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Description edit
"Worlds of Fear provides the reader with many hours of shivery pleasure. An impressive anthology." -- Jack Sullivan, editor of The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural
"Carlos Fuentes' 'Aura' is a true masterpiece, and possibly the best-crafted story in the book." --... read more
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Quotes edit
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“Us," Blair giggled. "It can imitate us. Dogs can't make 400 miles to the sea; there's no food. There aren't any skua gulls to imitate at this season. There aren't any penguins this far inland. There's nothing that can reach the sea from this point -- except us. We've got brains. We can do it. Don't you see -- it's got to imitate us -- it's got to be one of us -- that's the only way it can fly an airplane -- fly a plane for two hours, and rule -- be -- all Earth's inhabitants. A world for the taking -- if it imitates us!”
First Sentence edit
"There is no delight the equal of dread." -- Clive Barker, Dread
Table of Contents edit
Introduction, by David G. Hartwell
Introduction to Worlds of Fear, David G. Hartwell
Sandkings, by George R. R. Martin
Aura, by Carlos Fuentes
Barbara, of the House of Grebe, by Thomas Hardy
Torturing Mr. Amberwell, by Thomas M. Disch
The Prayer, by Violet Hunt
Who Goes There?, by John W. Campbell
... and my fear is great, by Theodore Sturgeon
When Darkness Loves Us, by Elizabeth Engstrom
We Purchased People, by Frederik Pohl
The Striding Place, by Gertrude Atherton
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Tor Horror. (publisher series)
This is book 2 of 1 in Foundations of Fear. (standard series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- David G. Hartwell (Editor) - Also wrote Introduction and Introduction to Worlds of Fear
Other Contributors:
- George R. R. Martin (Contributor) - Sandkings (short story)
- Carlos Fuentes (Contributor) - Aura (short story)
- Thomas Hardy (Contributor) - Barbara, of the House of Grebe (short story)
- Thomas M. Disch (Contributor) - Torturing Mr. Amberwell (short story)
- Violet Hunt (Contributor) - The Prayer (short story)
- John W. Campbell - Who Goes There? (short story)
- Theodore Sturgeon (Contributor) - ... and my fear is great (short story)
- Elizabeth Engstrom (Contributor) - When Darkness Loves Us (short story)
- Frederik Pohl (Contributor) - We Purchased People (short story)
- Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (Contributor) - The Striding Place (short story)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.087308
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