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Post by Craig Herbertson on Feb 3, 2012 23:06:39 GMT
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Feb 4, 2012 18:18:58 GMT
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Feb 4, 2012 22:26:11 GMT
Wouldn't mind owning a copy but the $7,500 starting bid is fractionally out of my reach.... |
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Post by dem on Feb 5, 2012 9:39:07 GMT
alternatively, this will only set you back £2.99 Edgar Allan Poe - Tales Of Mystery & Imagination (Wordsworth Editions, 2008) John S. Whitley - Introduction
The Gold Bug
The Facts In The Case Of M. Valdemar
MS. Found in a Bottle
A Descent into the Maelstrom
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Mystery of Marie Roget
The Purloined Letter
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Premature Burial
The Black Cat
The Masque of the Red Death
The Cask of Amontillado
The Oval Portrait
The Oblong Box
The Tell-Tale Heart
Ligeia
Loss of Breath
Shadow - A Parable
Silence - A Fable
The Man Of The Crowd
Some Words With a Mummy
NotesBlurb: This collection of Poe's best stories contains all the terrifying and bewildering tales that characterise his work. As well as the Gothic horror of such famous stories as 'The Pit and the Pendulum', 'The Fall of the House of Usher', 'The Premature Burial' and 'The Tell-Tale Heart', all of Poe's Auguste Dupin stories are included.
These are the first modern detective stories and include 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue', 'The Mystery of Marie Roget' and 'The Purloined Letter'. to be honest, it's a Wordsworth i've not been in the greatest rush to obtain because, introduction apart, the material is easily obtainable in similar volumes and, while i enjoy Poe's greatest horror hits as much as the next man, i find the rest a struggle. If you've not had the benefit of a classical education, the literary allusions are frequently bewildering and the side-splitting mirth can be a little difficult to detect, or at least, it is for this reader. Here's a challenge for you. Other than the thirteen listed below, which of Poe's other stories would you suggest i read when next i fancy a nightmare? 1. Facts In The Case Of M. Valdemar 2. The Cask of Amontillado 3. The Fall Of The House Of Usher 4. The Black Cat 5. Berenice 6. The Tell-Tale Heart 7. Hop-Frog 8. Metzengerstein 9. Ligeia 10. Morella 11. The Pit and the Pendulum 12. The Premature Burial 13. How to Write a Blackwood Article/ A Predicament |
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Post by noose on Feb 5, 2012 9:46:00 GMT
I came across a EAP volume yesterday - had never seen it before; and can't quite remember the title - The Weird Stories of the Weird Edgar Allan Poe or something. It did have weird in the title twice. Damn, I'm getting old...  |
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Post by andydecker on Feb 5, 2012 12:51:05 GMT
Here's a challenge for you. Other than the thirteen listed below, which of Poe's other stories would you suggest i read when next i fancy a nightmare? Nothing comes to mind. And frankly, stories like Berenice I only understood when I read Corben´s comic adaption. Corben at Warren Magazines doing Poe -  In my youth I had to bought The Complete Poe in a nice german edition, 10 volumes, translated by the then most famous translators there were, one of those literary things. His stories and his reviews and his letters and his laundrey list And guess what - I read a couple of the stories, browsed through the other stuff, thought it really, really boring and put those books away for a rainy day. Poe is one of those cases where the myths have long left the real work behind. |
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Post by doomovertheworld on Feb 5, 2012 13:06:59 GMT
alternatively, this will only set you back £2.99 Edgar Allan Poe - Tales Of Mystery & Imagination (Wordsworth Editions, 2008) John S. Whitley - Introduction
The Gold Bug
The Facts In The Case Of M. Valdemar
MS. Found in a Bottle
A Descent into the Maelstrom
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Mystery of Marie Roget
The Purloined Letter
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Premature Burial
The Black Cat
The Masque of the Red Death
The Cask of Amontillado
The Oval Portrait
The Oblong Box
The Tell-Tale Heart
Ligeia
Loss of Breath
Shadow - A Parable
Silence - A Fable
The Man Of The Crowd
Some Words With a Mummy
NotesBlurb: This collection of Poe's best stories contains all the terrifying and bewildering tales that characterise his work. As well as the Gothic horror of such famous stories as 'The Pit and the Pendulum', 'The Fall of the House of Usher', 'The Premature Burial' and 'The Tell-Tale Heart', all of Poe's Auguste Dupin stories are included.
