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Post by fullbreakfast on Sept 20, 2009 17:02:35 GMT
Not sure where exactly to put this, but may be of interest to anyone who likes posh hardbacks as well as grubby paperbacks: www.loa.org/volume.jsp?RequestID=310Contents lists for the two volumes: Poe to the Pulps - www.loa.org/volume.jsp?RequestID=3101940s to Now - www.loa.org/volume.jsp?RequestID=309§ion=tocA lot of the obvious names are represented, but not always by the most obvious choice of story, which ain't necessarily a bad thing. Though I do think The Repairer of Reputations is a weak choice for Robert W. Chambers. Some of the selections are a bit smartarse too - like the Nabokov story - and have the look of having been chosen by Straub to try and show that the genre is really jolly respectable. But I am a bit of a fan of the Library of America and will probably end up getting these anyway. There is just enough stuff that I haven't read to tempt me.
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Post by mattofthespurs on Sept 21, 2009 17:31:46 GMT
Thanks for the heads up. I have now pre ordered that from amazon.co.uk.
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Post by fullbreakfast on Sept 21, 2009 18:36:45 GMT
Thanks for the heads up. I have now pre ordered that from amazon.co.uk. I've got so many reading ideas off this site that it'd be rude not to contribute one occasionally ;D I reckon A***** is the way to go for Library of America books. I've used the online ordering at the LoA web site before and had a few problems with it. It looks like it will save a few bob, but it's not worth the hassle really.
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Post by monker on Apr 11, 2011 3:44:36 GMT
I just bought this one, seems like a great collection, the only downside being the very generic cover art and the fact that you don't get much of an introduction to each entry, only what you may glean from the introduction, which I have only glanced over. I went straight to John Collier's (though, I would still class him as British ) 'Evening Primrose' and I must say it pretty much clicked instantly with me after being underwhelmed by it in my misguidedly picky 'youth'. Anyway, this collection might serve as a reasonable replacement for those of us who are waiting in vain for Pelan's long promised 'Century's Best Horror' tome that will probably arrive in 2101.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Apr 11, 2011 7:02:25 GMT
I went straight to John Collier's (though, I would still class him as British ) 'Evening Primrose' and I must say it pretty much clicked instantly with me after being underwhelmed by it in my misguidedly picky 'youth'. Did you know there is a Stephen Sondheim musical based on it?
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Post by monker on Apr 11, 2011 10:15:38 GMT
Yeah, they did it on TV with Anthony Perkins, I believe. Seems a bit of a strange choice for a musical.
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Post by David A. Riley on Apr 11, 2011 11:00:16 GMT
Anyway, this collection might serve as a reasonable replacement for those of us who are waiting in vain for Pelan's long promised 'Century's Best Horror' tome that will probably arrive in 2101. Hopefully this long-delayed anthology might come out fairly soon - at last. Latest on the Cemetery Dance site: "Production Status: Ready for the printer with the exception of the signature sheets for the Lettered Edition, which needs one more signature and then it'll be complete. We hope to have that signature by the end of spring. This special set features almost 1,600 oversized pages of horror fiction and these two volumes are going to each be among the largest books we've ever published. Visit our official production update page for the latest news and updates about this project." www.cemeterydance.com/page/CDP/PROD/pelan01
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Post by monker on Apr 11, 2011 15:12:36 GMT
Sounds promising, though I must say Pelan's take on 'horror' seems to be a tad more literal to mine and he seems to be a bit kind on some of the pulp material. I've always been an opinionated sod, however.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Apr 11, 2011 15:12:48 GMT
Yeah, they did it on TV with Anthony Perkins, I believe. Seems a bit of a strange choice for a musical. It is a very strange musical indeed, and, unfortunately, not very good. Sondheim usually uses odd sources for his work, however. SWEENEY TODD is another example.
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Post by David A. Riley on Apr 11, 2011 15:56:15 GMT
Sounds promising, though I must say Pelan's take on 'horror' seems to be a tad more literal to mine and he seems to be a bit kind on some of the pulp material. I've always been an opinionated sod, however. I know. He just had to put that bloody Aickman in it. What a hack. David
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Post by monker on Apr 12, 2011 0:12:34 GMT
Sounds promising, though I must say Pelan's take on 'horror' seems to be a tad more literal to mine and he seems to be a bit kind on some of the pulp material. I've always been an opinionated sod, however. I know. He just had to put that bloody Aickman in it. What a hack. David Well, now that you mentioned it... Actually, the one that I'd like to sook over is George Allen England's The Thing From--"Outside" which is just a very pulpy take on the kind of stuff Blackwood was doing decades earlier, with a slightly more science fiction bent. It hasn't really aged well. Surely you could find a superior story for 1923.
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Post by julieh on Apr 12, 2011 8:07:12 GMT
Is it just me, or are there a disproportionate representation of female authors, at least in the early volume - not that there weren't female horror writers, but that they are generally poorly represented (at least under female names) in anthologies?
I' mean, I love it - it's very cool to know they dug out a bunch - but it actually surprised me.
I'm impressed - now let's hope they aren't included ONLY for their gender. That would suck.
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Post by David A. Riley on Apr 12, 2011 8:10:12 GMT
I know. He just had to put that bloody Aickman in it. What a hack. David Well, now that you mentioned it... Actually, the one that I'd like to sook over is George Allen England's The Thing From--"Outside" which is just a very pulpy take on the kind of stuff Blackwood was doing decades earlier, with a slightly more science fiction bent. It hasn't really aged well. Surely you could find a superior story for 1923. John Pelan does like his pulp stuff, though. He's admitted this time and again. On the other hand, sometimes it is more entertaining than more elevated scribblings. Though whether you could call it "best"....
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Post by monker on Apr 12, 2011 11:07:59 GMT
Yeah, I agree, of course there are a lot of factors involved to make a story work but when I read that particular tale it just did not grab me enough to think that it justified being 'pick of the year' material. There are still a lot of classics among that lot so I'm merely quibbling but since I'm a bit of a perfectionist, when and if it does get published, I'm sure I won't be finished with the topic.
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Post by David A. Riley on Apr 12, 2011 11:21:43 GMT
I think there have, now and then, since the project was first announced, been some interesting debates on what stories should have been used for each of the years. Lovecraft's entry, for example, is for The Outsider, which is far from his best story.
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