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Review: The Unsettled - Though often categorized as horror fiction, Robert Aickman's stories are so distinctive and so great that the only productive analogies people use for him are not the typical horror fiction writers (who often hugely admire him) but such actual literary greats as Poe, Kafka, and Dinesen. You often finish his stories not knowing quite what happened until you re-read them, and even then the strange ambiguities are so deeply unsettling that it's hard to explain the effect Aickman has had on you. For years he has been a well-kept secret among fantasy and horror fans, but Faber Finds's plans to reissue his stories and his one novel (THE LATE BREAKFASTERS) and one novella (THE MODEL) in 2014 in honor of his centenary should make him much more widely known, at least in the UK. DARK ENTRIES, which sports a gorgeously illustrated cover, is a fine place to start with Aickman because it was his first solo collection published in his lifetime (he had published a collection of stories with his one time girlfriend Elizabeth Jane Howard in the 50s), and features some of his finest stories, such as his deepest exploration into gender differences, "Choose Your Weapons," and the most famous (and anthologized) of all his stories, "Ringing the Changes." The latter is a beautiful example of Aickman's mastery of the genre of the "strange tale" (as he preferred to call his work--he didn't care at all for the descriptor "horror fiction"). The story opens with a couple, mismatched in age, making a vacation trip to an out-of-the-way town in East Anglia that had been an important seaport in medieval times, before the harbor had silted up and pushed the town away from the sea. The town is largely deserted, and the few citizens the couple come across make oblique references to the couple being in danger; in the mean time a local old church begins ringing its bell for no apparent reason, and as the day wears on and the mystery of the town deepens, the ringing bell is joined by others, which intensify the overall sense of dread. When the truth about the town's abandonment and the reason for the bells is finally revealed, it is so almost offhandedly, as a kind of throwaway cliche: but then the truth of the statement (and the inability to turn back) digs in for both the couple and for readers. As is typical for Aickman's fiction, no other explanation is overtly given for the horrific event other than that it is happening, and the reader must try to make sense of it based on the circumstances of the story: the city's position almost displaced from time, the couple's age gap, the psychological condition of the husband and wife, etc. Even then you're never sure--and thus Aickman's story lingers longer in the imagination than the basic plot might in the hands of another fantasy writer (even H. P. Lovecraft, who also deals with a visitor stumbling onto the horrific truth about a seemingly nearly-deserted coastal town in his fine story "The Shadow over Innsmouth"). Robert Aickman is one of the finest British writers (and international masters of the strange tale form) in the 20th century: it is terrific seeing him made available to a broader audience.
Review: Maze of Mystery; Depth of Symbolism: Robert Aickman's "Dark Entries" - Aickman is one of those writers who has his counterparts in screenwriters for those indie films that are best described as surreal or "symbolist" -dark-mysteries. There's no what I call fundamentalist horror - with the supernatural grossly imposed on physical reality, such as epitomized in Stephen King (thank god!). On the other hand the trademark British toned-down action woven through the labyrinth of Mystery, whose elements have in turn been transmuted into symbols, amount to each story's requiring a second read. At least a second read. Otherwise, each piece ends with an abrupt fall from the stratosphere of the disturbingly possibly-supernatural, back onto the surface of the mundane with a very anticlimatic bump. "Dark Entries" was my first reading of Aickman; and I can't criticize him down to fewer than 4 Stars: For part of me must have much affinity with the Euro-style of dark, symbol-driven story, inasmuch as I myself have written at least one short story with a texture and paradigm so much like Aickman's that, if not for the "American" tint of greater intensity in the symbolism itself, could pass for one of his. If Euro-subtlety, and an ability to navigate the longitude of Mystery with the depth of symbolism is your thing, Robert Aickman is for you.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #780,891 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1,213 in Ghost Fiction #3,935 in Horror Occult & Supernatural #8,273 in Short Stories (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (459) |
| Dimensions  | 5.04 x 0.55 x 7.8 inches |
| Edition  | Main |
| ISBN-10  | 0571311776 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0571311774 |
| Item Weight  | 7.1 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 256 pages |
| Publication date  | September 13, 2016 |
| Publisher  | Faber & Faber |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Unsettled
*by J***N on July 4, 2014*

