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| Original Title: | Scared Stiff: Tales of Sex and Death |
| ISBN: | 0765300044 (ISBN13: 9780765300041) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Bram Stoker Award Nominee for Best Fiction Collection (1987), World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Collection (1988) |
Ramsey Campbell
Hardcover | Pages: 240 pages Rating: 3.58 | 302 Users | 15 Reviews
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| Title | : | Scared Stiff: Tales of Sex and Death |
| Author | : | Ramsey Campbell |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 240 pages |
| Published | : | September 7th 2002 by Tor Books (first published 1987) |
| Categories | : | Horror. Short Stories. Fiction. Adult Fiction. Erotica. Anthologies. Fantasy. Weird Fiction |
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Ramsey Campbell has won four World Fantasy Awards, ten British Fantasy Awards, and the Horror Writers' Association's Lifetime Achievement Award. Publishers Weekly calls Campbell "a horror writer's horror writer," adding, "His control of mood and atmosphere is unsurpassed." The Cleveland Plain Dealer says his horror fiction is "of consistently high quality," and The Washington Post praises Campbell for continuing "to break new ground, advancing the style and thematic content of horror fiction far beyond the works of his contemporaries."The original publication of Scared Stiff almost created the sub-genre of erotic horror. Never had sex and death been so mesmerizingly entwined. Clive Barker, in his Introduction, says, "One of the delightfully unsettling things about these tales is the way Ramsey's brooding, utterly unique vision renders an act so familiar to us all so fretful, so strange, so chilling. Sex . . . is the perfect stuff for the horror writer, and there can be few artists working in the genre as capable of analyzing and dramatizing [this] as Campbell."
For this edition, Campbell has added three new stories which have never before appeared in book form.
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Ratings: 3.58 From 302 Users | 15 ReviewsComment On Of Books Scared Stiff: Tales of Sex and Death
Sex and horror are two very intimate and individual things. Campbell has brought forth a number of stories in this anthology that manage to somehow both arouse and terrify. Looking back at it, even though I finished it just last night, I am having a hard time with where I sit with this book. It's not a matter if it was good or not, or if it succeeded in what it was supposed to do, for on both those things it succeeded extremely well. 'Scared Stiff' contains a wide enough variety of storiesA very disturbing collection of longer short stories you'll find in here! Elaborately written, interesting details, more mystery than horror. Not 100% my style but worth a look in any case!
Sex got in the way of dread & horror.
Not the best book of his out there. Most of these stories have been published elsewhere and have been brought together here for the sexual / horror theme. The introduction by Clive Barker left much to be desired it simply did nothing for me at all. The only stories in the book which i thought were worthwhile were "Dolls" and "Merry May". The last story being especially twisted in its ending. The afterword by Ramsey Campbell gives you a look into why he wrote what he did and the influences and
As with all collections of short stories, there are some stories that are better than others. Unfortunately, in the case with "Scared Stiff", the majority of the stories are kinda dull and uninspiring, which drags the book down as a whole. Sure, there are some moments in this collection that is worth reading, the stories "Dolls", "The Other Woman" and "Merry May" are all fine horror stories with an apparent sexual tone.And Campbell sure knows his sexual stuff. He's good at writing the sex scenes
If you bought this book expecting a lot of sexual action, then you'll be sorely disappointed. Eroticism is *not* hot sex. Try your local adult bookstore, instead. That said, *real* Ramsey Campbell and/or *real* fans of the horror genre will appreciate this collection. To be fair, the first three titles aren't all that. They are, in fact, rather dull. However, the shudders and shivers pick up in "The Seductress" and increase from there. Hot sex seekers should look elsewhere for their carnal
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