the art of the short story. Fantastic.
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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The ant's go marching two by two! Hurrah!, 7 Dec 2008
By Geek girl (Manchester, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 20th Century Ghosts (Hardcover)
Although this book wasn't as good as heart shaped box it's still pretty good. I especially enjoyed my father's mask (the playing card people!!) and the last story in the book, I read it on a coach journey back to Manchester on Halloween and it really creeped me out. Not all of the storys are brillient, but none of them are truly terrible. They are how ever quite different to Stephen King's books but if you like his i'm sure you'll enjoy them :)
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1.0 out of 5 stars no - still don't get it...............!, 29 Nov 2008
By kermit 333 (England UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 20th Century Ghosts (Paperback)
Having read "Heart Shaped Box" and not been impressed (see my review) I thought I'd better give 'ol Joe another go; after all Daddy is Stephen King so surely he has absorbed some writing ability from his pa, right? Wrong. I tried and tried to like him but to be perfectly honest he bored the pants off me again and I gave up! What "Pop Art" was trying to say is beyond me; maybe someone can enlighten me ??? will be interested to read others take on this one.
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i loved this book. ok so some of the stories need imagination, but whats wrong with that? Is Stephen King really his Dad?
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