Deadfall Hotel - Softcover

Tem, Steve Rasnic

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1907992839 ISBN 13: 9781907992834

Publisher: Solaris, 2012

Synopsis

The Deadfall Hotel is where our nightmares go, it’s where the dead pause to rest between worlds, and it’s where Richard Carter and his daughter Serena go to rediscover life — if the things at the hotel don’t kill them first.

Think of it as the vacation resort of the collective unconscious.

With the powerful prose that has earned him awards and accolades, Steve Rasnic Tem explores the roots of fear and society’s fascination with things horrific, using the many-layered metaphor of the Deadfall Hotel. Drawing inspiration from literary touchstones John Gardner and Peter Straub, Tem elegantly delves into the dark corners of the human spirit. There he finds not only our fears, but ultimately our hopes.

About this title

About the Author

Steve Rasnic Tem is an author, artist, and poet. His works have earned him numerous international literary awards, including the World Fantasy Award. Joe R. Lansdale has referred to Steve as “a school of writing unto himself,” and others have compared his work to that of Ray Bradbury, Dino Buzatti, Raymond Carver, and Franz Kafka. Tem has long proven his understanding of the dark parts of the human soul, with books and stories that have earned him 9 Bram Stoker Award nominations (3 wins) and 7 International Horror Guild Award nominations (2 wins, plus one story nominated for the 2007 awards). Deadfall Hotel is the product of nearly twenty years of work.

Review

"...just when you think you've found the lay of the land in this most rich and fertile of imaginative plains, and you're thrown a twist or turn, or simple line of speech masquerading as so much more. Just when you think you've nailed a certain style or emotion in the text and again it buckles and surprises."- Spooky Reads

"Deadfall Hotel is everything a horror novel should be.  Steve Rasnic Tem is at the height of his powers with this effort.  If you're a fan of horror, the weird, or just plain old great storytelling, give Deadfall Hotel a read.  You won't regret it." FEARnet

"This is no ordinary novel. It is not a comfortable read and it is incredibly surreal. However, it is a book that must be read." Terror Tree

"A dark and moving story of love, loss and change, with a posse of horror kittens thrown into the mix." The Guardian

"Steve Rasnic Tem has created a strange and wonderful world, filled with the curious and the marvelous...as much a place of joy as it is of sorrow, something [he] captures brilliantly in this extraordinary novel." -- Maureen Kincaid Speller in zone-sf.com

Edition details

• Publisher: Solaris
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1907992839
• ISBN 13: 9781907992834
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 304