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Post by dem bones on Oct 10, 2009 6:24:07 GMT
August Derleth (ed.) – Who Knocks? (Panther, 1964) Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman – The Shadows On The Wall A.E. Coppard – Old Martin Ray Bradbury – The Lake H. R. Wakefield – The Seventeenth Hole At Duncaster Theodore Sturgeon – It Seabury Quinn – The Phantom Farmhouse J. Sheridan Le Fanu – Squire Toby’s Will E. F. Benson – Negotium Perambulans May Sinclair – The Intercessor Edward Lucas White – The House of the Nightmare Lady Cynthia Asquith – The Follower Henry S. Whitehead – The Ravel ‘Pavane’ Blurb WE WARN YOU
It is only fair to warn the reader that if too many of these stories are read at one sitting in the dead of night we cannot hold ourselves responsible for the damage to his nervous system that may result. However, one or two stories, if read in a comfortable sitting room with warm sunlight streaming in, will cause no ill effects unless someone tiptoes in and taps the reader on the shoulder. Originally this was published in hard covers as Who Knocks? Twenty Masterpieces of the Spectral for the Connoisseur (Rinehart, 1946) and, as with many Derleth anthologies, the UK edition was seriously abridged. We lost: Algernon Blackwood - Running Wolf 'Stephen Grendon' (Derleth) - Alannah W. Fryer Harvey - The Ankerdyne Pew Wilbur Daniel Steele - The Woman At Seven Brothers Alice-Mary Schnirring - The Dear Departed Edward Lloyd-Hampton - A Revision To Type H. P. Lovecraft - The Shunned House Arthur J. Burks - The Ghosts of Steamboat Coulee
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Post by doug on Oct 24, 2010 11:44:21 GMT
I just got lucky and found a copy of the hardback on abebooks.de and only paid 10€!! Even thought it doesn't have a DJ it was money well spent. The selection of stories is excellent.Aside from Sturgeon's "It" and Lovecraft's "Shunned House" all of the stories were new to me and the Lee Brown Coye illustrations are simply amazing! I'd love to get "Sleep no more" and "the Nightside", but since these are serious collector items even the beat up copies are a little too expensive for my budget.
This is IMHO a must have anthology if you can dig up an affordable copy.
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Post by dem bones on Sept 5, 2021 18:28:25 GMT
Henry S. Whitehead - The Ravel Pavene: Whenever world famous pianist Miss Marie Boutacheff hears a certain passage of music, she is transported to a doorway outside a vast ballroom where the Pavene is being danced to by cavaliers in velvet cloaks and silk clad women. Marie craves above all else to pass through the doorway. Each time she hears the piece, the vision gains in clarity. Finally Gerald Canevin asks the celebrated Orfeo Mattalon - with whom Marie is in love - to play Ravel's music at a party. When he graciously complies, Miss Boutacheff fulfills her ambition and attends the dance, where, of course Orfeo awaits. According to the maestro, Marie is the living double of the Princess for whom the dance was originally composed.
Thought I was going to struggle with this one as the early references went over my head, but quickly got into the swing of things. An unashamedly pleasant romance. Whitehead liked a sentimental ghost story, that's for sure.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Sept 5, 2021 19:04:20 GMT
Ugo Farell performs Ravel's "Pavane":
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