The Dark Other

The Dark Other

Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author	Stanley G. Weinbaum
Cover artist	Jon Arfstrom
Language	English
Genre	Horror novel
Publisher	Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date	1950
Publication place	United States
OCLC	2322264

The Dark Other is a horror novel by Stanley G. Weinbaum. It was first published in 1950 by Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. in an edition of 700 copies. The manuscript, written in the 1920s, was originally titled The Mad Brain. With permission of his widow, Forrest J Ackerman edited it, modernizing the manuscript to remove some of the "anachronisms" of the 1920s.

Plot introduction

The novel concerns Patricia Lane who is in love with Nicholas Devine, a quiet and gentle writer. Devine undergoes sudden changes, becoming cold and calculating. Frightened by this, Lane consults psychologist Dr. Carl Horker, who rescues her from Devine while under the influence of one of his spells. Devine again attacks Horker, and overcomes him. He is then shot by Lane and rushed to a hospital where a second brain is discovered and removed.

References

• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923–1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 271.
• Crawford, Jr., Joseph H.; James J. Donahue; Donald M. Grant (1953). "333", A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel. Providence, RI: The Grandon Company. p. 67. OCLC 3924496.
• Tuck, Donald H. (1978). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 447. ISBN 0-911682-22-8.

External links

• The Dark Other at Standard Ebooks
• The Dark Other at Project Gutenberg
• The Dark Other public domain audiobook at LibriVox