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Post by Knygathin on Aug 6, 2023 16:26:30 GMT
I am pretty sure he mentions seeing KING KONG in the Arkham House SELECTED LETTERS, but I am unable to locate the passage. According to Joshi's I AM PROVIDENCE Lovecraft mentions having seen KING KONG in a letter to J Vernon Shea. I remember C. A. Smith mentioned in his letters that he had seen King Kong. And he was amazed, ... flabbergasted. He had no idea it was a small animated model.
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Post by Knygathin on Aug 6, 2023 15:14:11 GMT
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Post by Knygathin on Aug 6, 2023 14:50:37 GMT
What ya think, was Wagner even better than Howard at writing barbarian tales? Was he truly, a brutal barbarian in his soul, like Howard? No, he wasn't. And I say this as a die-hard Wagner fan.
The Kane stories have not much in common with Conan stories. Kane is much more complicated and artificial character, and the plots are more complicated and constructed as Howard's works.
And I wouldn't call Howard a barbarian. An overactive imagination and a remarkable talent for wish-fulfilment, to distill half-assed historical 'facts' of the era about Europe and Africa into overly romantic ideas of barbarians. I have a hard time imagining how life in East Texas must have been in the Twenties and early Thirties, how difficult it must have been to inform oneself about the wider world. Which makes his success as a story-teller even more remarkable.
Thank you. I intend to read Wagner's Kane stories. R. E. Howard was a indeed a creative phenomenon beyond ordinary comprehension. For what it's worth, he was sent to a larger town to be educated when a child, and also studied much of historical texts in his teen years, I believe. Then took it from there and created his own universe.
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Post by Knygathin on Aug 5, 2023 21:46:09 GMT
What ya think, was Wagner even better than Howard at writing barbarian tales? Was he truly, a brutal barbarian in his soul, like Howard?
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Post by Knygathin on Aug 5, 2023 5:05:03 GMT
I think it is a safe bet that all those Wordsworth books of a unique and innocently experimental era on jamesdoig's shelf, will now suddenly and quickly rise in collector's value.
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Post by Knygathin on Aug 4, 2023 4:49:06 GMT
Writing may be dangerous. Too much EC Horror Comic style or Conan like stories is not good. You will start solving social issues with your neighbours in the same way.
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Post by Knygathin on Aug 3, 2023 22:33:27 GMT
Very interesting, Wicca! And deeply sensible advice. I bow to you.
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Post by Knygathin on Aug 2, 2023 22:26:04 GMT
Exciting! I hope these great little books with the embossed glossy skull and blood return. I prefer the black/dark grey design more than the later red.
A few possible candidates:
Clark Ashton Smith M. P. Shiel Walter de la Mare Charles Birkin
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Post by Knygathin on Aug 1, 2023 6:50:31 GMT
It seems content (settings, events) is more important than form. One can write garbage prose, and still sell (especially with great cover art!). But where goes the line between content and form? Aren't they ultimately one and the same?
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Post by Knygathin on Aug 1, 2023 6:01:17 GMT
I peeked at the first paragraph of the first book, and it peaked my interest. I want to continue reading!!
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Post by Knygathin on Jul 31, 2023 8:27:10 GMT
Sadly, Dance of the Dwarfs seems to have a 'Scooby-Doo' ending, which I think means waste of time for an otherwise promising supernatural story. I remember it as a particularly powerful ending. Household is guilty of essentially rewriting the same book (the great Rogue Male) several times, but this isn't one of them. I'd personally recommend it, certainly much more than his more overtly supernatural The Sending I hope I can set some time aside for it. Anyway, Dance of the Dwarfs was also called The Adversary, should someone find that edition only.
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Post by Knygathin on Jul 30, 2023 8:36:51 GMT
Nice Mayflower paperback edition of Dance of the Dwarfs from 1971 - Great cover. Never heard of the book but it looks rather good Sadly, it seems to have a 'Scooby-Doo' ending, which I think means waste of time for an otherwise promising supernatural story. By the way, there appears to be a corn of truth to the legends of gnomes living in South America. Here is a mobile phone document from a group of youngsters hanging out at night in Argentina:
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Post by Knygathin on Jul 29, 2023 23:43:19 GMT
I've managed to clear out the garage and we're off to Poland in a couple of weeks. Happy journey, and I look forward to hearing your impressions of Poland. Expect things to be pretty hectic and messy, with lots of refugees and police controls. But this may still be a good time and chance to visit Poland, in spite of the War across the border. Because things may, or likely will, get a lot worse in the near future.
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Post by Knygathin on Jul 28, 2023 9:18:54 GMT
Speaking of unusual bookcases, here is one courtesy of Graham "Ghastly" Ingels. Doesn't fit a lot of books, but a lovely piece of furniture. I wonder if he drew this from reality, or if it is just a fantasy.
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Post by Knygathin on Jul 28, 2023 8:03:49 GMT
I bought the trade paperbacks instead, they were of more even height.
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