darker than you think by jack williamson

Inexorably drawn into investigating a rash of grisly deaths, he soon finds himself embroiled in something far beyond mortal understanding.ĭoggedly pursuing his investigations, he meets the mysterious and seductive April Bell and starts having disturbing, tantalizing dreams in which he does terrible things - things that are stranger and wilder than his worst nightmares. This story is a solid four star effort.Who is the Child of Night? That’s what small-town reporter Will Barbee must find out. I am glad I read this story, and will definitely read more Williamson in the near future. Wikipedia tells me there was a short story sequel penned by Poul Anderson and published in a Jack Williamson tribute in the 1990s.

This novel is on both the list of Fantasy Masterworks and David Pringle's 100 Best Fantasy Novels. The Science Fiction Writers of America named him their second Grand Master of Science Fiction in 1976. I joined a SFF Book Club as a teen, and he was a popular author selection. My prior exposure to Jack Williamson was through short stories. I found this and the pseudo-science discussions of probability to be particularly creative in context of this tale. Not confined to merely the were wolf, we see tigers and snakes and all manner of mysterious beasts. While at times confusing, this wild adventure ride does eventually make it back to the station.ĭialogue scenes focus on describing Williamson's version of Lycanthropy, historically and environmentally. Most characters are fairly flat, with Barbee and Bell the main focus of change here. This story reads like a screenplay, with rich descriptions of action and dialogue. Soon after, Mondrick and his students deplane with a strange crate of goods, and at a hastily arranged press conference the professor dies – a death aggravated by cat allergies. She knows little, allowing the author time to share the back story. As the professor and his protégés are returning from a two year expedition, Barbee meets the mysterious red head April Bell. Main character Will Barbee is a newspaper reporter and former student of anthropologist Dr.

Jack Williamson is an author who often hits all these genres, and Darker Than You Think is a novel which nails all three. I've been reading Science Fiction, Horror, and Fantasy masterworks this year.

Darker than you think by jack williamson