tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post8928166298908984333..comments2024-03-20T15:28:13.030-05:00Comments on The Twilight Zone Vortex: Book Review: Perchance to Dream: Selected Stories by Charles BeaumontJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14808904189056290207noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-65535244603436436762016-09-29T12:22:29.885-05:002016-09-29T12:22:29.885-05:00Sorry it was a discouraging review, Jack. I can re...Sorry it was a discouraging review, Jack. I can recommend it to someone that has had little exposure to Beaumont or to someone who is trying to get some hard to find stories from Beaumont. The problem is, as I said in the review, those hard to find stories have no business being included in a Penguin Classics edition of Beaumont's work, especially at the expense of excluding some flat-out classic Beaumont material like "The Hunger" and "Black Country." It is, however, certainly nice to have Beaumont as part of such a widely available book series.<br /><br />I also understand that the names Bradbury and Shatner on the book cover are likely to sell more copies but I would have rather seen a new introduction from someone like Roger Anker or S.T. Joshi, the latter of whom has worked for years with Penguin to prepare volumes of supernatural fiction. I would also have enjoyed notes on the texts and story notes, a common feature of Penguin Classics which is curiously absent here. Because of the absence of these extra features, I can't recommend this book as better than the Beaumont books already out there, especially The Twilight Zone: The Original Stories (which includes all of Beaumont's short stories adapted into episodes (with the exception of "Gentlemen, Be Seated) and the Roger Anker edited Selected Stories. JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808904189056290207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-9817619804738826712016-09-28T17:00:33.534-05:002016-09-28T17:00:33.534-05:00I got excited for this book but after reading your...I got excited for this book but after reading your review I think I'll pass.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.com