The Thomas Ligotti Reader
 The Thomas Ligotti Reader edited by Darrell Schweitzer, Wildside Press, 2003 | |
| Author | Darrell Schweitzer (editor) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Essays |
| Publisher | Wildside Press |
Publication date | 2003 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 188 |
| ISBN | 1-59224-130-1 |
| OCLC | 52763989 |
The Thomas Ligotti Reader: Essays and Explorations is a collection of essays on American horror writer Thomas Ligotti and his works, edited by Darrell Schweitzer. It was first published in trade paperback in April 2003 by Wildside Press, with a hardcover edition from the same publisher following in July of the same year.
The book consists of thirteen essays by various authors, including one by Ligotti himself, together with a bibliography of Ligotti's published works.
Contents
[edit]- "Thomas Ligotti's Career of Nightmares" (Matt Cardin)
- "Weird Tales Talks with Thomas Ligotti" (Darrell Schweitzer)
- "The Mystagogue, the Gnostic Quest, the Secret Book" (Robert M. Price)
- "Nothing is What it Seems to Be" (Stefan R. Dziemianowicz)
- "Disillusionment can be Glamorous: an Interview with Thomas Ligotti" (E.M. Angerhuber and Thomas Wagner)
- "The Transition from Literary Horror to Existential Nightmare in Thomas Ligotti's 'Nethescurial'" (Matt Cardin)
- "The Dark Beauty of Unheard of Horrors" (Thomas Ligotti)
- "Liminal Terror and Collective Identity in Thomas Ligotti's 'The Shadow at the Bottom of the World'" (Matt Cardin)
- "Twilight Twilight Nihil Nihil: Thomas Ligotti and the Post-Industrial English Underground" (William Burns)
- "Soft Black Star: Some Thoughts on Knowing Thomas Ligotti" (David Tibet)
- "The Dream Quest of Thomas Ligotti: a Study of 'In a Foreign Town, in a Foreign Land'" (Ben P. Indick)
- "Ligotti's Corporate Horror" (Darrell Schweitzer)
- "Thomas Ligotti: Escape from Life" (S.T. Joshi)
- "A Thomas Ligotti Bibliography" (Douglas Anderson)
External links
[edit]- The Thomas Ligotti Reader title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Entry at Wildside Press
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