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[j. d. worthington]

Originally Posted by Lobolover

J.D.-what would those be?His humour again?

Which are you referring to, Lobo? The B&N Poe; the Mabbott Poe; or...?

[Lobolover]

The ones you never heard of.Chances are its his humour again.

[j. d. worthington]

Originally Posted by Lobolover

The ones you never heard of.Chances are its his humour again.

Where did you get that idea, Lobo? Poe, like many writers of his generation (as well as before and after) wrote quite a lot that was published anonymously, and only traced to him long after his death. Such discoveries are still happening with various writers, including people like Le Fanu.....

[UltraCulture]

Just put an order in for the following.

Plague Year - Jeff Carlson
Plague War - Jeff Carlson
Fade Out - Patrick Tilley
The Court of the Air - Stephen Hunt
Mission of Gravity - Hal Clement
The World Turned Upside Down - Various

[j. d. worthington]

Well, the 2-volume Unabridged Mark Twain arrived today -- that's one heck of a lot of Twain (nearly 2400 pp. worth)!

And the Complete Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, edited, with extensive notes and ancillary material, by Professor Thomas Ollive Mabbott -- again, a great deal of material by and about Poe I've not seen, including variant versions of poems, very early verse, material on apocryphal verse, as well as on works by his siblings... I've always known this was a notable edition, but this had no idea it was this impressive....

[GOLLUM]

Originally Posted by j. d. worthington

Well, the 2-volume Unabridged Mark Twain arrived today -- that's one heck of a lot of Twain (nearly 2400 pp. worth)!

And the Complete Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, edited, with extensive notes and ancillary material, by Professor Thomas Ollive Mabbott -- again, a great deal of material by and about Poe I've not seen, including variant versions of poems, very early verse, material on apocryphal verse, as well as on works by his siblings... I've always known this was a notable edition, but this had no idea it was this impressive....

I have quite a lot of Twain's work, so is this his entire body of work?

I picked up HP Lovecraft Haunt Of Horror #1-3- Richard Corben *This is a graphic novel and for thosw who don't know Corben is an artist who amongast other things was credited with the memorable album cover of Meatloaf's classic Bat Out Of Hell. He produced a similar series on Poe wihch I would like to purchase.

I also picked up a copy of George RR Martin's ( & Lisa Tuttle) Windhaven. This is the only book by him I haven't got other than his Wildcard series which doesn't really appeal to me.

[j. d. worthington]

Originally Posted by GOLLUM

I have quite a lot of Twain's work, so is this his entire body of work?

No; though it contains one heck of a lot, it doesn't even hold all of his fiction ("The Mysterious Stranger" is not here, for instance), let alone his essays and the like (though some sketches and humorous essays are included, as I understand it).

[D_Davis]

I love Mark Twain - in small doses.

I have quite a bit of his stuff. I recently got a collection of his "science fiction." I haven't read it yet, and I don't recall where it is. In some box somewhere.

His misanthropy starts to get me down after too long. That dude makes Lansdale look like a humanity-loving hippie.

Ever see the clay animated masterpiece, The Adventures of Mark Twain?

Wow.



Absolutely brilliant - made my top 100.

[Nesacat]

Originally Posted by GOLLUM

I picked up HP Lovecraft Haunt Of Horror #1-3- Richard Corben *This is a graphic novel and for thosw who don't know Corben is an artist who amongast other things was credited with the memorable album cover of Meatloaf's classic Bat Out Of Hell. He produced a similar series on Poe wihch I would like to purchase.

Tell us more more about this then GOLLUM ... am very curiousss ...

[Lobolover]

J.D.-so does it hold anything strange?

[j. d. worthington]

Lobo -- the attenuated conversation might be better held via PM rather than throughout the book hauls thread....

And yes, I've seen that little film, DD; I agree. They knew their Twain quite well, and it's a wonderful little film that moves from the comic to the eerie with considerable grace.... That line at the end of the "Mysterious Stranger" segment (a condensation of something Twain says toward the end of that piece), "There is nothing but the Void and you; and you -- are but a thought", along with the visuals, can still send a chill down my spine....

[GOLLUM]

Originally Posted by Nesacat

Tell us more more about this then GOLLUM ... am very curiousss ...

Well, it's all done in black and white with grey tones. In addition to the comic strip illustrations also included is the complete text of each Lovecraft story or poem that Corben illustrates for comparitive reasons. Tales inlcude: Dagon, Recoginition & A Memory (based on poems), Facts Concering the late Arthur Jermyn and His Family, The Well, The Window, The Music of Eirk Zahn and The Lamp.

He also did one on Poe which I would like to purchase.

[GOLLUM]

Just picked up a penguin black classic edn. of Sir Walter Scott's Rob Roy.

[Hilarious Joke]

I bought Jennifer Fallon's Warlord, book 3 of the Hythrun Chronicles. I am enjoying these books immensely.

[D_Davis]

Got my copy of Ligotti's Songs of a Dead Dreamer today, along with Jeff Vandermeer's City of Saints and Madmen.