General Weird discusion thread

[j. d. worthington]

Hmmm.... in a sense, yes. I've not read that particular anthology, though I have it; but one could call James Blish's "More Light" something of a Chambers pastiche, I suppose, as the central portion of the tale is the play The King in Yellow.... A very odd piece, that; manages to both critique Chambers and Lovecraft and yet to attain an eerie ambiguity quite in line with Chambers at his best. There's also Karl Edward Wagner's "The River of Night's Dreaming", which brings a modern sensibility to Chambers' milieu, and does quite well....

[Lobolover]

Shiflet's "Yellow is the color of tommorow" is not so bad,but I kinda dont like the way he "critisizes" "Lovejoy".

Anyway-two questions-which would be your most favourite "King in yellow" story-

and have you read Shiel's "The lord of the sea" ?

[j. d. worthington]

Originally Posted by Lobolover

Shiflet's "Yellow is the color of tommorow" is not so bad,but I kinda dont like the way he "critisizes" "Lovejoy".

Anyway-two questions-which would be your most favourite "King in yellow" story-

and have you read Shiel's "The lord of the sea" ?

I'll keep the first in mind. On which is my favorite.... That varies, I suppose. Originally, "The Yellow Sign"; but that one has fallen in my estimation since. (I still like it, but I'm much more conscious of its flaws than when I originally read it some 30+ years ago.) Actually, "The Repairer of Reputations" has grown enormously in my view. It's much more subtle than it at first appears, especially in the way it hints at how the very existence of the play has perverted the reality of the world in which it exists....

As for the Shiel... yes, though again a VERY long time ago, and my memory on that one is basically nonexistent....

[Lobolover]

Yes.Yes thats EXACTLY what I think-"Repairer of Reputations" is my most favourite story of all time.

I could link you to an e-text of it,if you dont have it.HPL DID say it had a "curious power" to atract.

Also:to the colection-they called it "Volume 1"-is any other volume being preapared?

To Hippocampus Press-the Young/Hall book is in my online bookstore,so after I get enough money to pay for "An exchange of Souls/Lazarus" thats already on the way,ill order it.

And:they said they plan another book in the Lovecraft's library series this year,but their site has nothing on it anymore.

[j. d. worthington]

As with so many small presses, things frequently get rearranged depending on circumstances. Some of these presses are having a rough time of it; I don't know that H.P. is, but it wouldn't terribly surprise me, given the way the economy has had people running hot-and-cold....

And, to be frank, even without the current situation, this sort of thing was by no means uncommon. Looking back at Arkham House's catalogues over the years, there were many volumes that were promised that never appeared (or never appeared under their ausipices) or which were years or even decades later than originally planned; and quite often this was due to things beyond the control of those running the operation....

I'm hoping they'll be doing the Ransome, as well as other volumes mentioned in previous periods, but only time will tell....

[Lobolover]

They have other issues for this year.Id realy like to see that volume too.

[Lobolover]

Oh,after going through HPL's corespondence-he mentions Atlantida by Piere Benoit and the Worm of Ouroboros-what is your opinion on theese ?

[AE35Unit]

Originally Posted by Lobolover

the Worm of Ouroboros-what is your opinion on theese ?

Oh my sister had that book,said it was too weird to read. I tried the first chapter and was like Woa! What was this guy on when he wrote this?
(can't remember the author's name now)

[Lobolover]

Hmm.So I guess I WILL read it.Thanks

[AE35Unit]

Good luck Lobo! BTW what is a Lobo?

[Lobolover]

or this



but thats all the offtopic im gonnas get

ON-topic-Im not sure if to ever read "Dorian Gray".Any thoughts on this one?

[AE35Unit]

Hmmm i've never read any Oscar Wilde so i can't comment. Here's a little info about it.
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

[Lobolover]

I only meant its got a bit of a flavour of today's "mainstream" adorations.So I dont know.

[AE35Unit]

Well it says it has a gothic flavour so that would suit me. I'm a fan of gothic horror,not read a lot but hope to find more. I Need to find some Lovecraft!

[Lobolover]

Thats very easily done.

And note-bevare of what you try to read from Gothic horror.It may come to pass.