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Post by cauldronbrewer on Aug 23, 2012 11:25:03 GMT
My copy arrived yesterday!! It's a nice thick book with tiny print! I ordered mine yesterday and eagerly await its arrival.
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Sept 5, 2012 11:32:37 GMT
Voodoo Tales: The Ghost Stories of Henry S. Whitehead (Wordsworth Editions)Introduction (by David Stuart Davies)
WEST INDIA LIGHTS The Black Terror West India Lights Williamson The Shut Room The Left Eye Tea Leaves The Trap The Napier Limousine The Ravel Pavane Sea Change The People of Pan The Chadbourne Episode Scar Tissue "'—In Case of Disaster Only'" Bothon The Great Circle Obi in the Caribbean
JUMBEE AND OTHER VOODOO TALES Jumbee Cassius Black Tancrède The Shadows Sweet Grass The Tree-Man Passing of a God Hill Drums
THE BLACK BEAST AND OTHER VOODOO TALES The Black Beast Seven Turns In A Hangman’s Rope Mrs. Lorriquer The Projection Of Armand Dubois The Lips The Fireplace
OTHER STORIES The Moon Dial No Eye-Witnesses Across the Gulf The Tabernacle The Door Sea-TigerHere it is: the most comprehensive collection of Henry S. Whitehead's work to date. It's not quite a complete collection, but a few quid for this will buy you almost 700 pages of the writer's work. The stories are divided into four groups. The first group is identical to the contents of Arkham House's West India Lights. The second and third groups parallel the contents of the two Mayflower paperbacks (one mystery: why didn't Wordsworth simply combine these into one group reflecting the contents of Arkham House's Jumbee and Other Uncanny Tales, from which the Mayflower books were derived?). The fourth group consists of six stories not included in any of those collections. I also see that Wordsworth has shifted from a black-themed cover format to a red-themed one. Huzzah to Wordsworth for putting a big portion of Whitehead's work back into print.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Sept 5, 2012 12:05:33 GMT
Voodoo Tales: The Ghost Stories of Henry S. Whitehead (Wordsworth Editions)Introduction (by David Stuart Davies)
WEST INDIA LIGHTS The Black Terror West India Lights Williamson The Shut Room The Left Eye Tea Leaves The Trap The Napier Limousine The Ravel Pavane Sea Change The People of Pan The Chadbourne Episode Scar Tissue "'—In Case of Disaster Only'" Bothon The Great Circle Obi in the Caribbean
JUMBEE AND OTHER VOODOO TALES Jumbee Cassius Black Tancrède The Shadows Sweet Grass The Tree-Man Passing of a God Hill Drums
THE BLACK BEAST AND OTHER VOODOO TALES The Black Beast Seven Turns In A Hangman’s Rope Mrs. Lorriquer The Projection Of Armand Dubois The Lips The Fireplace
OTHER STORIES The Moon Dial No Eye-Witnesses Across the Gulf The Tabernacle The Door Sea-TigerHere it is: the most comprehensive collection of Henry S. Whitehead's work to date. It's not quite a complete collection, but a few quid for this will buy you almost 700 pages of the writer's work. The stories are divided into four groups. The first group is identical to the contents of Arkham House's West India Lights. The second and third groups parallel the contents of the two Mayflower paperbacks (one mystery: why didn't Wordsworth simply combine these into one group reflecting the contents of Arkham House's Jumbee and Other Uncanny Tales, from which the Mayflower books were derived?). The fourth group consists of six stories not included in any of those collections. I also see that Wordsworth has shifted from a black-themed cover format to a red-themed one. Huzzah to Wordsworth for putting a big portion of Whitehead's work back into print. Want it! Need it!
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Post by David A. Riley on Sept 5, 2012 12:55:03 GMT
Voodoo Tales: The Ghost Stories of Henry S. Whitehead (Wordsworth Editions)Introduction (by David Stuart Davies)
WEST INDIA LIGHTS The Black Terror West India Lights Williamson The Shut Room The Left Eye Tea Leaves The Trap The Napier Limousine The Ravel Pavane Sea Change The People of Pan The Chadbourne Episode Scar Tissue "'—In Case of Disaster Only'" Bothon The Great Circle Obi in the Caribbean
JUMBEE AND OTHER VOODOO TALES Jumbee Cassius Black Tancrède The Shadows Sweet Grass The Tree-Man Passing of a God Hill Drums
THE BLACK BEAST AND OTHER VOODOO TALES The Black Beast Seven Turns In A Hangman’s Rope Mrs. Lorriquer The Projection Of Armand Dubois The Lips The Fireplace
OTHER STORIES The Moon Dial No Eye-Witnesses Across the Gulf The Tabernacle The Door Sea-TigerHere it is: the most comprehensive collection of Henry S. Whitehead's work to date. It's not quite a complete collection, but a few quid for this will buy you almost 700 pages of the writer's work. The stories are divided into four groups. The first group is identical to the contents of Arkham House's West India Lights. The second and third groups parallel the contents of the two Mayflower paperbacks (one mystery: why didn't Wordsworth simply combine these into one group reflecting the contents of Arkham House's Jumbee and Other Uncanny Tales, from which the Mayflower books were derived?). The fourth group consists of six stories not included in any of those collections. I also see that Wordsworth has shifted from a black-themed cover format to a red-themed one. Huzzah to Wordsworth for putting a big portion of Whitehead's work back into print. Want it! Need it! Me too. Not only has it got a great cover, but the contents!!!
