Robert Aickman
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Review of Go Back at Once by Robert Aickman
Aickman excelled at the short story form. I am not sure he needed to write novels. Yet he did write three. This is one which was released posthumously. It was enjoyable, if uneventful.The narration has voice. Very droll humor throughout. So dry. Heavy on the dialogue as is usual with…
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Review of Dark Entries by Robert Aickman
Aickman conveys subtleties of atmosphere. His close interiority adds layers of dread. He favors first person narration in many tales. This is the second collection of his I’ve read.He leaves some dangling threads of ambiguity in his plots, but I don’t mind. Also, he is sparing with startling imagery. Nothing…
L. S. Popovich 