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George Harold "Hal" Bennett (1936 – 2004),[1][2] was an author known for a variety of books. His 1974 novel Lord of Dark Places was described as "a satirical and all but scatological attack on the phallic myth",[3] and was reprinted in 1997. He was Playboy's most promising writer of the year [1]. He has also written under the pen names Harriet Janeway and John D. Revere (the Assassin series). His books are sometimes compared to Mark Twain's style of satire, but contain a much stronger sexual tone. ...more

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	Lord of Dark Places 4.41 avg rating — 483 ratings — published 1970 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Write Starts: Prompts, Quotes, and Exercises to Jumpstart Your Creativity 3.58 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wait Until the Evening 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1974 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Wilderness of Vines 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1966 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seventh Heaven 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1976 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Insanity runs in our family 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1977 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Black Wine 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1968 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	White Mountain Blues by Hal Bennett, Cathee Van Rossem St Clair (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1997	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vanishing Pirate really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Equal but Divided 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The very fact of being human panics us into the most grotesque play-acting imaginable; and we deal in absurdities to keep life from being a total waste, like one constant jacking-off party.”
― Hal Bennett, Lord of Dark Places

tags: existentialism, human-condition, nihilism, world-view

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“My way always has been to be as contrary to everything as I can be. When the Bible says black, I say white. When it says good. I say evil. When it says, Behold, Jehovah is a God of Light, I say, Behold, He is the Lord of dark places”
― Hal Bennett, Lord of Dark Places

tags: hal-bennet, lord-of-dark-places

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“I found out a long time ago that the duty of the Church is not to save sinners but to make a man sin. It is the fear of the example of Christ that causes good men to turn bad. Follow the example of this man, the Church says, and you'll wind up on the cross just like he did. The promise of Heaven is pale indeed when a man has to die in order to achieve it.”
― Hal Bennett, Lord of Dark Places

tags: christianity, criticism, human-nature, nihilism, religion

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