These are the first modern detective stories and include 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue', 'The Mystery of Marie Roget' and 'The Purloined Letter'. to be honest, it's a Wordsworth i've not been in the greatest rush to obtain because, introduction apart, the material is easily obtainable in similar volumes and, while i enjoy Poe's greatest horror hits as much as the next man, i find the rest a struggle. If you've not had the benefit of a classical education, the literary allusions are frequently bewildering and the side-splitting mirth can be a little difficult to detect, or at least, it is for this reader. Here's a challenge for you. Other than the thirteen listed below, which of Poe's other stories would you suggest i read when next i fancy a nightmare? 1. Facts In The Case Of M. Valdemar 2. The Cask of Amontillado 3. The Fall Of The House Of Usher 4. The Black Cat 5. Berenice 6. The Tell-Tale Heart 7. Hop-Frog 8. Metzengerstein 9. Ligeia 10. Morella 11. The Pit and the Pendulum 12. The Premature Burial 13. How to Write a Blackwood Article/ A Predicament Poe is a bit of an acquired taste in my experience. i have to be in the right frame of mind for him. stories that i would recommend excluding the ones that you have listed above would be: 1) The Masque of the Red Death 2) The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether however, i would say that you have got most of his classics there |
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Feb 5, 2012 13:12:47 GMT
I've always had a soft spot for Poe's sea-themed stories: "MS. Found in a Bottle," "A Descent into the Maelstrom," and The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym. Pym, in particular, is a thrill ride of a novella, though it's obvious that Poe was making it up as he went along (it ends, almost literally, in midair). From the original spoiler-heavy title page: THE NARRATIVE
OF
ARTHUR GORDON PYM.
OF NANTUCKET.
COMPRISING THE DETAILS OF A MUTINY AND ATROCIOUS BUTCHERY
ON BOARD THE AMERICAN BRIG GRAMPUS, ON HER WAY TO
THE SOUTH SEAS, IN THE MONTH OF JUNE, 1827.
WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE RECAPTURE OF THE VESSEL BY THE
SURVIVERS; THEIR SHIPWRECK AND SUBSEQUENT HORRIBLE
SUFFERINGS FROM FAMINE; THEIR DELIVERANCE BY
MEANS OF THE BRITISH SCHOONER JANE GUY; THE
BRIEF CRUISE OF THIS LATTER VESSEL IN THE
ANTARCTIC OCEAN; HER CAPTURE, AND THE
MASSACRE OF HER CREW AMONG A
GROUP OF ISLANDS IN THE
EIGHTY-FOURTH PARALLEL OF SOUTHERN LATITUDE;
TOGETHER WITH THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES AND
DISCOVERIES
STILL FARTHER SOUTH
TO WHICH THAT DISTRESSING CALAMITY GAVE RISE. |
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Post by sara on Feb 5, 2012 14:48:12 GMT
A thread on Poe is a nice idea. This is my favourite volume of his I own. I do have much better looking, more complete editions of his tales & poems but this is the book I’d grab if the house was on fire. And I love that frazzled, scratchy-eyed raven on the cover. Washington Square Press 39th printing May 1966. Here's a challenge for you. Other than the thirteen listed below, which of Poe's other stories would you suggest i read when next i fancy a nightmare? 1. Facts In The Case Of M. Valdemar 2. The Cask of Amontillado 3. The Fall Of The House Of Usher 4. The Black Cat 5. Berenice 6. The Tell-Tale Heart 7. Hop-Frog 8. Metzengerstein 9. Ligeia 10. Morella 11. The Pit and the Pendulum 12. The Premature Burial 13. How to Write a Blackwood Article/ A Predicament If it’s nightmares you’re after how about Shadow – A Parable? I’ve heard reading this out loud in the moonlight, standing next to a grave that’s at least 100 years old, will lead you to dreaming of your own death shortly after. |
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Post by noose on Feb 5, 2012 14:58:35 GMT
Now there's a thread - what would you save if your house was on fire...
