The Dark Other

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name = The Dark Other
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image_caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
author = Stanley G. Weinbaum
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cover_artist = Jon Arfstrom
country = United States
language = English
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genre = Horror novel
publisher = Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.
release_date = 1950
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 256 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 2322264
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"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".

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

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