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Publication
Tor Books (1984), Paperback, 512 pages
Description
An experiment in prophetic dreaming begins to go wrong and is immediately aborted. Many years later hallucinations invade the lives of the original participants and one by one they succumb to a diabolical force that threatens more than their lives. The author has won many horror-fiction awards.
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LibraryThing member aickman
This is a brilliant horror novel, one of Campbell's best. It's a chilling story about the quality of dreams and hallucinations, and it explores the idea of "unreliable reality" to great effect, in a way that Philip K. Dick would've admired. As with most of Campbell's novel-length work, it's a
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slow-burn story, building a sense of creeping dread and unease throughout, increasing incrementally until it reaches its conclusion. Highly recommended. Show Less
Awards
British Fantasy Award (Winner — August Derleth Fantasy Award — 1985)
Physical description
512 p.; 6.7 inches
ISBN
0812516508 / 9780812516500