Saturday, December 15, 2007

Karswell’s Night Gallery #9

RINGSTONES by Sarban. The tagline on the cover says “A Tale of Dark and Mordant Horror.” I read this years ago but honestly don’t remember much about the darkness or the mordancy. What I do remember is that the cover is one of my favorites from this era Ballantine, gorgeously painted with an eerie, moody color palette that creates a very chilly sense of some-thing that the story itself probably didn’t quite deliver.

Ballantine Books (1961)
Cover Art by ???
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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous12/15/2007

    THAT IS A NICE COVER PAINTING, LOVE THE GREENS AND PURPLES AND LIKE YOU SAID THE MOOD IS EVERYTHING.

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  2. Anonymous12/15/2007

    never read this one from sarban but have read the doll maker which is superb!!

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  3. Mr. Karswell12/15/2007

    The Doll Maker is one that I still need to find somewhere. I've heard that it's very MRJ-esque so it's a must that I read it someday. I do have Sarban's The Sound of His Horn but haven't cracked it open yet.

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  4. Anonymous5/15/2008

    Looks like a cover by Richard Powers.

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