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Post by Michael Connolly on May 17, 2019 13:50:26 GMT
This book from 1976 will interest all dwellers of the Vault.  Still the best single encyclopedia on the subject, it casts its net very widely and contains separate entries on Bram Stoker, Count Dracula, William Hope Hodgson, Carnacki, Arthur Machen (for The Three Impostors), and The Shadow etc. While the reproduction of the many illustrations is dreadful, you can preview it here: archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.69153/page/n1 |
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Post by andydecker on May 17, 2019 19:59:57 GMT
Nice find. Considering when this was made it is an remarkable work. I just read a few pages, but it seems to be rather unbiased,lacking todays hindsight. It is kind of refreshing to read an entry about Derleth without any mention of Lovecraft.
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Post by Michael Connolly on May 18, 2019 12:36:59 GMT
This book from 1976 will interest all dwellers of the Vault. Still the best single encyclopedia on the subject, it casts its net very widely and contains separate entries on Bram Stoker, Count Dracula, William Hope Hodgson, Carnacki, Arthur Machen (for The Three Impostors), and The Shadow etc. While the reproduction of the many illustrations is dreadful, you can preview it here: archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.69153/page/n1While I think that Penzler's book is the best encyclopedia on the subject (while it's generally not critical it does quote criticism), Bloody Murder: From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel: A History by Julian Symons (mentioned elsewhere in the Vault) is the best single history of the subject. He also cites The Three Impostors as an important book even though he wrote elsewhere (I can't remember where) that he didn't like horror stories. |
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