Darker than You Think (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Jack Williamson
- First Published: 1948
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—extrasensory powers
- Time of Work: About 1950
- Setting: Clarendon, a small town in the United States
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: 1950’s, United States or Americans, Folkloric or magical people, Extrasensory perception or powers, Good and evil, Christ figures or saviors, Metamorphosis or transmogrification, Werewolves
- Locales: United States
The Plot
Dr. Lamarck Mondrick, a famous anthropologist, has just returned to the United States from the Gobi Desert with a mysterious box, the contents of which purportedly hold the key to humankind’s struggle between good and evil. Among journalists covering the anthropologist’s return is the protagonist, Will Barbee, who is both a close personal friend and a former member of Mondrick’s research team. Mondrick dies mysteriously while attempting to deliver a warning of a menace to the human race.
As the story progresses, researchers Nick Spivak and Sam Quain employ...
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