Eleanor M. Ingram - The Thing from the Lake

[cauldronbrewer]

Eleanor M. Ingram - The Thing from the Lake (J. B. Lippincott, 1921; Arno Press, 1976)

I was inspired by an entry in Neil Barron's Horror Literature and a post on the excellent blog Skulls in the Stars to buy the Arno Press edition of this book (the cover is solid purple, so no scan), and I'm happy that I did. Some readers may be put off by its romantic angle or its outdated attitudes, but Ingram's mix of interpersonal drama and cosmic horror worked for me.

There's a version available at Project Gutenberg.

[dem bones]

Nov 12, 2013 18:23:26 GMT cauldronbrewer said:

Eleanor M. Ingram - The Thing from the Lake (J. B. Lippincott, 1921; Arno Press, 1976)

I was inspired by an entry in Neil Barron's Horror Literature and a post on the excellent blog Skulls in the Stars to buy the Arno Press edition of this book (the cover is solid purple, so no scan), and I'm happy that I did. Some readers may be put off by its romantic angle or its outdated attitudes, but Ingram's mix of interpersonal drama and cosmic horror worked for me.

There's a version available at Project Gutenberg.

That solid purple cover is possibly standard for Arno Press. I've a copy of their The Spectre Bridegroom & Other Horrors, chiefly notable for the inclusion of what is unquestionably the least accomplished short novel i've ever read, namely Smyth Upton's masterpiece of tedium, The Last Of The Vampires: A Tale. Have to say, The Thing from the Lake sounds infinitely better, but then, so does everything else.

[cauldronbrewer]

Nov 12, 2013 22:39:16 GMT dem bones said:

That solid purple cover is possibly standard for Arno Press. I've a copy of their The Spectre Bridegroom & Other Horrors, chiefly notable for the inclusion of what is unquestionably the least accomplished short novel i've ever read, namely Smyth Upton's masterpiece of tedium, The Last Of The Vampires: A Tale. Have to say, The Thing from the Lake sounds infinitely better, but then, so does everything else.

The purple cover does seem to be the standard at least for their 1976 run--a while ago I looked at a library copy of a Sarban collection that Arno published and it had the same look. All in all, their Supernatural and Occult fiction series had an interesting lineup; it's too bad that most of the books now go for fairly high prices. I've thought of buying their Molesworth collection if I make it through the Wordsworth collection of Riddell's stories.

[jamesdoig]

Nov 13, 2013 21:46:59 GMT cauldronbrewer said:

That solid purple cover is possibly standard for Arno Press. I've a copy of their The Spectre Bridegroom & Other Horrors, chiefly notable for the inclusion of what is unquestionably the least accomplished short novel i've ever read, namely Smyth Upton's masterpiece of tedium, The Last Of The Vampires: A Tale.

I think Devendra Varma was behind a lot of those Arno reprints - quite important for getting forgotten rarities back in circulation, even if many of them are unreadable today.