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Ramsey Campbell's Quest to Become the Nabokov of Horror Writing

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Ted Gioia
Jan 01, 2000
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Among the baby boomers, one horror writer stands supreme. You already know the author I’m describing. Stephen King has ruled the genre for the last four decades, and his dominance has been so complete that the only figures who warrant comparison are those iconic horror writers of previous generations: Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft and (perhaps) Richar…

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