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Post by andydecker on Aug 9, 2022 15:54:19 GMT
Thomas Ligotti - Grimscribe: His Lives and Works (Robinson, 1991, hc, 214 pages; posted edition Jove, 1994)  Content:
Introduction
The Voice of the Damned:
The Last Feast of Harlequin (1990)
The Spectacles in the Drawer (1987)
Flowers of the Abyss (1991)
Nethescurial
The Voice of the Demon:
The Dreaming in Nortown
The Mystics of Muelenburg (1987)
In the Shadow of Another World
The Cocoons
The Voice of the Dreamer:
The Night School
The Glamour
The Voice of the Cild:
The Library of Byzantium (1988)
Miss Plarr
The Voice of Our Name:
The Shadow at the Bottom of the World (1990)This is the second of Ligotti's collections. To put the stories into categories is actually a nice touch. |
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Post by bluetomb on Aug 9, 2022 20:44:10 GMT
Interesting that this highlights different voices, as the one Ligotti collection I read, Teatro Grottesco, struck me as being on the monotonous side. Some striking imagination, and the man is undoubtedly in complete command of his style, but I wished for more varied story craft and less unrelieved depression. Though I found a couple impressively remarkably unsettling and enjoyed others, so I guess it all averaged out.
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Post by Dr Strange on Aug 9, 2022 21:33:14 GMT
Interesting that this highlights different voices, as the one Ligotti collection I read, Teatro Grottesco, struck me as being on the monotonous side. Some striking imagination, and the man is undoubtedly in complete command of his style, but I wished for more varied story craft and less unrelieved depression. Though I found a couple impressively remarkably unsettling and enjoyed others, so I guess it all averaged out. I had a similar experience. The first Ligotti collection I read was The Shadow At The Bottom Of The World (Cold Spring Press, 2005), and that intrigued me enough to try some of his other books. The next one I read was Teatro Grottesco, and then I think I read a couple of others, but it was very much "diminishing returns". I really can't be bothered with him anymore, and got rid of all his books in a clear out a few years back. |
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Post by bluetomb on Aug 9, 2022 22:03:54 GMT
Interesting that this highlights different voices, as the one Ligotti collection I read, Teatro Grottesco, struck me as being on the monotonous side. Some striking imagination, and the man is undoubtedly in complete command of his style, but I wished for more varied story craft and less unrelieved depression. Though I found a couple impressively remarkably unsettling and enjoyed others, so I guess it all averaged out. I had a similar experience. The first Ligotti collection I read was The Shadow At The Bottom Of The World (Cold Spring Press, 2005), and that intrigued me enough to try some of his other books. The next one I read was Teatro Grottesco, and then I think I read a couple of others, but it was very much "diminishing returns". I really can't be bothered with him anymore, and got rid of all his books in a clear out a few years back. I do plan to read My Work is Not Yet Done at some point as I have ready access to it, but it's far from the top of my list. I think the kind of writers that inspire him, whether horror, weird, modernist or purely philosophical are of more use to me really, his kind of thing I think works better for me in music or film. |
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Post by Dr Strange on Aug 9, 2022 22:34:31 GMT
his kind of thing I think works better for me in music or film. I understand that Ligotti has been involved in some musical collaborations with David Tibet / Current 93 - but that's not my sort of thing. Apparently he plays guitar. I've been trying to think of some Ligottian films - all I can come up with is David Lynch, who I think often seems to have a similar feel (especially in Eraserhead). |
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