zaraath
Crab On The Rampage
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Post by zaraath on Jun 28, 2013 3:15:30 GMT
I suppose that is a pleasure that will forever be denied me, along with seeing the Imperial War Museum and downing a bottle at Claridges. We do have a local ghost legend though, about a hanged witch whose bisected corpse was buried in separate graves. Whenever someone visits one of her gravesites, the two halves will creep closer together, finally uniting to wreak her vengeance on the descendants of her persecutors. strangemaryland.blogspot.com/2009/09/upper-and-lower-melinda.html |
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Post by Shrink Proof on Jul 3, 2013 9:01:37 GMT
I would never for a second assume that Britain has a monopoly on spooky places. I've been comprehensively creeped out at various sites in several other countries (including USA). I just think that we have a greater concentration of them than many lands and also that Munby is quintessentially British.
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Post by zaraath on Jul 3, 2013 19:02:57 GMT
I cannot disagree with the hauntedness of Britain.
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Post by Dr Strange on Jul 10, 2013 14:32:19 GMT
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Post by zaraath on Jul 10, 2013 19:45:58 GMT
That is the same cover as the edition I have.
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Post by ripper on Aug 11, 2013 11:42:40 GMT
Munby's slim volume is a favourite of mine. I have the 1974 edition, bought from a US book shop via telephone in 2000. I can't remember how much it cost, but probably around £10 including postage. It's a fine collection of stories, many Jamesian, and it's a great pity that there are not many more to enjoy. I first came across Munby in "12 Supernatural Tales" edited by Michael Cox, in which A Christmas Game is included. Shortly after reading it, I attended the 20th anniversary Ghosts and Scholars bash in Rochester and there was a reading of another of Munby's stories, The Negro's Head, and I knew then that I had to get a copy of the collection.
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Post by clarence on Mar 22, 2015 17:14:17 GMT
I recently obtained the Sundial Press edition - and have read the first five (of fourteen) stories.
Promising so far.
Clarence
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Post by ripper on Mar 23, 2015 9:34:23 GMT
A few of the stories were written while Munby was a prisoner-of-war and published in the camp magazine. He is a very entertaining writer imho, and one of my favourite members of 'The James Gang,' though not all of his stories are Jamesian.
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Post by ripper on Mar 26, 2015 13:37:28 GMT
I think I may need to correct myself, as all of the stories may well have been written in that POW camp.
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Post by Dr Strange on Mar 27, 2015 13:08:43 GMT
I've read in various different places that "all", "most", "some" or "a few" of the stories were written while he was a POW - though, according to Wikipedia, three of the stories actually appeared "in a prison-camp magazine".
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Post by ripper on Mar 28, 2015 9:28:59 GMT
There does seem to be some confusion over where the stories were written and first published. If all were written while he was a POW then I am a bit surprised that only 3 would have been published in the camp magazine, as Wikipedia claims. I don't have a copy of Ash-tree's edition, so no idea if there is any mention of when the stories were first written and published in the introduction.
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Post by Michael Connolly on Nov 25, 2015 13:31:58 GMT
According to A.N.L. Munby's foreword to the first edition of The Alabaster Hand, only three of his stories first appeared in Touchstone, the prison camp magazine: "The Four-Poster", "The White Sack" and "The Topley Place Sale". "The Four-Poster" was also separately published in the camp. Any existing copies would be worth a fortune.
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Post by dem on Nov 25, 2015 15:04:25 GMT
According to A.N.L. Munby's foreword to the first edition of The Alabaster Hand, only three of his stories first appeared in Touchstone, the prison camp magazine: "The Four-Poster", "The White Sack" and "The Topley Place Sale". "The Four-Poster" was also separately published in the camp. Any existing copies would be worth a fortune. Just checked, and the 'Foreword' survived the transition to Tandem paperback. Don't know how I could have overlooked it until now.  |
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Post by Michael Connolly on Dec 10, 2018 15:41:16 GMT
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Post by Swampirella on Dec 10, 2018 15:58:38 GMT
Bless them for reprinting it! A lovely cover too. The God of Books was smiling down on me when I found my copy at a church sale. I'd never heard of him until then. It's in my "go-bag" along with other precious items in case of fire....
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