daniel1976
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Post by daniel1976 on Oct 19, 2013 19:08:48 GMT
the original kong is the film i love most in this life, and i've read a great deal about it's conception and history. i regret to say this but lovelace was simply the wrong writer for the job. neither kong or his island and fellow creatures are described in any awe-inspiring manner and i could'nt avoid thnking that had wallace lived, he most naturally would have written the novelization. i heartily recommend the one written by brad strickland. i wonder if there were others over the years..
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daniel1976
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Post by daniel1976 on Oct 19, 2013 17:35:59 GMT
the don sebastian chronicles are definitely a series that should be given an omnibus edition. titan books should do an annotated one, after their wonderful reprints of the anno dracula series. however, someone please refresh my memory: does don sebastian have shape-shifting powers? in "the bloody red baron" he is mentioned as having none, and i somehow recall that he does in "the black castle".
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daniel1976
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Post by daniel1976 on Oct 19, 2013 14:55:37 GMT
having searched my mind for a werewolf novel that could be defined as 1: one in which rules are set, either to be followed or parted with by later authors, 2: is synonimous in the public mind with the concept of a werewolf or lycanthrope of other types- i could'nt decide on any. to illustrate: vampires have dracula most easily associated with them. science gone wrong has frankenstein as a by-word.
but what of werewolves? which text is the definitive one there?
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daniel1976
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Post by daniel1976 on Oct 19, 2013 14:43:32 GMT
at present, ideas that i have for anthologies are:
a: stories that inspired ridley scott's "alien", with an introduction by him, which would include: 1: who goes there? by campbell, 2: at the mountains of madness: lovecraft 3: 1 night of 21 hours : renato mastriniero 4: this angry red planet: sid pink.
and possibly others that were used. either originally for "alien" or as the basis for earlier films.
b: stories about universal studios versions of classic monsters, as well as the hammer interpretations thereof. the differences between those films as sources and the original written novels and stories is self-explanatory. c: horror stories of the great war: from frankenstein in the somme to the mutants of the marne...
your thoughts?
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daniel1976
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Post by daniel1976 on Oct 18, 2013 18:38:49 GMT
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daniel1976
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Post by daniel1976 on Oct 18, 2013 15:09:06 GMT
many thanks mr. campbell!
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daniel1976
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Post by daniel1976 on Oct 17, 2013 19:20:10 GMT
many thanks demonik, i've just spotted the reprint on amazon. was anyone here ever able to shed some light on the identity of the author? again my thanks.
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daniel1976
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Post by daniel1976 on Oct 17, 2013 18:08:05 GMT
hello craig, thanks for your welcoming note,
as for the story, "in the slaughteryard", i saw a reference to it in an anthology by michael parry. however, the long hand of "anonymous" will stretch out from beyond eternity...
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daniel1976
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Post by daniel1976 on Oct 17, 2013 17:28:38 GMT
i've recently discovered your wonderful website, and decided to join as part of my search for many stories and novels of personal interest within the time-frame and emphasis on british culture to which this website is devoted.
i'm 37 years old, currently the holder of an m.a. degree in comparative literature, having written a thesis titled "the myth of circe in the scientific age, in the novels "the island of doctor moreau (1896) and "men like gods" (1923)" submitted in 2011. i've translated a collection of stories by h.p.lovecraft into hebrew, which was originally selected by colin wilson- in 2002.
apart from an acquaintance with the classics of horror, from shelly to stoker, my introduction to british horror anthologies began with "the rivals of frankenstein" at age 14, followed by "tales of a monster hunter" edited by peter cushing, i've read two or three anthologies edited by peter heining, and am still looking for his h.g.wells and jules verne scrapbooks.
i'm particularly fond overall of sci-fi, horror and fantasy from 1750-1950 or stories inspired by these periods in those fields.
i'd like to ask if anyone here is familiar with an anthology titled "realms of darkness" with an introduction by christopher lee, which contains the short story "in the slaughteryard" by an anonymous author, which is part of a sequence about an adventurers club. has anyone any details about story, author or sequence? thanks, daniel.
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