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20th Century Ghosts | 
 enlarge | Author: Joe Hill
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  46 reviews
Sales Rank: 11086
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 0061147982
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780061147982
ASIN: 0061147982
Publication Date: September 1, 2008
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Imogene is young, beautiful . . . and dead, waiting in the Rosebud Theater one afternoon in 1945. . . . Francis was human once, but now he's an eight-foot-tall locust, and everyone in Calliphora will tremble when they hear him sing. . . . John is locked in a basement stained with the blood of half a dozen murdered children, and an antique telephone, long since disconnected, rings at night with calls from the dead. . . . Nolan knows but can never tell what really happened in the summer of '77, when his idiot savant younger brother built a vast cardboard fort with secret doors leading into other worlds. . . . The past isn't dead. It isn't even past. . . .
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 Fantastic and Fun! November 29, 2008
I bought this book after reading Heart Shaped Box, which I thought wonderfully written. 20th Century Ghosts is a collection of short stories, some of which are not horror.
Joe Hill has a way of creating a story that has longevity. I am an avid reader, and lets face it; some books are entertaining for the moment, but not something you are going to really remember. I read Heart Shaped Box about a year ago and the story still stays with me. Some of the stories in 20th Century Ghosts are the same.
If you read this book for no other reason, read the story Pop Art. It is quite possibly the most bizarre story I have ever read, and at the same time, to me, it is pure literary genius. There are several great stories in this book, and definitely one I recommend.
20th Centry Ghosts Joe Hill November 3, 2008
Joe Hill is a fabulous writer following in his fathers' footsteps. I also bought, "Heart Shaped Box" and am enjoying it as well.
Also a great audiobook November 1, 2008
20th Century Ghosts Low Price Unabridg CD
I recently ordered the audiobook version of "20th Century Ghosts" and I have to say this was on the better puchaces I made this year. I enjoy most all of the stories and the narrator did a great job presenting each story and capturing the moods. This was my first book by Joe Hill and I really hope he comes out with another collection.
Also I have to say that for all of the quality stories you get in this collection, it was also a fantastic value for the price.
Please check this one out.
 Strange October 7, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I found this book to have little to do with ghosts and more about weird tales. This type of book might be fine for some, but as a person whose interest is more along the lines of ghost tales, this didn't do it for me.
Some might find this interesting, I didn't.
 Not as good as Heart-Shaped Box July 21, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
When I read Heart-Shaped Box, I thought that this book of short stories had potential to be very scary. I was very disapointed to find out that not only were none of these stories scary in the least, they had no ending, which left you hanging. Some of the stories, such as "Better than Home" in NO WAY constituted a ghost story, or was frightening in any way, shape, or form. As another reviewer mentioned, my favorite part of the book was a story that was told within one of the srories... I would not reccomend this book overall.
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