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The Dark Chamber

Douglas A. Anderson

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Originally published in August 1927 while its author was bound over in jail awaiting trial, The Dark Chamber has achieved a legendary status among fans of weird fiction. Leonard Cline's third novel, it is remembered today thanks to H. P. Lovecraft, who called it extremely high in artistic stature. The novel has been called a precursor to Paddy Chayefsky's book Altered States, for it tells the tale of a man, Richard Pride, who, in attempting to recall the lost moments of his life, resorts to stimulation by means of music, smells, and drugs, until he taps into hereditary memory, into the dark chamber of his mind. This edition also reprints as an Afterword a rare essay by Cline, Logodaedaly, and includes an Introduction by Douglas A. Anderson that discusses the novel's acclaim and influence among H. P. Lovecraft's circle of friends.

Language: English

Pages: 224

Format: Mass Market Paperback

Publisher: Cold Spring Press

Release: September 01, 2005

ISBN: 159360050X

ISBN 13: 9781593600501

The Dark Chamber

Douglas A. Anderson

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Originally published in August 1927 while its author was bound over in jail awaiting trial, The Dark Chamber has achieved a legendary status among fans of weird fiction. Leonard Cline's third novel, it is remembered today thanks to H. P. Lovecraft, who called it extremely high in artistic stature. The novel has been called a precursor to Paddy Chayefsky's book Altered States, for it tells the tale of a man, Richard Pride, who, in attempting to recall the lost moments of his life, resorts to stimulation by means of music, smells, and drugs, until he taps into hereditary memory, into the dark chamber of his mind. This edition also reprints as an Afterword a rare essay by Cline, Logodaedaly, and includes an Introduction by Douglas A. Anderson that discusses the novel's acclaim and influence among H. P. Lovecraft's circle of friends.

Language: English

Pages: 224

Format: Mass Market Paperback

Publisher: Cold Spring Press

Release: September 01, 2005

ISBN: 159360050X

ISBN 13: 9781593600501

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