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Post by andydecker on Jan 24, 2023 14:46:41 GMT
Still haven't cracked a Wheatley novel, nor have I yet seen the Hammer film of The Lost Continent--but I think I can view both it and The Dark Song, an Irish film also referenced here, on a streaming service to which I subscribed last year. Saluting, Steve. If you ever feel inclined to start with Wheatley, take The Devil Rides Out. It doesn't overstay its welcome with 300 pages, gives a nice peek into the time between the wars, considering it is from 1934, and is still a good story. Of course you need a smoking jacket, a glass of port and your private library to read it in style :-)
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Post by Swampirella on Jan 24, 2023 15:00:32 GMT
Still haven't cracked a Wheatley novel, nor have I yet seen the Hammer film of The Lost Continent--but I think I can view both it and The Dark Song, an Irish film also referenced here, on a streaming service to which I subscribed last year. Saluting, Steve. If you ever feel inclined to start with Wheatley, take The Devil Rides Out. It doesn't overstay its welcome with 300 pages, gives a nice peek into the time between the wars, considering it is from 1934, and is still a good story. Of course you need a smoking jacket, a glass of port and your private library to read it in style :-) I'm quite sure Steve has all three, as do I.
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Post by helrunar on Feb 3, 2023 16:54:29 GMT
Just read "The Yew Tree" by Shamus Frazer, and I realized it was the story that starts out with two men taking a walk in the Botanical Gardens in Singapore that I had started some years ago and mis-remembered having been the work of Dennis Wheatley. Martin, the friend in the start of the story, visiting on his way to Australia, has a deathly fear of snakes and yew-trees. Once medicated with a few stiff drinks, he tells the story to the author. And it's quite the chilling tale.
I read this in the electronic edition of the collection of Frazer's stories Richard Dalby edited in 2000, Where Human Pathways End. Will make a separate entry for this volume. Thus far the stories are excellent.
H.
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