The Dark Descent -- Clive Barker

<p><b>Winner of the World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology. </b><br><b>A gigantic, superlatively edited historical overview of horror fiction." --<i>Chicago Sun-Times</i> </b> <p/>In <i>The Dark Descent</i>, hailed as one of the most important anthologies ever to examine horror fiction, editor David G. Hartwell traces the complex history of horror in literature back to the earliest short stories. <i>The Dark Descen</i>t showcases the finest of these ever written--from the time-honored classics of masters of the form.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Clive Barker, Ray D. Bradbury<br><b>Publisher:</b> Tor Books<br><b>Published:</b> 01/15/1997<br><b>Pages:</b> 1024<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 2.20lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 9.10h x 6.10w x 2.00d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780312862176<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><p><b>David G. Hartwell, </b> called an editor extraordinaire by <i>Publishers Weekly</i>, is one of science fiction's most experienced and influential editors. As an editor with Berkley Books, Pocket Books, William Morrow, and Tor Books, he has worked with many of the field's best authors and edited many award-winning works. He is the author of <i>Age of Wonders</i>, a nonfiction study of the science fiction field. Among his many anthologies is the bestselling <i>World Treasury of Science Fiction</i>. He is the holder of a Ph.D. in comparative literature from Columbia University, a winner of the Eaton Award, and has been nominated for the Hugo Award twenty-four tim