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Post by caninesapien on Apr 22, 2015 11:57:07 GMT
Hi all. Just registered after finding this site searching for Peter Haining anthologies. Have recently forced myself back into the habit of reading horror/weird fiction after a long period of being too lazy. Bought a bunch of great anthologies and paperbacks so will have a good chunk of reading to do this year.
So, hello!
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Post by mattofthespurs on Apr 22, 2015 13:50:18 GMT
Hello!
I'm sure the more esteemed members of this board will be along to welcome you in due course.
For the time being though, welcome and enjoy.
I know I do.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Apr 22, 2015 14:56:17 GMT
I'm sure the more esteemed members of this board will be along to welcome you in due course. There are more and less esteemed members of this board? How does one know which category one belongs to?
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Post by mattofthespurs on Apr 22, 2015 16:02:41 GMT
If you are unsure then you are one of the lower classes.
I'm sure I'm one of the lower classes.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Apr 22, 2015 16:21:00 GMT
No!
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Apr 22, 2015 16:51:01 GMT
Hello and welcome CS. I was born of upwardly mobile working class and lower middle class parents but suffered the shame of Orwellian poverty when my family was reduced in circumstances. I am classless on many levels and not esteemed.
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Post by dem bones on Apr 22, 2015 17:30:29 GMT
Thank you for registering Mr. Sapien. Hope you enjoy your time here. Welcome to the trash morgue.
dem (underclass & sinking fast)
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Post by Shrink Proof on Apr 22, 2015 19:36:49 GMT
Welcome to the asylum. Hope you find things before they find you.
Oh, and as far as class goes, Quentin Crisp had it summed up - "Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level..."
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Post by pulphack on Apr 23, 2015 4:51:33 GMT
Hello. You'll like it here. Not a lot...
As Dem will tell you, I have no class.
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Post by caninesapien on Apr 28, 2015 13:24:14 GMT
Thank you all for the kind welcome. For the record, I'm smack in the middle of upper-lower working class.
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Post by dem bones on Apr 30, 2015 17:38:58 GMT
Before we got sidetracked, you mentioned Peter Haining anthologies, and I'd love to know which are your favourites. As you've doubtless noticed, he has a number of fans on here, this poster included.
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Post by caninesapien on May 1, 2015 14:00:58 GMT
At the moment I only have The Nightmare Reader Vol 1. that I picked up for £1.00 in Hay on Wye recently. I suspect you might have all read this. I'm a huge fan already, especially of the Poe/Le Fanu/Lytton stories. I also have Great Welsh Fantasy Stories (that apparently seems to be a new version of an older 1970s Welsh Horror/Fantasy collection? I found it in the library). I'm really enjoying this so far.
I'm searching for more of his anthologies but was amazed at the number of them - any in particular that you can recommend?
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Post by dem bones on May 1, 2015 15:31:59 GMT
At the moment I only have The Nightmare Reader Vol 1. that I picked up for £1.00 in Hay on Wye recently. I suspect you might have all read this. I'm a huge fan already, especially of the Poe/Le Fanu/Lytton stories. I also have Great Welsh Fantasy Stories (that apparently seems to be a new version of an older 1970s Welsh Horror/Fantasy collection? I found it in the library). I'm really enjoying this so far. I'm searching for more of his anthologies but was amazed at the number of them - any in particular that you can recommend? Seems to me that all the pre-1980 anthologies have something going for them, after which it perhaps pays to be discerning. Personal favourites would include; The Unspeakable People, The Midnight People, The Evil People, The Fantastic Pulps, The Freak Show, Weird Tales, Beyond The Curtain Of The Dark, The Nightmare Reader, The Black Magic Omnibus, The Penny Dreadful, and Mammoth Book Of Haunted House StoriesAm also a big fan of his coffin table pulp art pair, The Classic Era of American Pulp Magazines, and Terror! A History Of Horror Illustrations From The Pulp MagazinesHis 'non-fiction' - Devil Worship In Britain, The Life & Bizarre Crimes of Spring-heeled Jack, etc - is always good fun, too. Generally speaking, best policy is to pick up any Peter Haining book that comes your way.
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Post by caninesapien on May 11, 2015 10:17:15 GMT
Brilliant, thank you. I will certainly be keeping a look out for any Haining anthologies.
I also have a quick question about the forum: I've found a lot of threads that I'm interested in taking part in, but some of these threads have not been active for six months or even longer. What's the best way to start discussion again - reply to the already started thread, or a start a new one entirely?
Thanks!
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Post by Craig Herbertson on May 11, 2015 19:00:56 GMT
Brilliant, thank you. I will certainly be keeping a look out for any Haining anthologies. I also have a quick question about the forum: I've found a lot of threads that I'm interested in taking part in, but some of these threads have not been active for six months or even longer. What's the best way to start discussion again - reply to the already started thread, or a start a new one entirely? Thanks! Dem can probably give you a better answer but if you just add your comments to an old thread they come up on the 'recent posts' tab. That's how I keep up as there are always some fascinating things happening. I think other people might do it differently.
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