This collection of John Burke's own stories should not be confused with a collection of other writers' stories edited by Burke called Tales of Unease (Pan Books, 1966). Unfortunately, many of these stories are rather undistinguished (which accounts for the 2-star rating above). Burke's collection of his own stories, which I haven't read, sounds much more intriguing.

John Burke is probably best known for the film novelisations he wrote in the 1960s including the Hammer Horror Film Omnibus (Volumes 1 & 2) and Dr Terror's House of Horrors. He was also the European story editor for Twentieth Century-Fox and wrote the screenplay for the 1967 Boris Karloff film "The Sorcerers". During his long career he has also written a number of short stories, 22 of which are collected here. Subtitled 'Tales of Unease', this is one of the latest collections by small press publisher Ash Tree, who have been responsible for reprinting some excellent (and some not-quite-so-excellent) collections over the past few years. Thankfully, this is one of their more worthwhile ventures, and there are quite a few gems to be discovered (or rediscovered) here. 'A Comedy of Terrors' is a snappy sick little satire of the 1960s British horror movie industry. 'For You, the Possessed' is the ultimate paranoia tale, and 'Collaboration' is a lovely story about a lady becoming a best-selling author with the help of her ghost-in-residence. The book is rounded off by 'And Cannot Come Again', written by Burke one clear sunny day in Prague. Like a couple of other stories in this collection, political machinations have a part to play in the themes of unease and desperation which develop as the story progresses. Another highly recommended collection from this particular publishing house.

My shredder had a hey day with this rag

This book seems to try to please all audiences and ends up failing on all counts. It doesn't work for someone who is familiar with cold fusion and the databases covered in the book and doesn't work for those who are starting with no background knowledge. The writting is poor and difficult to understand from a grammatical perspective. The information is basically regurgitated from install manuals for various products. The chapters describing various databases do little more than tell you how to install them (click install icon, then follow the instructions on the screen). I would not recommend this book to anyone for any reason.

This book fills the niche for those who have some experience and those who have none. In clear and easy to understand steps, the author guides the programmer through html, through forms and on to advanced concepts in ColdFusion database manipulation. While there are some errors, if one takes the time to actually READ the book, YOU will be able to use the information gained through reading to find and correct those errors (and that's a good feeling!) An excellent value and an excellent resource. One provision though, in order to get the MOST from this book, it is necessary to actually READ it!

Atomic Candy does a great job of placing the reader in the middle of many important cultural events in the post-WWII era but does nothing beyond that. The book disintegrates into a ho-hum story of a woman trying to find some purpose in life and concludes with a puzzling encounter with Richard Nixon. I finished reading this book on a trip and spent the entire ride back trying to figure out what exactly the point of the story was. I'm still scrathching my head.

I have not read this book, but was so offended by his racist textbook "History of England" that I must ask Mr. Burke: Are you not aware that the "macho" males are genetic mutants, attracted to XYY males?. When you give snide endorsement to Edward being thrust with a hot poker, you define a culture of gays and bi-sexual lesbians. I hear that this is what has become of England since my last visit in 1974.

I asked for a book on Scottish history for x-mas and this is what I get! Im trudging through the first couple of pages and I have the urge to grab a pencil and rewrite stuff. I dont usually get that urge when reading books. After that, I decided to look at the author's credentials to see if it was even worth reading. Apparently its his first book, he works for some nobleman in the UK somewhere. Scotland deserves better than this book. The only thing I gleaned(sp?) off this book was that this author thinks Scotland is the greatest place on Earth. Avoid this book. Based on the book I'd add: Avoid the "A Traveler's History of" series. Buy a "short history" if you can find one.