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Post by ripper on Dec 3, 2019 13:17:59 GMT
Tales from the Hidden Notebooks of M.R. James by John Joseph Denwood (Independently published, 2018)
Just skimming through Amazon and I came upon this intrigueing title. It is apparently available in print or on Kindle. Amazon says it was independently published about a year ago and has a single 5-star rating. It contains 5 tales for a page count of 194. The tales are:
The Bones of Paston
The Organ of Corpusty
The Cellars of Ezekiel
The Island of Tyskar
The Hearties of Adonai
The stories are supernatural episodes in the life of M. R. James, found when the Provost's lodge at King's was being renovated. I must say I am sorely tempted to make a purchase, moreso that the tales are available individually on Kindle. Has anyone read these stories?
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Post by Swampirella on Dec 3, 2019 16:31:34 GMT
I too have been tempted but so far have resisted....
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Post by ripper on Dec 3, 2019 19:47:07 GMT
I too have been tempted but so far have resisted.... I notice that the 5 stories are free to read if you have a Kindle Unlimited subscription. I've been toying with getting one for a while, but not really sure if I would read enough each month to justify the cost--£7.99 per month. Maybe I will just try one story and see how it goes. They sound similar to those produced by Sheila Hodgson a few decades ago. |
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Post by Swampirella on Dec 3, 2019 19:51:58 GMT
That's probably the best idea; hopefully whichever you choose will be worth it. I recall enjoying the Sheila Hodgson collection, which given my memory lately means it must be good. Have you read Steve Duffy's "The Night Comes On"? It's another winner!
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Post by ripper on Dec 3, 2019 20:17:06 GMT
That's probably the best idea; hopefully whichever you choose will be worth it. I recall enjoying the Sheila Hodgson collection, which given my memory lately means it must be good. Have you read Steve Duffy's "The Night Comes On"? It's another winner! Spot on about Steve Duffy's The Night Comes On. It's a great collection and probably my favourite of modern authors writing Jamesian stories. I particularly liked the one about the vampire creature buried beneath a beach and can only leave its grave at exceptionally low tides--One Over I think it is called. |
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Post by ropardoe on Dec 4, 2019 9:35:00 GMT
That's probably the best idea; hopefully whichever you choose will be worth it. I recall enjoying the Sheila Hodgson collection, which given my memory lately means it must be good. Have you read Steve Duffy's "The Night Comes On"? It's another winner! Spot on about Steve Duffy's The Night Comes On. It's a great collection and probably my favourite of modern authors writing Jamesian stories. I particularly liked the one about the vampire creature buried beneath a beach and can only leave its grave at exceptionally low tides--One Over I think it is called. My favourite in Steve's book is "Figures on a Hillside" - the one about the hill figure. There aren't enough stories about hill figures in my opinion. Do we need a new thread about these, or is there really only Steve's story and James's "An Evening's Entertainment"? |
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Post by Michael Connolly on Dec 4, 2019 12:38:46 GMT
Tales from the Hidden Notebooks of M.R. James by John Joseph Denwood (Independently published, 2018) Just skimming through Amazon and I came upon this intrigueing title. It is apparently available in print or on Kindle. Amazon says it was independently published about a year ago and has a single 5-star rating. It contains 5 tales for a page count of 194. The tales are: The Bones of Paston The Organ of Corpusty The Cellars of Ezekiel The Island of Tyskar The Hearties of Adonai The stories are supernatural episodes in the life of M. R. James, found when the Provost's lodge at King's was being renovated. I must say I am sorely tempted to make a purchase, moreso that the tales are available individually on Kindle. Has anyone read these stories? I mentioned this elsewhere in the Vault. I'm still waiting for someone else to read them. |
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Dec 4, 2019 13:12:55 GMT
I'm still waiting for someone else to read them. Someone has reviewed some of them on Amazon. Presumably that person has read them. |
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Post by Michael Connolly on Dec 4, 2019 13:15:55 GMT
I'm still waiting for someone else to read them. Someone has reviewed some of them on Amazon. Presumably that person has read them. That one person could be the author or a friend of the author. |
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Post by humgoo on Dec 4, 2019 14:07:51 GMT
They sound similar to those produced by Sheila Hodgson a few decades ago. If they have the same quality then they're indeed irresistible. I'm yet to find an affordable copy of the Hodgson collection (can't catch a break!), but I've read and listened to "Echoes from the Abbey" several times (the radio version and the book version differ in places, which makes the experience even more interesting). The waspish MRJ in it is so charming (credit to both Ms Hodgson and David March). |
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Post by johnnymains on Dec 4, 2019 14:16:04 GMT
Tales from the Hidden Notebooks of M.R. James by John Joseph Denwood (Independently published, 2018) Just skimming through Amazon and I came upon this intrigueing title. It is apparently available in print or on Kindle. Amazon says it was independently published about a year ago and has a single 5-star rating. It contains 5 tales for a page count of 194. The tales are: The Bones of Paston The Organ of Corpusty The Cellars of Ezekiel The Island of Tyskar The Hearties of Adonai The stories are supernatural episodes in the life of M. R. James, found when the Provost's lodge at King's was being renovated. I must say I am sorely tempted to make a purchase, moreso that the tales are available individually on Kindle. Has anyone read these stories? I mentioned this elsewhere in the Vault. I'm still waiting for someone else to read them. But we're all waiting for you to read them... |
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Post by Michael Connolly on Dec 4, 2019 14:43:13 GMT
I mentioned this elsewhere in the Vault. I'm still waiting for someone else to read them. But we're all waiting for you to read them... I will if Santy brings me the book. |
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Post by ripper on Dec 4, 2019 16:07:29 GMT
They sound similar to those produced by Sheila Hodgson a few decades ago. If they have the same quality then they're indeed irresistible. I'm yet to find an affordable copy of the Hodgson collection (can't catch a break!), but I've read and listened to "Echoes from the Abbey" several times (the radio version and the book version differ in places, which makes the experience even more interesting). The waspish MRJ in it is so charming (credit to both Ms Hodgson and David March). I bought a copy about 20 years ago when prices were still reasonable. Yeah, it's a fine collection. I've heard several of the radio plays and thought they were pretty good. I know prices for the Ash-Tree books are now getting well out of what I am prepared to pay. Many were available as Ebooks but the Ash-Tree site seems to have disappeared, or at least when I click the link on the G & S site it says it can't be found. |
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Post by ramseycampbell on Dec 5, 2019 11:08:26 GMT
You can read a sample of the Denwood in Kindle form. The passage supposedly by James doesn't read much like him, and the ghost seems a lot more benign and loquacious than his ever were.
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Post by ripper on Dec 5, 2019 13:19:32 GMT
You can read a sample of the Denwood in Kindle form. The passage supposedly by James doesn't read much like him, and the ghost seems a lot more benign and loquacious than his ever were. Thanks, Ramsey. Yes, I think that is worth doing prior to making a purchase. |
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