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Post by ropardoe on Dec 8, 2021 9:53:37 GMT
That’s what I was wondering too. Clearly that particular biography has never seen the light of day. It’s a rather lovely article overall, except for the mistake over Livermere, and the fact that Critchley doesn’t know why Herefordshire was so close to MRJ's heart. Could he have gotten his information confused? This man wrote a biography that came out in 1980: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_William_PfaffThere are two MRJ biographies, one published very shortly after the other. The first was by Pfaff, the second by Michael Cox. Neither were Cambridgeshire parsons |
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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Dec 8, 2021 12:30:05 GMT
There are two MRJ biographies, one published very shortly after the other. The first was by Pfaff, the second by Michael Cox. Neither were Cambridgeshire parsons I know, I was trying to show that none of the people mentioned in the Pfaff biography match that description. You would have thought that if a Cambridgeshire parson was writing or had written notes then Pfaff would have been aware of it. None of the people mentioned had a religious background (though Shane Leslie converted to the Roman Catholic church), all had links to Cambridge, and many were quite famous themselves in their time, and though they were often younger than James, all were dead by the 1970s. Only Pfaff is anywhere close to that description, being ordained in the Episcopal Church, but he never went to Cambridge, and was based in the USA. Looking at the figures that are mentioned, A.B. Ramsey was Allen Beville Ramsay, he is interesting because he has been described as "probably the most significant British Latin poet of the twentieth century". Yes, people were still writing literary works in Latin in the 20th century, and some still do. Nathaniel Wedd was a historian who influenced E.M. Forster, he was also a member of the Cambridge Apostles, a discussion group, whose members included many famous and often wonderful philosophers and writers (and awful traitorous spies). Lord Tennyson was one, and so was Arthur Henry Hallam, the subject of his great poem In Memoriam. “Be near me when my light is low, When the blood creeps, and the nerves prick And tingle; and the heart is sick, And all the wheels of Being slow. Be near me when the sensuous frame Is rack'd with pangs that conquer trust; And Time, a maniac scattering dust, And Life, a fury slinging flame. Be near me when my faith is dry, And men the flies of latter spring, That lay their eggs, and sting and sing And weave their petty cells and die. Be near me when I fade away, To point the term of human strife, And on the low dark verge of life The twilight of eternal day.” |
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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Dec 8, 2021 15:33:04 GMT
Christmas morning is such an exciting time! I don't spend it like David A. Riley with a bowl of gruel and various ghosts, instead I'm eager to open my presents!
I get up as soon as it's feasable (around 7:00 am), and because I'm spoiled everyone else has to wait until I get up before they can too, but fear not for I'm not one for hanging around! I take a quick bath (with candles), do my waist length hair (real length), apply my makeup (lies, as don't need any), file my nails, and look through my vast dress collection to choose the right one to go with my mood. I then ask the mirror on the wall who is the fairest of them all, and, after this brief interlude, I race downstairs as fast as my perfectly formed legs will carry me to the room full of presents that await opening!
I know some who open their presents as soon as it is Christmas day, which I still regard as Christmas Eve, and even one that only opens a present every half hour or so, oh but I couldn't do that! How do you do presents?
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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Dec 8, 2021 15:39:13 GMT
This year, like most years, I have a large list of books on my want list. But to be honest it is the only time I buy (or rather someone does for me) real books, as due to the current situation I sort of gave up going to book shops, I do read most of them (eventually) but most of my reading is the electronic variety. Especially books on my ebook site, which you loan as long as you are a member.
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Post by Michael Connolly on Dec 8, 2021 16:37:18 GMT
There are two MRJ biographies, one published very shortly after the other. The first was by Pfaff, the second by Michael Cox. Neither were Cambridgeshire parsons Perhaps the parson's biography was too Freudian for publication. You know what parsons are like. Obsessed or possessed! |
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Post by Swampirella on Dec 8, 2021 17:01:34 GMT
This year, like most years, I have a large list of books on my want list. But to be honest it is the only time I buy (or rather someone does for me) real books, as due to the current situation I sort of gave up going to book shops, I do read most of them (eventually) but most of my reading is the electronic variety. Especially books on my ebook site, which you loan as long as you are a member. I have a few books on my want list, which I'll have to get myself, eventually. I stopped going to used bookstores decades ago, there were rarely any British horror/ghost books to be found in them anyhow, so most of my reading is on ebooks. I have a stack of real books from my vast library to reread that have taken my fancy, including several Kimbers, since some recent postings brought them to mind. |
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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Dec 8, 2021 17:29:34 GMT
This year, like most years, I have a large list of books on my want list. But to be honest it is the only time I buy (or rather someone does for me) real books, as due to the current situation I sort of gave up going to book shops, I do read most of them (eventually) but most of my reading is the electronic variety. Especially books on my ebook site, which you loan as long as you are a member. I have a few books on my want list, which I'll have to get myself, eventually. I stopped going to used bookstores decades ago, there were rarely any British horror/ghost books to be found in them anyhow, so most of my reading is on ebooks. I have a stack of real books from my vast library to reread that have taken my fancy, including several Kimbers, since some recent postings brought them to mind. How many books do you own? When Middoth mentioned Colin Wilson I looked him up and he said he had 30,000 books. And had read most of them. It was in a book he wrote called The Books in My Life, where he discusses books that influenced him. What books would people say influenced them? maybe we should start a thread on it. |
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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Dec 8, 2021 17:39:02 GMT
I don't think I will get anywhere near 30,000 books read in my life.
I really think you need to have a career in literature to get near this.
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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Dec 8, 2021 17:45:18 GMT
If you are a guest you shouldn't be afraid of creating a profile to chat. It is anonymous, so it doesn't matter. Maybe you know about Colin Wilson and his reading habits and could tell us about it. And even better it would mean you could like my posts, which men on here never seem to do. How good would that be?
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Post by Swampirella on Dec 8, 2021 20:41:28 GMT
I have a few books on my want list, which I'll have to get myself, eventually. I stopped going to used bookstores decades ago, there were rarely any British horror/ghost books to be found in them anyhow, so most of my reading is on ebooks. I have a stack of real books from my vast library to reread that have taken my fancy, including several Kimbers, since some recent postings brought them to mind. How many books do you own? When Middoth mentioned Colin Wilson I looked him up and he said he had 30,000 books. And had read most of them. It was in a book he wrote called The Books in My Life, where he discusses books that influenced him. What books would people say influenced them? maybe we should start a thread on it. Sigh.....ok, I'll go count them.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................397. All of them, not just ghost-related books. Not including "Prevailing Spirits" which I thought I'd already given away but will. |
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Post by Swampirella on Dec 8, 2021 20:42:18 GMT
I don't think I will get anywhere near 30,000 books read in my life. I really think you need to have a career in literature to get near this. Same for me, although I've read 3,000 at least. My Am*z*n ebook library is up to about 4k. |
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Post by jamesdoig on Dec 10, 2021 21:24:38 GMT
Pop quiz: who's in the photo  |
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Dec 10, 2021 21:28:23 GMT
Pop quiz: who's in the photo Ramsey Campbell and two women? |
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Post by Dr Strange on Dec 10, 2021 21:57:06 GMT
I think that's Lisa Tuttle on the right. Is it Angela Carter on the left?
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Post by ropardoe on Dec 11, 2021 9:44:51 GMT
I think that's Lisa Tuttle on the right. Is it Angela Carter on the left? Wow, me mistaken for Angela Carter - that’s made my day! Yes, it’s me (a very flattering pic), and the one with the short hair on Ramsey’s left must be Jan Arter. |
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