albie
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Post by albie on Feb 19, 2019 15:00:49 GMT
I've heard THE WHITE PEOPLE is good. Ramsey Campbell likes it anyway. Any more?
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Feb 19, 2019 15:24:20 GMT
"The White People" is a classic, though told in a style that differs from Machen's usual one.
I'd also recommend "The Novel of the Black Seal," "The Novel of the White Powder," "The Great God Pan," "The Shining Pyramid," and "The Red Hand."
If you like those, you could try "The Inmost Light" next, though I'd stay away from The Terror.
And if you really like "The White People," I'd suggest reading T.E.D. Klein's The Ceremonies, which draws inspiration from it.
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Post by Michael Connolly on Feb 20, 2019 12:30:59 GMT
Arthur Machen's "The Novel of the Black Seal" (from The Three Impostors) remains my favourite horror story ever, even beyond anything by M. R. James (who gets into second place with "An Episode of Cathedral History").
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Post by albie on Feb 22, 2019 11:50:41 GMT
I read THE WHITE PEOPLE recently. I recalled I must have read it before but almost completely forgot it. A couple of days on I remember little of it. Just seems to be a story of stories being told. Pretty sure I read a few of the Machen you've recommended. Again recall very little. I read THE NOVEL OF THE BLACK SEAL. Can't recall if I liked it. Either my memory is terrible(which is likely) or Machen's stuff slips out of the brain easily.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Feb 22, 2019 17:26:46 GMT
Arthur Machen's "The Novel of the Black Seal" (from The Three Impostors) remains my favourite horror story ever, even beyond anything by M. R. James (who gets into second place with "An Episode of Cathedral History"). Machen always pleases. I really liked the Novel of the White Powder' had a great cover which I cam't upload here.
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Post by Michael Connolly on Feb 25, 2019 11:55:21 GMT
Arthur Machen's "The Novel of the Black Seal" (from The Three Impostors) remains my favourite horror story ever, even beyond anything by M. R. James (who gets into second place with "An Episode of Cathedral History"). Machen always pleases. I really liked the Novel of the White Powder' had a great cover which I cam't upload here. This one? Corgi, 1965
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Post by Knygathin on Feb 26, 2019 8:35:55 GMT
It could hardly be any other, because that cover is spectacular. Truly inspired. I have it in my own collection. A favorite, and also containing the rather rare A Fragment of Life. I wonder who the artist is?
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Post by dem bones on Feb 26, 2019 9:24:01 GMT
It could hardly be any other, because that cover is spectacular. Truly inspired. I have it in my own collection. A favorite, and also containing the rather rare A Fragment of Life. I wonder who the artist is? Josh Kirby
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albie
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Post by albie on Feb 26, 2019 12:36:59 GMT
I don't recall any skinless zombie drinking anything in that story!
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Post by Knygathin on Feb 26, 2019 13:06:52 GMT
I don't recall any skinless zombie drinking anything in that story! To me it looks like a balding Machen (I believe the artist used him intentionally as a model), ... in early stage of decomposition, diligently taking his prescribed medicine, a white powder (dissolved in water, of course).
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Post by Michael Connolly on Feb 27, 2019 10:21:04 GMT
I don't recall any skinless zombie drinking anything in that story! To me it looks like a balding Machen (I believe the artist used him intentionally as a model), ... in early stage of decomposition, diligently taking his prescribed medicine, a white powder (dissolved in water, of course). Damn! It does look like Machen!
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Post by The Thing in the Vacuum Valve on Feb 27, 2019 16:53:24 GMT
... though I'd stay away from The Terror. I haven't read that one... Out of curiosity, what is the failing of The Terror?
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Post by The Thing in the Vacuum Valve on Feb 27, 2019 17:03:29 GMT
I had no small difficulty working my way through Machen's The Hill of Dreams. Once finished, I thought I didn't like it much, and certainly not as well as his others I'd read. But then, I couldn't seem to forget about the story for weeks, which I couldn't say for many besides The Great God Pan or The White People. I guess I liked it after all.
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Post by Knygathin on Feb 27, 2019 17:05:02 GMT
... though I'd stay away from The Terror. Out of curiosity, what is the failing of The Terror? It is long. A slow burner. Not for the impatient, or for the raised on video games/Hollywood entertainment. ... But ultimately good.
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Feb 28, 2019 20:37:47 GMT
Out of curiosity, what is the failing of The Terror? It is long. A slow burner. Not for the impatient, or for the raised on video games/Hollywood entertainment. ... But ultimately good. It is long, and a slow burn. But for me it fizzled completely when it reached the end, which I found sort of ridiculous. And it never lived up to this cover.
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