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Transients and Other Disquieting Stories
1993
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Library Journal Here is another collection of stories from Schweitzer ( Tom O'Bedlam's Night Out and Other Strange Excursions, Ganley, 1985). These horror tales aim for disquiet rather than terror, but they evoke neither subtle unease nor even a grosser case of the shivers. Many of the stories open promisingly, and with an interesting premise, but the carry-through just isn't there. In the title story, a man's ordinary suburban life begins to dissolve around him, for no reason. When he realizes that he is gradually disappearing from the memory of his friends and family, he becomes a street person. Eventually, he meets other ''transients'' and tells them ''Remember. That's all we have. Cling together and remember.'' No explanation for their transient state is given; no lesson is evident. Are the tales meant to illustrate what happens to men who opt out of everyday life? Who knows? The point is elusive. Disappointing.— A.M.B. Amantia, Population Action International, Washington, D.C.

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