- Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: RONIN PUBLISHING; 2nd edition (Feb 26 1993)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0914171631
- ISBN-13: 978-0914171638
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.8 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 454 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,352,367 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The start of an enormously talented writer and thinker,
This review is from: Ritual In The Dark: Second Edition (Paperback)
Amazing that premise of this book hasn't been discussed. The use of allegories to represent the different types of man...thinking, no feeling or feeling, no thinking, etc. The use of the Jack the Ripper case in a fictional setting. This book is the one that jumped out at me with the somewhat odd cover, though it seems just like a portrait of Wilson as a young man...it's more. I quickly became a huge fan and tried my best (not being in England) to gather the fiction and non-fiction of Colin Wilson...a difficult task...sprawling used book stores. This is the first in a trio of books and the second two books are quite difficult to find...but possible. The second, Gerard Sorme, Sex Diary of a Metaphysician (American title) continues the characters and absorbs us in the bizarre world of sex...perhaps a nice image of the free wheeling 60's. Some strange characters enter his books. It can easily be seen that Wilson is mainly a non-fiction writer as he always puts long conversations of philosophy among his fiction. Bits of sexology, psychology, criminology, religion, and the very nature of the human mind and condition. The third book in the trilogy..The God of the Labyrinth...is completely out of print, but once found makes an interesting companion to the first two in the series. Whew...Wilson opened his mind to all sorts of things and this rather bizarre story blew out. His hero Sorme is almost unrecognizable. If you like this book (Ritual in the Dark) check out Adrift in Soho...a fictional story of the time in England that Wilson was writing Ritual in the Dark and his better known the Outsider. I do wish Wilson would write more fiction, though...as his non-fiction accounts are getting a bit crazy. The later Mind Parasites and the Personality Surgeon have the same thought-provoking bits that Wilson loves to dazzle his readers with...great stuff. I would love for the US to discover Wilson and re-publish his books for mass consumption.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Wilson's good read.... sticks with you more than you think,
By Conangib "conangib" (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ritual In The Dark: Second Edition (Paperback)
Not a great fan of fiction... but enjoy Colin Wilson. He is cleaner with non-fiction. This book is crafted well... a little too much English. But it has staying power and when you finish, you are somewhat stunned ... until you think. Then the book and his philosophy opens up your mind and that is the point .. isn't it.
3.0 out of 5 stars
A Good First Try, But Not Wilson At His Best,
By A Customer
This review is from: Ritual In The Dark: Second Edition (Paperback)
This book starts out well, but it gets tiring as one reads on. The end of the story is far from satisfactory, and the confusion of philosophy and reality make it obvious that Wilson still had far to go as a writer. But for an 18-year old, it is an impressive first book. The three outsiders are here (emotional, intellectual, and sensual) ... many of Wilson's later ideas are here in embryonic form; the peak experience, the narrowness of consciousness, the outsider, etc. It is a fairly enjoyable read, but it should be considered as Colin Wilson-lite.
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