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Feb 5, 2012 15:09:54 GMT
Now there's a thread - what would you save if your house was on fire... I'd rush to get the wife and kids and hand them each a box of books |
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Post by andydecker on Feb 5, 2012 15:28:24 GMT
Here is the edition I mentioned. All volumes had the same cover. |
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Post by cw67q on Feb 6, 2012 11:59:48 GMT
Like Dem, Poe is one of those authors that I appreciate rather than love. One other intersting tale that comes to mind however is William Wilson. I think Aickman had this tale in mind when he wrote his "A Choice of Weapons"
- chris
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Post by dem on Feb 9, 2012 13:41:01 GMT
Edgar Allan Poe - Tales of Horror and Imagination (Purnell, 1989)  Gerard Gibson
The Black Cat
A Descent Into The Maelstrom
The Premature Burial
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Facts In The Case Of M. Valdemar
The Fall of The House of Usher
M.S. Found In A BottleBlurb NIGHTMARES
The Pit and The Pendulum, The Fall of The House of Usher, The Black Cat and many other stories have been assembled here in this new edition of Edgar Allan Poe's chilling stories.
With its dramatic illustrations by award winning artist Gerard Gibson, this edition promises to give you a NIGHTMARE to be remembered!If it’s nightmares you’re after how about Shadow – A Parable? I’ve heard reading this out loud in the moonlight, standing next to a grave that’s at least 100 years old, will lead you to dreaming of your own death shortly after. i really should put that to the test, 'specially as it was among the first three Poe stories i read, and it was either Shadow ... or Silence - A Fable damn near put me off his work before i'd even got to The Black Cat, The Tell-Tale Heart or and Facts In The Case of M. Valdemar, the latter remaining a particular favourite on account of that sick, fabulously squishy ending. Poe is a bit of an acquired taste in my experience. i have to be in the right frame of mind for him. stories that i would recommend excluding the ones that you have listed above would be: 1) The Masque of the Red Death 2) The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether however, i would say that you have got most of his classics there didn't go down so well with me on first acquaintance, mainly because i got lucky with Elsie Lee's novelisation of Corman's movie before i found a copy of Poe's original (in Hamlyn's The Best Ghost Stories). i remember marvelling at how short it was. How was Poe gonna cram so much action into three pages?  ) not read Poe's The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether yet so thank you for the reminder. i meant to give it a go directly after i'd enjoyed Andre de Lorde's adaptation (as The System of Doctor Goudron and Professor Plume), reprinted in Mel Gordon's rather wonderful The Grand Guignol, and that was so long ago i can remember next to nothing about it.  Nothing comes to mind. And frankly, stories like Berenice I only understood when I read Corben´s comic adaption. Corben at Warren Magazines doing Poe - oddly enough, Berenice is one of the few i had no trouble getting my head around, and it's still among my pick of Poe's stories though Wordsworth are not the first to overlook it in one of these 'best of's. The Pit & The Pendulum is brilliant, but i wish he'd gone all the way, had the army arrive just in time to watch the prisoner plunge to his doom though, of course, that would have made a nonsense of the whole 'recording of the victim's sensations' thing. It might be a classic, but it took me a long time to forgive him that "and with one bound I was free!" ending. Ironic that it should be a Blackwood author, William Mudford, who would show him how it's done in The Iron Shroud. i've a soft-spot for A Predicament because it demonstrates that the much loved C. M. Eddy/ Basil Copper 'keep taking notes as they hang, draw and quarter you' ending was already prevalent in early nineteenth century horror.
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Post by pulphack on Feb 10, 2012 10:10:18 GMT
At the risk of cheapening the thread, allow me to mention that The Alan Parsons Project's 'Tales Of Mystery And Imagination' (1976) does a pretty nifty job of putting Poe into a prog-lite context, and has great sleeve and booklet art from Hipgnosis that has a suitably odd atmosphere. It might seem trivial, but Eric Woolson's lyrics are actually adept at keeping the feel of Poe (he wrote a hell of a lot of musicals, including one based on Freud's life and theories).
It's actually a nice companion to the original work. Honest.
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