House on Fire (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (520 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1941147550 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 184 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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The Grey Piper said Dark and disturbing. If you don't know the name, Arch Oboler was the host of "Lights Out," a "Golden-Age of Radio" show which was hugely popular and somewhat notorious for its gruesome stories. This book was his late-in-life look at a world in which evil seemed to be triumphant, and God absent. One character sums up this bleak prospect saying roughly (I don't think this is a spoiler at all), Maybe God has gone blind from the smoke in His eye
. He is the editor of "He Is Legend: An Anthology Celebrating Richard Matheson". He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland. Christopher Conlon is an award-winning poet, author, and editor
In House on Fire (1969), his only novel, Oboler delivers a page-turning chiller that is effective both as an eerie tale of supernatural horror and as an examination of the nature of evil. This edition features a new introduction by Christopher Conlon. Mark and his sister Shirley spend long hours behind closed doors conducting weird and inscrutable experiments involving electricity and a tape recorder. Elias, the children's grandmother, who died recently and whom the family seems terrified to discuss. The two journalists believe there may be a more serious news story than the one they were sent to cover, but they have no idea how serious - until people begin to die Arch Oboler (1907-1987) was a major figure in the Golden Age of Radio whose weekly horror show Lights Ou
. He is the editor of "He Is Legend: An Anthology Celebrating Richard Matheson". He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland. About the Author Christopher Conlon is an award-winning poet, author, and editor