Ramsey Campbell
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born
January 04, 1946
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male
place of birth
Liverpool, England, The United Kingdom
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Horror, Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction
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John Ramsey Campbell is a British writer considered by a number of critics to be one of the great masters of horror fiction. T. E. D. Klein has written that "Campbell reigns supreme in the field today," while S. T. Joshi has said that "future generations will regard him as the leading horror writer of our generation, every bit the equal of Lovecraft or Blackwood."
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Alone with the Horrors: The Great Short Fiction of Ramsey Campbell 1961--1991 by Ramsey Campbell avg rating 4.02 — 50 ratings — published 1993 7 editions |
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Ancient Images by Ramsey Campbell avg rating 3.74 — 46 ratings — published 1989 4 editions |
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The Hungry Moon by Ramsey Campbell avg rating 3.49 — 47 ratings — published 1987 9 editions |
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The Darkest Part of the Woods by Ramsey Campbell avg rating 3.04 — 53 ratings — published 2002 4 editions |
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Cold Print by Ramsey Campbell avg rating 3.74 — 42 ratings — published 1985 6 editions |
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The Doll Who Ate His Mother by Ramsey Campbell avg rating 3.47 — 45 ratings — published 1976 11 editions |
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The Overnight by Ramsey Campbell avg rating 2.66 — 58 ratings — published 2003 4 editions |
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Midnight Sun by Ramsey Campbell avg rating 3.64 — 42 ratings — published 1991 7 editions |
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The Parasite by Ramsey Campbell avg rating 3.44 — 43 ratings — published 1980 6 editions |
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The Face That Must Die by Ramsey Campbell avg rating 3.62 — 40 ratings — published 1979 5 editions |
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"I'd forgotten - perhaps preferred to forget - that I'd caved in to the interference of some copy-editor... somebody anonymous whose commitment to finding something wrong would not disgrace an Eastern European clerk."
— Ramsey Campbell
— Ramsey Campbell
""it was religion right enough." He was quiet for so long that Diana wondered if he were nodding off. Suddenly he said, "The druids made their last stand here at Moonwell. They did what they'd never dared to do--they called what they worshiped to come down from the moon and stay on the earth."
"I thought they worshiped the sun."
Needham thumped the arms of his chair. "They had a god of the moon all right. They just didn't dare give it a name. They sacrificed people to it, but the priests didn't stay to see it come for them. They used to throw people down shafts like the one your gospeling friend wants to tamper with. That way it had to go down out of the light to get its sacrifices.""
— Ramsey Campbell (The Hungry Moon)
"I thought they worshiped the sun."
Needham thumped the arms of his chair. "They had a god of the moon all right. They just didn't dare give it a name. They sacrificed people to it, but the priests didn't stay to see it come for them. They used to throw people down shafts like the one your gospeling friend wants to tamper with. That way it had to go down out of the light to get its sacrifices.""
— Ramsey Campbell (The Hungry Moon)
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