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The master of mystery presents tales of suspense and horror written by various authors since the 1950's.Tags
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I love classic pulp SF shorts... and now I realize that it's more about the way the stories are built than the particular genre. ?áThese are murder mysteries and ghost stories, from the 50s to the early 70s, many (for example) from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. ?áThey're a lot of fun, and if I had room to store this book, I might even read it again.... even though I don't read novels in that genre.
Recently, I read a book titled "Alfred Hitchcock Presents Stories for Late at Night." That book was a far better collection than this. These tales of murder, mystery and suspense seemed all rather similar, and it was easy to guess the inevitable ending in most cases. However, I did particularly enjoy the piece titled "Christopher Frame."
Some great, some so-so, all very Hitchcock.
Best story - Hey You Down There by Harold Rolseth (which may be the only story he published). http://julie-cfahs.wikispaces.com/file/view/Hey+You+Down+There
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Alfred Hitchcock was born on August 13, 1899 in London, England. He graduated from St. Ignatius College, where he studied engineering, and took art courses at the University of London. He worked briefly as a technical calculator for a cable company, but soon decided to focus on art, becoming an advertising layout draftsman for a London department show more store. In 1920, he got a job writing and illustrating title cards for silent pictures. He rose quickly, to script writer, art director and assistant director. By 1925, he had become a director, making a melodrama called The Pleasure Garden. In 1929, he directed Blackmail, Britain's first widely successful talking feature. The other movies he directed in England included The Lodger (U.S. title, The Case of Jonathan Drew), The Man Who Knew Too Much, The 39 Steps, and The Lady Vanishes. He was approached by producer David O. Selznick about directing in the United States, and he accepted so he could take advantage of the better-equipped American studios. His first American film, Rebecca, won the Academy Award for best picture. The other movies he directed in the United States included Shadow of a Doubt, Spellbound, Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho, The Birds, Frenzy, and Family Plot. In 1979, he was awarded the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award. In 1980, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. He died from liver failure and heart problems on April 29, 1980 at the age of 80. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Stories to Be Read with the Lights On
- Original publication date
- 1973 (Hardcover) (Hardcover)
- First words
- Good morning. (Introduction)
- Disambiguation notice
- This is a compilation of Stories to Be Read with Lights On, Volume 1 and Breaking The Scream Barrier (Stories to Be Read with the Lights On, Volume 2). Please do not combine them.
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- Fiction and Literature, Horror, Mystery
- DDC/MDS
- 823.0872 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction By type Genre fiction Adventure fiction Mystery fiction
- LCC
- PZ1 .H53 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction in English
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- Languages
- English, French, Spanish
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- Paper
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
- 9