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Post by cw67q on Sept 5, 2012 13:04:31 GMT
Already about a 1/4 of the way through, I think this is a must buy particularly at £3 a copy!
BTW this is the second (at least) book in the series to have a red cover. The Big EF Benson collection from a few months back was also red.
Thanks for the note that the middle two sections made up the original Jumbee collection, I hadn't realised that and wondered why the second Arkham collection was so much longer than the first. It does seem an odd way to structure the collection.
- Chris
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Sept 5, 2012 14:58:23 GMT
Broke the habits of a life time and ordered this immediately 3-70 euros - utter steal.
Is it just me or does that red cover seal it?
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Post by David A. Riley on Sept 5, 2012 15:13:39 GMT
No, it's not just you, Craig.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Sept 5, 2012 15:56:28 GMT
BTW this is the second (at least) book in the series to have a red cover. The Big EF Benson collection from a few months back was also red. Actually, I have a copy of the Benson book with an old-style cover. This is interesting, as it indicates that there have already been at least two printings! Apparently Benson is selling like crazy. I do like the new, sober cover format, though. I do not miss the skull and the dripping blood.
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Post by dem bones on Sept 5, 2012 19:35:14 GMT
The red cover is very striking, but it's sad to say goodbye to the skull after all these years. Very well done to the team for hunting down so many of the stories and cramming them in. That'll be a trip to Soho on Friday, then. And thanks C.B. for confirming the contents. Between this and the Alison Prince book you must be spoilt for choice which to start first.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Sept 6, 2012 7:35:54 GMT
I've collapsed. My normal miserliness forgotten. I've gone for Benson too. They have an offer on at Amazon.de - Free delivery in Germany, 3.70 Euros. Almost seems a sin at these prices.
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Post by cw67q on Sept 6, 2012 7:51:17 GMT
I have the earlier edition of the Benson too and whilst the wordsowrth is clearly based on the castle-covered edition it isn't an exact reprint. The Wordsowrth drops the essay on the Witch Hunting at [someplace] and repleces the introduction form the earlier edition (by Richard Dalby? IIRC] with one by David stuart Davies. Whilst it is a pity that the subsequently discovered tales included in the Flint Knife [and also later, but less likely from the Ash-Tree press series] are not included the Benson is another great bargain. Although I don't recommend too much of Benson at once, I prefer to dip into his collections as I find his pacing varies very little between different tales. Has anyone read the Simon Iff stories? Cheers - Chris BTW this is the second (at least) book in the series to have a red cover. The Big EF Benson collection from a few months back was also red. Actually, I have a copy of the Benson book with an old-style cover. This is interesting, as it indicates that there have already been at least two printings! Apparently Benson is selling like crazy. I do like the new, sober cover format, though. I do not miss the skull and the dripping blood.
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Post by doug on Sept 6, 2012 8:29:14 GMT
I've collapsed. My normal miserliness forgotten. I've gone for Benson too. They have an offer on at Amazon.de - Free delivery in Germany, 3.70 Euros. Almost seems a sin at these prices. Good for you. I know that it was the best €3,70 that I ever spent! take care. Doug
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Sept 6, 2012 8:43:36 GMT
I've collapsed. My normal miserliness forgotten. I've gone for Benson too. They have an offer on at Amazon.de - Free delivery in Germany, 3.70 Euros. Almost seems a sin at these prices. Good for you. I know that it was the best €3,70 that I ever spent! take care. Doug If I had the money I'd buy the lot to be honest but Benson and Whithead can't be argued about. The good folks at Wordsworth have really rolled out the barrel with this. The book covers are tremendous too. hats off to the artists.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Sept 6, 2012 8:44:35 GMT
I have the earlier edition of the Benson too and whilst the wordsowrth is clearly based on the castle-covered edition it isn't an exact reprint. I think you misunderstand. What I meant is that I have a Wordsworth Benson omnibus which does not have the new-style red cover.
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Post by Dr Strange on Sept 6, 2012 11:08:12 GMT
I have the earlier edition of the Benson too and whilst the wordsowrth is clearly based on the castle-covered edition it isn't an exact reprint. The Wordsowrth drops the essay on the Witch Hunting at [someplace] and repleces the introduction form the earlier edition (by Richard Dalby? IIRC] with one by David stuart Davies. The one with the castle on the cover - I think that'll be the Robinson collection that I have too. Probably all the Benson I will ever need. And the essay is about the Clonmel witch, also recently mentioned on the Irish Tales of Terror thread. Benson argued that if the killers really did believe they were dealing with an actual "witch", then their obvious lack of education meant they were "like children" and so should be spared the death penalty.
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