Who Fears The Devil?

Who Fears The Devil?

Thereâ€™s a traveling man the Carolina mountain folk call Silver John for the silver strings strung on his guitar. In his wanderings John encounters a parade of benighted forest creatures, mountain spirits, and shapeless horrors from the void of history with only his enduring spirit, playful wit, and the magic of his guitar to preserve him. Manly Wade Wellmanâ€™s Silver John is one of the most beloved figures in fantasy, a true American folk hero of the literary age. For the first time the Planet Stories edition of Who Fears the Devil? collects all of Johnâ€™s adventures published throughout Wellmanâ€™s life, including two stories about John before he got his silver-stringed guitar that have never previously appeared in a Silver John collection. Lost, out of print, or buried in expensive hardcover editions, the seminal, unforgettable tales of Who Fears the Devil? stand ready for a new generation ready to continue the folk tradition of Silver John!-Print ed.

â€œThis is the real thingâ€”a book of haunting fantasies with their roots going down deep into the American folk tradition. Manly Wade Wellman not only wrote the stuff, he lived itâ€”exploring the Ozark storytelling traditions at first hand for many years, and shaping the tales he heard into unforgettable fiction.â€â€”Robert Silverberg, author of Lord Valentineâ€™s Castle

â€œFrom pulp magazines to Arkham House to â€œThe Twilight Zone,â€ Manly Wade Wellman is a legendâ€”and one of the finest regional fantasists of his day. Having all these tales in one place is both fitting tribute and pure delight!â€â€”Greg Bear, author of Darwinâ€™s Radio

â€œA superb writer at his best, and at his best, I think, when writing Silver John.â€â€”Michael Moorcock

â€œJust as J. R. R. Tolkien brilliantly created a modem British myth cycle, so did Manly Wade Wellman give to us an imaginary world of purely American fact, fantasy, and song...These stories are chilling and enchanting, magical and down-to-earth, full of wonder and humanity. They are fun. They are like nothing youâ€™ve ever read before.â€ Karl Edward Wagner, creator of Kane

â€œOne of science fictionâ€™s few authentic, legitimate artists...entertaining, familiar in a racial-memory sort of way, and educational, [but] also comforting and uplifting...stories that somehow feel exactly right. There are some brilliant and evocative stories waiting up ahead for you.â€â€”Mike Resnick, author of Stalking the Dragon

â€œ...these stories read as if John is sitting by the potbellied stove in the general store, talking to the good â€˜ol boys, maybe once in a while pausing to dip into the cracker or pickle barrel...Wellman is a writer as good as he is prolific, and his output is so varied that anyone interested in the fiction of the supernatural is sure to find something enjoyable.â€â€”The Readerâ€™s Guide to Fantasy

â€œWellmanâ€™s stories are not only first-rate fantasies and marvelously entertaining, they have a truly unique warmth to them.â€â€”Gahan Wilson for Realms of Fantasy

Country	USA
Author	Manly Wade Wellman
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781786258465
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Pickle Partners Publishing
Manufacturer	Pickle Partners Publishing
NumberOfPages	340
PublicationDate	2016-01-27
Publisher	Pickle Partners Publishing
ReleaseDate	2016-01-27
Studio	Pickle Partners Publishing

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