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These 29 essays on fantasy, skepticism, writing, and related topics--spanning nearly two decades--are filled with the insightful observations of a literary master. Schweitzer is one of the best critics in the field.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Notes from Notes from Beyond the Fields We Know - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• The Necessity of Skepticism - (1990) - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• The Cost of Credulity - (1994) - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• The Layercake of History - (1993) - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• My Career as a Hack Writer - (1991) - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• The Lands that Clearly Pertain to Faery: The Elusive Basics of Fantasy - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• Uttering the P-Word: or, The Return of the Factory System - (1992) - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• Why Horror Fiction? - (1990) - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• Intimate Horror - (1993) - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• Horror Beyond New Jersey - (1995) - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• The Limits of Craziness - (1991) - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• H. P. Lovecraft: Still Eldritch After All These Years - (1987) - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• About "The Whisperer in Darkness" - (1995) - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• H. P. Lovecraft's Favorite Movie - (1989) - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• M. R. James and H. P. Lovecraft: The Ghostly and the Cosmic - (1994) - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• Richard Middleton: Beauty, Sadness, and Terror - (1986) - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• How Much Dunsany Is Worth Reading? - (1991) - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• Count Dracula and His Adapters - (1993) - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• Philip K. Dick: Absurdist, Visionary - (1991) - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• Review: VALIS by Philip K. Dick - (1991) - review by Darrell Schweitzer
• Review: The Divine Invasion by Philip K. Dick - (1991) - review by Darrell Schweitzer
• Review: The Transmigration of Timothy Archer by Philip K. Dick - (1991) - review by Darrell Schweitzer
• Kipling's Science Fiction - (1993) - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• Review: Kipling's Science Fiction by Rudyard Kipling - (1993) - review by Darrell Schweitzer
• The Black Flame - (1996) - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• Review: The Black Flame by Stanley G. Weinbaum - (1996) - review by Darrell Schweitzer
• On Brian Aldiss's Barefoot in the Head - (1993) - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• Review: Barefoot in the Head by Brian Aldiss - (1993) - review by Darrell Schweitzer
• A Fisherman of the Inland Sea - (1995) - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• Review: A Fisherman of the Inland Sea by Ursula K. Le Guin - (1995) - review by Darrell Schweitzer
• Lexicon Urthus - (1995) - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• Review: Lexicon Urthus by Michael Andre-Driussi - (1995) - review by Darrell Schweitzer
• Prospero's Dracula - (1995) - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• Cthulhu 2000 - (1996) - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• Review: Cthulhu 2000 by Jim Turner - (1996) - review by Darrell Schweitzer
• The Dragon Path - (1996) - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• Review: The Dragon Path by Kenneth Morris - (1996) - review by Darrell Schweitzer
• An Interview with Edgar Allan Poe - (1993) - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• One Fine Day in the Stygian Haunts of Hell: Being the Lore and Legend of the Fabled "Eye of Argon" - (1987) - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• Creating Frivolous Literary Theories - (1985) - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• Notes - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• Selected Bibliography - essay by Darrell Schweitzer

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