Ancient Sorceries vs Tales of Terror and Mystery: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: English Horror tales, English Short stories, Horror, Fiction
Ancient Sorceries
By turns bizarre, unsettling, spooky, and sublime, Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories showcases nine incomparable stories from master conjuror Algernon Blackwood. Evoking the uncanny spiritual forces of Nature,…
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Tales of Terror and Mystery
“The idea that the extraordinary narrative which has been called the Joyce-Armstrong Fragment is an elaborate practical joke evolved by some unknown person, cursed by a perverted and sinister sense of humour, has now been abandoned by all who have examined the matter.”
From the book:The idea that the extraordinary narrative which has been called the Joyce-Armstrong Fragment is an elaborate practical joke evolved by some unknown person, cursed by a perverted and sinister sense of…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Tales of Terror and Mystery has the widest readership — 2933 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Ancient Sorceries | Tales of Terror and Mystery | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (268) | 3.8 (2933) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | 4.0 (2) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (153) |
Reception
| Ancient Sorceries | Tales of Terror and Mystery | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 268 | 2933 |
| Editions | 20 | 168 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 422 | 2558 |
| Reading it now | 34 | 700 |
| Written reviews | 70 | 243 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 287 |
| Pages | 227 | 186 |