Fear (novel) 4672551 216724866 2008-06-02T22:47:01Z Circeus 98785 extlink {{unreferenced|date=April 2007}} {{Infobox Book | name = Fear | title_orig = | translator = | image = | image_caption = | author = [[L. Ron Hubbard]] | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = [[United States]] | language = [[English language|English]] | series = | subject = | genre = [[Horror]] [[novella]] | publisher = ''[[Unknown (magazine)|Unknown Fantasy Fiction]]'' | release_date = July 1940 | media_type = Print ([[Pulp magazine|Pulp]], later [[Hardback]] and [[Paperback]]) | pages = | isbn = NA | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} '''''Fear''''' is a [[psychological thriller]]-[[horror]] [[novella]] by [[L. Ron Hubbard]]. == Summary== University professor James Lowry is a disbeliever in spirits or witches, or demons, so much so that he publishes an article in a newspaper denying the existence of them. He is warned of the possible repercussions by his friend Tommy Williams. That same spring evening his hat disappears. Lowry discovers the four hours of his life have gone missing. Lowry is pursued by an omnipotent evil force that is turning his whole world against him while it whispers a warning from the shadows: "...if you find your hat you'll find your four hours. If you find your four hours then you will die..." Lowry is suspicious that Tommy may be having an affair with his wife, Mary, even in his dreams of demons. The story resolves itself as Lowry discovers that the world itself does not really exist. Dark forces have created it, as his life as a human as a trap and a [[ruse]] in order to defeat "Lowry", actually a [[god]]-like being. ==External links== *{{isfdb title|12361|Fear}} [[Category:1940 novels]] [[Category:Novellas]] [[Category:Horror novels]] {{horror-novel-stub}}