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He worked for signet 19711973, berkley putnam 19731978, pocket where he founded the timescape imprint, 19781983, and created the pocket books star trek publishing line, and tor where he spearheaded tors canadian publishing initiative. The articles in our david hartwell tribute series are. Dread by clive barker certainly peaked my sense of dread. Hartwell passed away unexpectedly in 2016 and the dark descent is a living memorial to his wonders as an editor. Find great deals on ebay for the dark descent book. In the dark descent, hailed as one of the most important anthologies ever to examine horror fiction, editor david g. Hartwell was a senior editor of torforge books, with a doctorate is in comparative medieval literature. Chicago suntimes in the dark descent, hailed as one of the most important anthologies ever to examine horror fiction, editor david g. A comprehensive presentation of the evolution of the horror story, filled with significant and powerful works by the masters of the genre. Hartwell traces the complex history of horror in literature back to the. Hartwell presents the color of evil, an anthology of nineteen superb stories of dark fantasy and horror from writing legends such as stephen king, ray bradbury, and shirley jackson.

Winner of the world fantasy award for best anthology. David g hartwell hartwell, david g used books, rare books and new books. He is the proprietor of dragon press, publisher and bookseller, which. You will get one complete set of 3 titles from the dark descent series by david g. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our favorite reads. As an editor with berkley books, pocket books, william morrow, and tor books, he has worked with many of the fields best authors and edited many awardwinning works.