Exorcisms and Ecstasies

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Summary: Wagner's heritage - A Treasure
Review: Having spent a lot of hours and days reading the adventures of KANE 20 Years ago, this book came to me as pleasant surprise. It does not only include some nearly perfect horror-stories but some odd Kane-pieces and a lot of information about the author and his life. The two recollections (one by Peter Straub) about the man himself show us that Wagner lived his stories. So he belongs there: With Howard, Poe and Lovecraft. I hope this never gets out of print.

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Summary: Limited Buy
Review: I really excellent read. Will really chill you through and through.

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Summary: Limited Buy
Review: I really excellent read. Will really chill you through and through.

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Summary: Buy It Soon Or Miss It
Review: This book was printed in a hardcover trade edition of only 2000 copies (which is the version being sold here at Amazon) and a limited edition of 100 signed copies. The book is excellent (see the other reviews for details), so do not delay if you are interested in buying a copy. The editorial review for this book should state that this is a very limited offering.

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Summary: Superb
Review: This collection is an essential purchase for Wagnerphiles. Buy it now.

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Summary: The final collection from one of the great unknowns!
Review: Wagner was perhaps best known for his horror writing & editing, but for me it was always the stories about Kane, the anti-hero swordsman, that captured my imagination. While this book contains mostly horror tales, and a few Kane stories, there is a surprising amount of graphic sex. It seems Wagner wrote a number of pornographic novels ,under an assumed name, apparently to pay the bills. There are also a number of remembrances by writer-friends, that inevitably descend into tales of Wagner's heroic drinking binges, and depression over his divorce from his wife. Anyone who is a Wagner fan and is interested in learning more about the man should pick this book up - if for nothing else, the picture on the back cover is tremendous.