The Blind Spot
- Kategoria:
- fantasy, science fiction
- Cykl:
- Blind Spot (tom 1)
- Wydawnictwo:
- Prime Press
- Data wydania:
- 1951-01-01
- Data 1. wydania:
- 1951-01-01
- Liczba stron:
- 293
- Czas czytania
- 4 godz. 53 min.
- Język:
- angielski
- Tagi:
- parallel worlds; the beyond
"The most famous fantastic mystery of them all!" says Mary Gnaedinger, veteran fantasy editor, of The Blind Spot by Hall and Flint. Since this story first appeared in magazine form in 1921, its reputation has steadily grown so that today it stands with The Ship of Ishtar, The World Below, Lest Darkness Fall, Topper and other classics of imaginative literature.
The authors have taken the theme of another dimension or plane of existence, coexisting with ours but not interfering with it, and of the startling results that might follow the establishment of communication between these planes. In the vicinity of San Francisco the heroes of the story find and old house in which strange phenomena occur, such as the sound of a huge bell where no bell exists. And into San Francisco steps a curious character—a man calling himself the Rhamda Avec—who among his other exotic traits has never before seen the sun.
The story leisurely builds up a powerful mood of unbearable suspense as the heroes gradually solve the problem of the gateway to the other world—a world utterly different from ours, inhabited by such beguiling women as the Nervina and the Ariadna, and such malevolent creatures as the Bar Senestro. And finally comes the smashing climax…
This work of unearthly adventure is illustrated by Hannes Bok, famous for his otherworldly illustrations, and has an introduction by Forrest J Ackerman, noted connoisseur and collector of fantasy, who met Austin Hall during that author's lifetime.
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The Blind Spot has long been a legendary story among older followers of science fiction, and to a certain extent it deserves its reputation. It has bad faults—-it was obviously very hastily plotted and written, and not checked, for it abounds with false leads and loose ends; it is hopelessly overlong and padded; it slumps disastrously in mood in the later portions; and the writing and presentation is obviously slightly superior pulp of World War I mixing. Yet, The Blind Spot does carry a queer conviction of its own. It succeeds in investing drabness with a weird color reminiscent of Machen’s London, and has very interesting concepts and insights. The first portion is a good mystery story.
Most readers will be disappointed with The Blind Spot on first reading, but will find that despite all its faults, it will "grow upon" them, as a memorable adventure tale.
Oswald Train believed that it was Damon Knight's critical review of this title that killed book sales for it, as well as for Prime Press.
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Obwoluta i ilustracje Hannes Bok
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