Though often categorized as horror fiction, Robert Aickman's stories are so distinctive and so great that the only productive analogies people use for him are not the typical horror fiction writers (who often hugely admire him) but such actual literary greats as Poe, Kafka, and Dinesen. You often finish his stories not knowing quite what happened until you re-read them, and even then the strange ambiguities are so deeply unsettling that it's hard to explain the effect Aickman has had on you. For years he has been a well-kept secret among fantasy and horror fans, but Faber Finds's plans to reissue his stories and his one novel (THE LATE BREAKFASTERS) and one novella (THE MODEL) in 2014 in honor of his centenary should make him much more widely known, at least in the UK. DARK ENTRIES, which sports a gorgeously illustrated cover, is a fine place to start with Aickman because it was his first solo collection published in his lifetime (he had published a collection of stories with his one time girlfriend Elizabeth Jane Howard in the 50s), and features some of his finest stories, such as his deepest exploration into gender differences, "Choose Your Weapons," and the most famous (and anthologized) of all his stories, "Ringing the Changes." The latter is a beautiful example of Aickman's mastery of the genre of the "strange tale" (as he preferred to call his work--he didn't care at all for the descriptor "horror fiction"). The story opens with a couple, mismatched in age, making a vacation trip to an out-of-the-way town in East Anglia that had been an important seaport in medieval times, before the harbor had silted up and pushed the town away from the sea. The town is largely deserted, and the few citizens the couple come across make oblique references to the couple being in danger; in the mean time a local old church begins ringing its bell for no apparent reason, and as the day wears on and the mystery of the town deepens, the ringing bell is joined by others, which intensify the overall sense of dread. When the truth about the town's abandonment and the reason for the bells is finally revealed, it is so almost offhandedly, as a kind of throwaway cliche: but then the truth of the statement (and the inability to turn back) digs in for both the couple and for readers. As is typical for Aickman's fiction, no other explanation is overtly given for the horrific event other than that it is happening, and the reader must try to make sense of it based on the circumstances of the story: the city's position almost displaced from time, the couple's age gap, the psychological condition of the husband and wife, etc. Even then you're never sure--and thus Aickman's story lingers longer in the imagination than the basic plot might in the hands of another fantasy writer (even H. P. Lovecraft, who also deals with a visitor stumbling onto the horrific truth about a seemingly nearly-deserted coastal town in his fine story "The Shadow over Innsmouth"). Robert Aickman is one of the finest British writers (and international masters of the strange tale form) in the 20th century: it is terrific seeing him made available to a broader audience.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Maze of Mystery; Depth of Symbolism: Robert Aickman's "Dark Entries"
*by W***W on February 22, 2018*

Aickman is one of those writers who has his counterparts in screenwriters for those indie films that are best described as surreal or "symbolist" -dark-mysteries. There's no what I call fundamentalist horror - with the supernatural grossly imposed on physical reality, such as epitomized in Stephen King (thank god!). On the other hand the trademark British toned-down action woven through the labyrinth of Mystery, whose elements have in turn been transmuted into symbols, amount to each story's requiring a second read. At least a second read. Otherwise, each piece ends with an abrupt fall from the stratosphere of the disturbingly possibly-supernatural, back onto the surface of the mundane with a very anticlimatic bump. "Dark Entries" was my first reading of Aickman; and I can't criticize him down to fewer than 4 Stars: For part of me must have much affinity with the Euro-style of dark, symbol-driven story, inasmuch as I myself have written at least one short story with a texture and paradigm so much like Aickman's that, if not for the "American" tint of greater intensity in the symbolism itself, could pass for one of his. If Euro-subtlety, and an ability to navigate the longitude of Mystery with the depth of symbolism is your thing, Robert Aickman is for you.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wow - subtle and beautiful horror
*by R***C on October 7, 2024*

I love good horror writing but there isn't much of it out there. A lot of "weird fiction", horror writing etc., like a lot of horror movies, is basically pulp trash, fun though it can occasionally be. Even most of it written by supposed classic authors in the field is merely barely competent college level fiction (Steven King, et. al.) But occasionally you find an author that is a legitimate powerhouse writer - who truly and deeply understands language and can wield it like a rapier. Robert Aickman is such a writer. And these stories are legitimately chilling. I will be buying this entire paperback series, but the first story here "The School Friend" broke my brain for a couple of days and I kept pondering it, hour after hour. "Ringing in the Changes" is outstanding and extremely unsettling, the most Lovecraftian thing I've read that wasn't by HPL himself. Brilliant, scintillating prose that won't leave you any time soon.

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