The Dark Other (1950) by Stanley G. Weinbaum (ed. Jerry eBooks, 2015)
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Overview: The sorcery of Stanley G. Weinbaum’s vivid stories is known to thousands of readers. Brilliant, imaginative concepts; delightful alien atmospheres; absorbing characterizations—these are his hallmark. And even though The Dark Other was written during an early, formative period in Weinbaum’s career the patterns of suspense and drama are smoothly and cohesively developed.
Two men and a woman are caught in a web of darkness: Dr. Carl Horker, grave, scientific, anxious about his foster daughter; Patricia, cool, modern, confident of her ability to handle anything human; Nicholas Devine, usually gentle and sensitive but at times strangely cruel and crafty. Patricia, puzzled by the rapid changes in Nicholas’ moods, and frightened after a wild series of events brings out a savage element in him, takes her problem to the doctor. Could Nicholas be a victim of schizophrenia? Dr. Horker advises her that split personalities cannot contain any characteristics not present in the original normal character.
Patricia has the faith of her generation in the omnipotence of science. But in the depths of night the dormant superstitions (man’s unruly legacy from pre-scientific ages) become appalling realities and old forgotten tales arise from their graves to gambol in a ghostly parade across her mind. Perhaps … perhaps both of these entities, Nicholas and the Other, are fragmentary portions of some greater personality.
Genre: Fiction > Sci-Fi/Fantasy
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