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Post by lobolover on Apr 4, 2009 18:21:33 GMT
And if they do, will both ever be present at the same time. Could be another case of Jekyll and Hyde, though who is Jekyll and who is Hyde is anyone's guess. David People, could we please maybe stop with the spamming ? I can take a joke as much as a next person, but when an AF joke happens more then a week before AF and the subject matter gets discused instead of the original one , I would rather that a moderator would remove the excesive posts. Your'e making it hard actualy becoming a member of the vault with how precious litle discusion I can force people into to begin with .
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Post by dem bones on Apr 4, 2009 19:51:56 GMT
Your'e making it hard actualy becoming a member of the vault with how precious litle discusion I can force people into to begin with . Sorry to hear that. The other contributors seem to find it easy enough, or else they find another board where their brilliant academic insights and oh so important intelligent discussions are treated with the reverence they deserve. Maybe you ought to consider that option? Would you now? That would set a very dangerous precedent. If I were to remove any "excessive posts" from this thread, they sure wouldn't be those pertaining to Richard Stains, which, after all, generated positive response. Then i might start developing a mania for looking around for other "spam" to delete. Come to think of it, what is wrong with me that i'm even dignifying the above with a response in the first place? Either hang around or leave. It's of no interest to me one way or the other.
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Post by franklinmarsh on Apr 6, 2009 9:15:27 GMT
I knew you wouldn't clean up the Stains Dem!
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Post by dem bones on Apr 6, 2009 10:00:20 GMT
.... and don't forget: if you want to meet one of Dick's equally unseemly contemporaries, Edmund F. "The Misanthrope" Bertrand, check out the Don't Go To The Horror Convention thread. I'm sure his literary executor, a certain Mr. Samuels, will be very obliging if you ask him nicely. In a proper world Cannibal Kings of Horror would be on that BFA shortlist and no messing.
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Post by franklinmarsh on Apr 6, 2009 10:11:29 GMT
Indeedy. I'm convinced it was the success of appallingly bloodthirsty smutty yobboes like Staines that caused Gregory Pendennis' ill-advised return with Portal To Hades. The poor old codger just couldn't get to grips with in-yer-face sex 'n' violence so tried to write around it with endless nosh descriptions. Not one of his best.
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Post by Johnlprobert on Apr 6, 2009 10:41:35 GMT
I'm still chuckling at the concept of a horror writer who might actually have the nickname 'The Misanthrope'.
What would Staines' nickname be then?
Oh, and anyone fancy doing a Richard Staines tribute anthology? We could call it "Cleaning Up After Him: The Legacy of Richard Staines"
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Post by franklinmarsh on Apr 6, 2009 10:45:08 GMT
Brilliant idea Lord P! Pencil me in for When Animals Attack celebration Woodlouse! (US Title Silverfish!)
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Post by Dr Terror on Apr 6, 2009 12:54:49 GMT
Who says Staines don't exist!? I read one of his stories only yesterday. As for the worst horror fiction, how about The Riddle of Cthulhu by Ray Emerson?
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Post by David A. Riley on Apr 6, 2009 13:01:01 GMT
I thought you were making this one up, Charles, but you're not. Is it truly appalling? Is it so bad, like an Ed Wood Jnr movie, that it's almost good? David
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Post by Dr Terror on Apr 6, 2009 13:10:28 GMT
I'm afraid it really does exist, David, and I made the mistake of buying it. I think I managed to struggle through 30 - 50 pages before giving up on it, and I've never touched it since. Mercifully I've managed to blank out what was so bad about it, and just remember that it was bad. Maybe it gets better but I seriously doubt it, and I've got a lot of books to read before I ever consider going back to it. I can't believe there are 5 star reviews for it. Or even that I once saw 5 copies in a branch of Waterstones; how the hell did that happen!? Whatever you do, don't be tempted by it!
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Post by allthingshorror on Apr 6, 2009 13:14:30 GMT
Whatever you do, don't be tempted by it! Red rag to a bull Charlie.....
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Post by David A. Riley on Apr 6, 2009 13:20:35 GMT
I'd offer to swap it for Snell's Rose's of Blood on Barbwire Vines, but it sounds like it wouldn't be an improvement for either of us!
David
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Post by David A. Riley on Apr 6, 2009 13:22:00 GMT
That sounds frighteningly masochistic, Johnny. Bet you'd even give the Snell book a whirl. Nudge... nudge...
David
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Post by allthingshorror on Apr 6, 2009 13:48:57 GMT
Well it is my birthday on the 15th.....but I'd prefer a copy of your novella!
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Post by dem bones on Apr 8, 2009 18:50:50 GMT
Indeedy. I'm convinced it was the success of appallingly bloodthirsty smutty yobboes like Staines that caused Gregory Pendennis' ill-advised return with Portal To Hades. The poor old codger just couldn't get to grips with in-yer-face sex 'n' violence so tried to write around it with endless nosh descriptions. Not one of his best. Ah, I was thinking about the old reprobate in the bathroom just this morning. Is he still with us? Did he ever get to finish Bottoms Up For Lucifer!? I must admit to being disappointed with Portal To Hades, having read it directly after the mighty To Hell With The Devil and Abducted By Satan. There are glimpses of the old magic in the 27 chapters dealing with the lobster menu at the Dorchester, but he should have kept his warning against dabbling in the secret arts on page 3 instead of moving it to page 7. It would have been a much better novel if he'd done that.
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