Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella by Polish-English novelist Joseph Conrad about a narrated voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State in the so-called "heart of Africa". Charles Marlow, the narrator, tells his story to friends aboard a boat anchored on the River Thames. This setting provides the frame for Marlow's story of his obsession with the ivory trader Kurtz, which enables Conrad to create a parallel between what Conrad calls "the greatest town on earth", London, and Africa as places of darkness.
The Dark World
The Dark World is a science fantasy novel by Henry Kuttner, which was one of the influences of "The Chronicles of Amber" by Roger Zelazny. The novel was first published in the July 1946 issue of "Startling Stories", then reprinted in the Winter 1954 issue of "Fantastic Story Magazine". Its first book edition was issued by Ace in 1965, followed by a British paperback from Mayflower Books in 1966. A French translation appeared in 1972. The novel was also collected in a 1997 paperback omnibus, "The Startling Worlds of Henry Kuttner".