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I'm familiar with Charles Beaumont from his Twilight Zone scripts, which tend to skew much darker than both Serling and Matheson. This collection of short stories is no different. Mostly trippy, rather disturbing, always thought provoking... a must read if you like seriously out there stories!

Sorry, Chuck Nutt, I'm not hip to this jive...

1950s hipster lingo is too far above my head. Gonna take a pass on this story...

Fun fact: Charles Beaumont's real name was Charles Nutt. 🥜

I was organizing a shelf when I came across this book, still TBR. One of the wildest covers on any of my books. I've been slowly making my way through seasons of Twilight Zone, Beaumont was a frequent writer on the show. I think it might be time to move this up my TBR stack.

Earlier this month I read the first 4 stories in this collection and just didn't finish. Maybe next year I'll read for more. The title story, Perchance to Dream was good, but the other three were just OK. They feel a bit formulaic, so it's prongs built good to not read them all in one sitting.
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1. In between but working on tagged book
2. Sci fi but as light as possible!
3. My husband said, "Those cyborgs in space!" I said no way... he was right! It was Stars Above by Marissa Meyer 2 years ago! Lol

Thanks, @rachelsbrittain! #weekendreads #quarantinereads

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Great book! I love Charles Beaumont‘s imagination.

Ok, I'm not sure it counts as a "haul" but I picked this up at a FLL here and I'm proud of myself because it's going to push me further into the "twilight zone" ? than I've ever really gone. Can't wait!

"I went about my daily work, as every man must do, if sane, although he may have seen the dead rise up or freed a bottled djinn or fought a dragon, once, quite long ago." -- "The Howling Man"

Came across this in Barnes and Noble, of all places, a couple weeks after hearing William F. Nolan and Jason Brock extol the virtues of California horror at StokerCon. I have a new passion. :)

I had never heard of this book, but that cover!! Plus, a foreword by Ray Bradbury? Sold!

Great short stories. A couple were filmed as Twilight Zone episodes but most wouldn't have gotten past the censors. Weird and eerie.