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Description:
"Here
is a long awaited, landmark anthology, the first to showcase what
has come to be known in literary circles as the "The Group"--
a dozen supremely talented writers who, beginning in the 1950's and
1960's, established the roots of today's quality SF and fantasy. Rebels
and nonconformists, their now classic works continue to amaze and
delight in books, magazines, television, and theatrical films around
the world.
Such legendary individuals as Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Harlan
Ellison, Charles Beaumont, and Robert Bloch have all been part of
what critics dubbed the "California School." They gave
us Something Wicked This Way Comes, Logan's Run, Iam Legend,
Deathbird Stories, and Psycho. They broke the rules,
stretched the limits, and trailblazed new paths in imaginative literature.
Now these stellar world talents have been gathered between the
covers of this book. Nine of the twelve stories presented here are
originals, backed by classic reprints (the Robert Bloch contribution
has been out of print for over 50 years; Harlan Ellison's story
is a modern classic to which the author has added slightly.) The
range is extraordinary-- from science fiction to fantasy, from crime
to horror, from the Wild West to small town America.
Christopher Conlon has contributed a revealing, historically comprehensive
"Group portrait," and each story is prefaced by a personal
headnote relating to the author." --dustjacket
CONTENTS:
Introduction by Christopher Conlon
Remembering "The Group" by William F. Nolan
Always Before Your Voice by Richard Matheson
The Function of Dream Sleep by Harlan Ellison
The Wages of Cynicism by Charles Beaumont
Lone Star Traveler by William F. Nolan
People of the Blue-Green Water by John Tomerlin
C.O.D.-- Corpse on Delivery by Robert Bloch
The Way of a Man with a Maid by Ray Russell
Hungry Alice by Jerry Sohl
The Wind Blows Free by Chad Oliver
Different by Charles E. Fritch
The Man who was Slugger Malone by George Clayton Johnson
Pilgrimage by Ray Bradbury
Signed by William F. Nolan and William Schafer
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