Los Angeles: Bridge, 1991. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover binding, 188 pp. A man loses four hours of his life and begins to go mad. Short tears to rear of dustjacket. Near fine in very good dustjacket.

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Title

Fear

Publisher

Bridge Publications, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Publication Date

1991

Language

English

ISBN 10

0884045994

ISBN 13

9780884045991

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

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Science Fiction and Fantasy

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College professor James Lowry, a firm disbeliever in the world of demons and devils, inexplicably "loses" four hours of his life, and in his quest to remember what happened, he ventures into a dark hell from which there is no escape

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Ethnology professor Jim Lowry publishes a study explaining modern superstitions as the remnants of the primitive delusion that demons were the cause of disease and misfortune. Now it seems that demons may have begun a campaign of revenge for Lowry's skepticism: he awakens on a sidewalk, his clothes torn and stained, with no memory of the past four hours. In dreams he is told that if he finds the four hours, he will die. The publisher has adjured reviewers "please do not reveal the startling ending." There is indeed a twist, which is mildly clever though not "startling." According to the publisher, Fear first appeared in 1940 in the fantasy magazine Unknown and received praise from fantasy master Ray Bradbury. Though Fear may have been groundbreaking in 1940, the development of fantasy and horror fiction in the last 50 years means that the novel, unfortunately, seems a bit convoluted and curiously bland now. However, Hubbard's works are in demand, and Fear provides an interesting look at horror/fantasy of the 1940s.
- A.M.B. Amantia, Population Crisis Committee Lib., Washington D.C.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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