Dreamthorp by Chet Williamson (First Edition) Limited Slipcased Signed "P/C" Copy

Chet Williamson

ISBN 10: 0913165409 / ISBN 13: 9780913165409

Published by Guild Publishing, 1989

About this Item

Dreamthorp by Chet Williamson (First Edition) Limited Slipcased Signed "P/C" Copy A tight bright signed copy. A bright dust jacket. Minor edge wear. Signed by the Author and Artist. Stated First Edition. Slipcased. Limited. One of 400 numbered copies. Red leather-like binding and matching Slipcase. Pictorial dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # HCX11136-1

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dreamthorp by Chet Williamson (First Edition) Limited Slipcased Signed "P/C" Copy
• Publisher: Guild Publishing
• Publication Date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0913165409
• ISBN 13: 9780913165409
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Bob Eggleton(Interior Artist)
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Book Type: BOOK
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction

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Synopsis

Tom Brewer and Laura Stark, both residents of Dreamthorp, Pennsylvania, become enmeshed in a nightmare of cruel torture and savage death when a serial killer vows to make Laura his next victim

Reviews

Williamson's ( Ash Wednesday ) latest novel does not equal his short work. It concerns a small, idyllic Pennsylvania community, Dreamthorp, that has sprung up not far from a wooded area that covers an old Indian burial ground. After a protective talisman is removed from the burial ground by a fortune hunter, sudden and inexplicable violence erupts in Dreamthorp. The plot revolves around three characters: recently widowed art teacher and amateur woodworker Tom Brewer; Laura Stark, an advertising woman with doubts about her sexuality; and Gilbert Rodman, a homicidal young man of Indian descent whose crosscountry killing spree finally takes him to Dreamthorp in pursuit of Laura. Tom and Laura fall in love, but as they are building a relationship, Dreamthorp is disintegrating around them. Williamson's story gradually loses impact, and he fails to draw a believable or esthetically resonant connection between Gilbert Rodman and the vengeful spirits of the dead Indians. While quite readable and full of memorably violent moments, it doesn't add up to much.
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