The Short: The Man Who Ate the Phoenix, Lord Dunsany, 1949 Jarrolds, was his 21st collection. It includes 40 short stories and one novella, of fantasy, non-genre fiction, a few that are more horror…| A Deep Look by Dave Hook
The Short: I read or attempted to read, the contents of the first Shirley Jackson collection, The Lottery, or, The Adventures of James Harris, 1949 Farrar, Straus. My favorite is the classic short …| A Deep Look by Dave Hook
The Short: I just read a Nelson S. Bond collection, The Thirty-First of February, 1949 Gnome Press. My favorite of the 13 stories included is “The Monster from Nowhere”, a science ficti…| A Deep Look by Dave Hook
The Short: The Fox Woman and Other Stories, A. Merritt, 1949 Avon Publishing Co., is his first collection, published six years after his death in 1943. Although no clear favorites jumped out at me,…| A Deep Look by Dave Hook
The Short: I reread my copy of The Wheels of If, and Other Science Fiction, the second collection by L. Sprague de Camp, 1949 Shasta. It’s a tough choice, but my favorite is the very good …| A Deep Look by Dave Hook