THE CIPHER. [New York]: A Dell Book, [1991, i.e. August 1990]. Octavo, white wrappers printed in black. Advance copy (uncorrected proof) of the first edition. "Horror novel of a would-be poet and his experience with a black hole in his apartment building that leads to another dimension." - Locus. "Kathe Koja’s THE CIPHER marks the debut of an important new talent, and is that rare horror novel that causes us to rethink the parameters of horror as a literary perspective … THE CIPHER can be read as a culmination of the two best known types of horror fiction to emerge from the 1980s, a fusion of dark fantasy’s introspection and splatterpunk’s nihilism." - Stefan Dziemianowicz in Necrofile: The Review of Horror Literature #1 (1991), pp. 6-7. The author's first book. Winner of the Locus Award for Best First Novel 1991 and winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Horror Novel 1991. Barron, ed., Horror and Fantasy (1999) 6-212. Reginald 27430. Publisher's promotional material laid in. A fine copy. (#158763).
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