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"""Every thing possible to be believ'd is an image of truth."" - William Blake The Lure of the Unknown is a collection of Algernon Blackwood's essays, talks, reviews and anecdotes exploring encounters with the strange and unusual or, in Blackwood's preferred word, the ""odd"". They include his first attempts to investigate alleged haunted houses, his association with such luminaries as W. B. Yeats, ""A.E."", and Gurdjieff; his thoughts on telepathy, reincarnation, elemental spirits, other dimensions, and his beliefs in what lies beyond our normal perceptions. These writings reveal not only Blackwood's diverse experiences, but his depth of reading and analysis of the unexplained. Few of these essays have been reprinted beyond their first publication or their broadcast on radio and television. They provide another dimension to an understanding of one of the great writers of the supernatural."

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This is an essential book for any Blackwood fan. - Michael Dirda, Washington Post An excellent collection of occasional writings by one of the most gifted and charming authors of supernatural fiction. - Supernatural Tales

"""This is an essential book for any Blackwood fan."" - Michael Dirda, Washington Post ""An excellent collection of occasional writings by one of the most gifted and charming authors of supernatural fiction."" - Supernatural Tales"

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"Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951)-journalist, novelist, broadcaster-is best remembered for his occult detective John Silence and, in particular, two terrifying tales of otherworldly encounters: ""The Willows"" and ""The Wendigo"". The intensity of Blackwood's stories often arose from personal experiences: his days struggling to survive in the hell of 1890s New York, his travels down the Danube, across the Caucasus, into the depths of Egypt, or the remote mountain passes in Switzerland-all fed his fascination with Nature. Though he worked in local government until 1998, Mike Ashley has still managed to spend over fifty-five years collecting, reading and researching popular fiction, especially fantasy, supernatural, crime and science fiction. He has compiled or edited over 100 books including reference works for children, a biography of Algernon Blackwood and a five-volume series on the history of the science-fiction magazines, though he is probably best known for the many Mammoth Book anthologies he has compiled. His Age of the Storytellers explores the British popular-fiction magazines from the 1880s to 1940s. He received the Pilgrim Award for Lifetime Achievement in science-fiction scholarship in 2002 and the Edgar Award for The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction in 2003."

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