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Post by alansjf on Jul 18, 2008 10:55:17 GMT
I don't think you can beat a British horror production for creepyness. The yank stuff just doesn't have that spine tingling element. In general, I'd tend to agree, but there are exceptions of course. Robert Wise's The Haunting (a personal favorite) for one. These days I rarely experience that 'ok, I'll go to bed, but maybe I'll just leave the light on for a while...' sense of dread that was the whole point of staying up late on a Friday or Saturday night watching horror movies on TV. I have come close a few times, especially watching Japanese or Korean films that understand the importance of atmosphere and suggestion when it comes to trying to really creep out your audience. Though maybe I just scare easy...
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Post by alansjf on Jul 11, 2008 11:01:20 GMT
I really wish I didn't have this bordering-on-OCD need to read books in the order I buy them, because I really want to read this one now, but there are a couple of others ahead of it in the queue. I'm hoping they're both stinkers so I can toss 'em aside and find out if the 3rd BBoH really does live up to that amazing cover...
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Post by alansjf on Jul 11, 2008 10:52:18 GMT
Well Virgin have just published Ligotti's collection Teatro Grottesco, so maybe they'll do the same with TBtD, or Campbell's next PS collection (I think it's out sometime in 09).
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Post by alansjf on Jul 10, 2008 21:50:46 GMT
I really enjoyed this one - there's a brilliant set piece towards the end - a real 'why the hell has nobody thought of that before?' moment. But I won't spoil it either...
As for a more wallet-friendly edition; Tor have been issuing US editions of Campbell's PS novels for a few years now, and of course Virgin have just done the same with The Grin of the Dark, so there's a good chance one of them will reissue Thieving Fear at some point.
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Post by alansjf on Jul 3, 2008 17:26:36 GMT
Mouldering revenants and hapless antiquarians - what's not to love?
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Post by alansjf on Jun 19, 2008 12:15:01 GMT
Machen is a great writer, highly recommended. Here's a link to some of his books and stories: www.munseys.com/detail/mode/author/machenThe Great God Pan is a must, in my humble opinion, and perhaps a good place to start. But everything on offer here is well worth reading.
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Post by alansjf on Jun 18, 2008 17:43:11 GMT
So volume three wil be a book of nice, sedate ghost stories then?
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Post by alansjf on Jun 16, 2008 21:14:33 GMT
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Post by alansjf on Jun 16, 2008 17:50:04 GMT
I'm sure regulars to this board are already aware of the Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural paperbacks issued by Wordsworth. Well, they've just added two new anthologies to their list, both edited by Mark Valentine:
- The Werewolf Pack
- The Black Veil & Other Tales of Supernatural Sleuths
According to Amazon, the pub. date for both was June 12, but I'm not sure if they actually have copies in stock yet.
Both worth a look, I think. And there are collections by J.H. Riddell and Amelia B. Edwards on the horizon too...
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Post by alansjf on Jun 9, 2008 17:28:46 GMT
Cheers demonik, that was quick work!
There are some really good stories here; I'm more impressed by the contents (of both books) than I expected to be. I think there's enough in each that I have't read to make them worthwhile purchases.
R.e. Netherlands v Italy - I hope it's an improvement on the Romania v France match I've got on in the background...
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Post by alansjf on Jun 9, 2008 12:53:17 GMT
Very much appreciated demonik. There's no particular hurry, though - it is a lot of typing!
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Post by alansjf on Jun 9, 2008 12:33:37 GMT
There doesn't seem to be a thread devoted to the two Evening Standard Books of Strange Stories from the 1930s. I'm trying to decide whether or not they're worth buying, but I want to check the TOCs first, and I've had no luck at all tracking them down online.
So, can anybody help me out? If someone can do a quick cut and past of the contents that would be great (80+ stories in each book!), or if there's a link to a site that has them that would be great too...
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Post by alansjf on Jun 3, 2008 11:56:12 GMT
MacLeod is a great writer, better known for his SF, but quite a few of his early stories were dark enough for Jones to select them for BNH.
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Post by alansjf on Jun 3, 2008 11:49:07 GMT
Best New Horror 17 (Robinson, 2006) (cover: Les Edwards) Stephen Jones - Introduction - Horror in 2005 Ramsey Campbell - The Decorations David Herter - Black and Green and Gold Carol Emshwiller - I Live With You and You Don’t Know It Peter Atkins - The Cubist’s Attorney Liz Williams - All Fish and Dracula China Mieville, Emma Bircham & Max Schaffer - The Ball Room Tim Pratt - Gulls Elizabeth Massie - Pinkie Mark Samuels - Glyphotech Holly Phillips - One of the Hungry Ones Brian Hodge - If I Should Wake Before I Die Rpberta Lannes - The Other Family Gahan Wilson - The Outermost Borough Glen Hirshberg - American Morons Adam L. G. Nevill - Where Angels Come In Terry Lamsley - Sickhouse Hospitality Joe Hill - Best New Horror Caitlin R. Kiernan - La Peau Verte David Morrell - Time Was Clive Barker - Haeckel’s Tale Brian Lumley - The Taint Ramsey Campbell - The Winner Stephen Jones & Kim Newman - Necrology - 2005
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Post by alansjf on Jun 3, 2008 11:46:07 GMT
Best New Horror 16 (Robinson, 2005) (cover: Les Edwards) Stephen Jones - Introduction - Horror in 2004 Neil Gaiman - Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire Ian Rowan - Lilies Ramsey Campbell - Breaking Up Brian Keene - “The King”, in - Yellow Tina Rath - A Trick of the Dark Leslie What - The Mutable Borders of Love L.H. Maynard & M.P.N. Sims - Flour White and Spindle Thin Christa Faust - Tighter Stephen Gallagher - Restraint Tanith Lee - Israbel Michael Shea - The Growlimb Michael Marshall Smith - This is Now Tim Lebbon - Remnants Glenn Hirshberg - Safety Clowns Poppy z. Brite - The Devil of Delery Street Jay Russell - Apocalypse Now, Voyager Kelly Link - Stone Animals Kim Newman - Soho Golem Dale Bailey - Spells for Halloween - An Acrostic Lisa Tuttle - My Death Neil Gaiman - The Problem of Susan Stephen Jones & Kim Newman - Necrology
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