daniel1976
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Post by daniel1976 on Jun 11, 2016 16:52:22 GMT
i saw that this novel was cited as part of the wordsworth editions |(but naw sadly no longer available) but not discussed in depth. has anyone read it and would like to share any details or impressions?
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daniel1976
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Post by daniel1976 on Sept 29, 2015 12:06:05 GMT
hello all,
for many years now, i've been looking for an old book probably from the late 70's about dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, from which i particularly remember a parade of dinosaurs around a very large birthday cake, and in another section, cave people looking at animals in a zoo. the book is most likely printed in britain.
another book on the same subject, most definitely printed in britain as part of a children's encyclopedia, had a picture of a triceratops goring a t.rex so strongly that it's horns were stuck in the t.rex's stomach. does anyone recall anything like this? thanks, daniel
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daniel1976
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Post by daniel1976 on May 23, 2015 9:51:31 GMT
i've known the dr. hermes site for years and even e-mailed him on occasion. i wish he'd go back to reviewing fiction. by the way, "the bloody red baron" by kim newman seems highly influenced by g-8.
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Post by daniel1976 on May 19, 2015 7:02:18 GMT
yes, exactly that. i wish there was a list of synopses for all those stories.
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daniel1976
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Post by daniel1976 on May 17, 2015 9:23:48 GMT
hello all,
i've recently discovered the g-8 series, as well as the works of donald f. keyhoe ( weird ww1) and i have these questions for you: 1: are there any similar stories from the pulps? 2: in these specific groups, which stories feature vampires, giant bats or dinosaurs? thanks, daniel
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daniel1976
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Post by daniel1976 on Oct 28, 2013 18:59:55 GMT
ripper: yes i was referring to the bava film.
demonik: i'll check out the stories you mention. whats "three on a match" about?" i've enjoyed the bloody red baron immensly.
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daniel1976
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Post by daniel1976 on Oct 27, 2013 18:30:38 GMT
ripper, is the film you mention related to "the space vampires?" if it is, then the story by mastriniero is the source of it. about ww1, machen has another story called "the terror" which he may have even turned into a novel, about nature itself revolting against the horror of the war. in the anthology i hope to see one day, his stories about the war would certainly be prominent.
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daniel1976
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Post by daniel1976 on Oct 26, 2013 18:15:52 GMT
i read somewhere a few years ago that "white devil" was to take place in tibet, immediately after "no blood spilled". this would have resulted in the last three novels form a trilogy in the more conventional sense, at least according to daniels himself.
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daniel1976
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Post by daniel1976 on Oct 25, 2013 19:55:34 GMT
all his stories in five volumes? or five volumes as a start? personally i prefer seeing related stories in a single volume dedicated to them. as for howard, since he wrote so much collecting all his works would probably call for the establishment of a publishing firm dedicated to the task,
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Post by daniel1976 on Oct 25, 2013 19:26:08 GMT
you're welcome. "dr. jekyll and mr. holmes" is very good, by the way. you won't be disappointed with "skein". the only other davies book about holmes that i've read is "the hentzau affair" which connects holmes with the prisoner of zenda but not very succesfully.
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Post by daniel1976 on Oct 24, 2013 16:34:18 GMT
as i understand, the fact that volumes of smith's work arranged by cycle appeared only very rarely so far, may be attributed not to his antiquated prose, as was assumed often, but to legal issues with the holders of his estate. that's what i learned from the robert.e.howard forum where smith's work is often discussed. anyone who knows the excellent howard collections recently printed by del rey, for example, will agree that work of similar magnitude should be done in smith's case.
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daniel1976
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Post by daniel1976 on Oct 24, 2013 16:04:46 GMT
but alas, no dinosaurs...
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Post by daniel1976 on Oct 24, 2013 15:58:16 GMT
saberhagen wrote another holmes-dracula book called "seance for a vampire" . however, on the whole, the saberhagen dracula series always felt to me like some kid-friendly marvel comics story, or very diluted robert lory.
the tangled skien is splendid, and certainly brings to mind lee and cushing in the lead roles rather than lugosi and rathbone in estleman's work. however i'm certain that other holmes-dracula stories are out there somewhere...
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Post by daniel1976 on Oct 20, 2013 18:38:37 GMT
my thanks to you both. demonik, am i to understand that "werewolf of paris" is'nt an actual shapeshifter? that's strange, since i've been told that it was.
mr.ager, i certainly intend to read this anthology, from the excellent valancourt press.
i'd like to recommend to you a novel called "the prey" by an unknown author called robert arthur smith, which is about a young austrian nobleman on the eve of the french revolution whose family hides some ancient artifact sought by a clan of werewolves for many generations. why? go on and read it! written in the seventies, it's a treat for those who speculate "what would a werewolf novel be like, had bram stoker decided to really let his hair down?"
also, "darker than you think" by jack williamson. a classic tale of pulp adventure in which an archeologist returning from asia encounters a strange woman and ancient powers...
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daniel1976
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Post by daniel1976 on Oct 19, 2013 19:24:22 GMT
unless i'm wrong, the choose-your-own-adventure gamebook genre is a british invention. since most of these books are horror-fantasy-sci-fi related, they form a link with my fascination with brit horror. does anyone here remember j.h.brennan who authored many arthurian-legend books in this genre as well as "curse of frankenstein" and "castle dracula?" they were very interesting plot-wise...
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