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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780312864163
ISBN: 0312864167
Label: Forge Books
Manufacturer: Forge Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: October 15, 1998
Publisher: Forge Books
Sales Rank: 372710
Studio: Forge Books



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Product Description:
From The Keep, nearly twenty years ago, to Legacies this year, F. Paul Wilson has been one of the dependable names for fine storytelling in whatever genre he chooses. The Barrens and Others is a first-rate collection of first-rate Wilson tales, ranging from Lovecraftian to Western supernatural, with many mysterious combinations in between. It includes a long story starring Repairman Jack, the protagonist of The Tomb and Legacies.

Amazon.com Review:
The Barrens and Others may be the collection that F. Paul Wilson fans have been waiting for. It consists of 12 previously published stories, and 2 previously unpublished works--a stage adaptation of "Pelts" and a teleplay called "Glim-Glim."

The collection runs the gamut from gory horror stories to bizarre supernatural tales, and in each piece, one thing is glaringly obvious--Wilson knows how to write people. From the sociopath in "Tenants" to the vigilante repairman in "A Day in the Life" (who also appeared in "The Tomb" and Legacies), Wilson's characters are painfully accurate and believable. Even when the plot line is flimsy, they carry the story. "Feelings," though a somewhat predictable bad-man-learns-lesson tale, boasts one of the best greedy-lawyer characters in print.

The Barrens and Others is a showcase for F. Paul Wilson's imagination, but the real hidden gems in this collection are actually the brief narratives that precede each story. Read in succession, they offer an anecdotal, autobiographical account of Wilson's writing career. --Mara Friedman



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Not Free SF Reader
A class collection of work taken from the late eighties and early nineties. Mostly of the horror variety, but there is a Dick Tracy and time travel story to be found here, as well.

An excellent collection.

Barrens and Others : Feelings - F. Paul Wilson
Barrens and Others : Tenants - F. Paul Wilson
Barrens and Others : Faces - F. Paul Wilson
Barrens and Others : A Day in the Life - F. Paul Wilson
Barrens and Others : The Tenth Toe - F. Paul Wilson ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Wilson is always worth reading
The Barrens picks up where Wilson's first collection, SOFT, left off, presenting much of his short story output from the eighties and nineties. If SOFT, as Wilson says in one of his forwards, is "Watch Wilson Learn How To Write", then THE BARRENS is the payoff for his efforts. Highlights from this book include gruesome supplements to Wilson's legendary Adversary cycle, the Lovecraftian title story "The Barrens," and two previously unpublished screenplays, a stripped down version of "Pelts," and "Glim ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Wilson at his best
I have read a bunch of novels by F. Paul Wilson and have always been reasonably satisfied with the results. Good novelists, however, are not always good short story writers, so when I picked up Wilson's collection The Barrens and Others, I was somewhat optimistic that I would enjoy it, but also ready for disappointment. Happily, this book exceeded my hopes.

The Barrens and Others is a collection of a dozen stories and a pair of short screenplays, along with some commentary by Wilson. Although ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Comic Book Fans Don't Miss This
These are all good short stories. Of special distinction to me in this book is the story Definitive Therapy. Comic book fans, this one is not to be missed. This is without question one of the best Joker stories EVER told.


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Fair to middling
Good, as are all his books, however, it is difficult to bring the excitement to these stories that I normally have with Repairmam Jack novels.


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