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I'd like to submit to more names to the list of writers who represent classic horror:
Sheridan le Fanu and Wilkie Collins
I just finished reading Dorothy Sayers' GOUDY NIGHT, and in it, Harriet Vane (paramour of Lord Peter Wimsey) spends her idle time researching le Fanu.
That's all for now!
Sheridan le Fanu and Wilkie Collins
I just finished reading Dorothy Sayers' GOUDY NIGHT, and in it, Harriet Vane (paramour of Lord Peter Wimsey) spends her idle time researching le Fanu.
That's all for now!
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Re: Classic horror/ghost writers
Mon, November 8, 2004 - 10:04 PMHow could I miss them? Especialy Le Fanu, who really broke a lot of ground in the field... -
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Re: Classic horror/ghost writers
Wed, November 10, 2004 - 2:30 PMIt's okay! You're forgiven! After all, I spelled GAUDY wrong!
ha ha ha
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Re: Classic horror/ghost writers
Thu, November 11, 2004 - 10:15 AMI've recently discovered the work of Thomas Ligotti (SP?) who seems to be a direct descendant of Lovecraft and Poe. I'm not sure how well known he is in the US but I'd certainly recommend his work for lovers of weird fiction. -
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Re: Classic horror/ghost writers
Sun, November 21, 2004 - 11:35 PMYes, I've heard of him. Will have to check his stuff out. -
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Wed, January 19, 2005 - 5:27 PMAny Shirley Jackson fans?? -
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Re: Classic horror/ghost writers
Fri, January 21, 2005 - 5:52 AMNever read Jackson's stuff but always meant to. I hear her novel "The Lottery" is really good. What else would you suggest by her? -
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Re: Classic horror/ghost writers
Fri, January 21, 2005 - 8:28 PMTHE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE
(basis for the movie THE HAUNTING)
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Re: Classic horror/ghost writers
Sun, January 30, 2005 - 3:22 PMAlmost as good as "The Lottery" is her story "The Summer People." Very creepy little tale; you can find it in THE DARK DESCENT anthology. (If you pick it up, IGNORE the editor's nonsensical PoMo/deconstructionist commentaries on the works, and just enjoy the stories on their own terms.) -
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Re: Classic horror/ghost writers
Sun, November 6, 2005 - 11:48 AMYeah, the intros in that anthology were headache-inducing. One of the volumes--"A Fabulous Formless Darkness", I think--contained my personal favorite of Shirley Jackson's stories, "The Beautiful Stranger". -
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Re: Classic horror/ghost writers
Mon, November 14, 2005 - 7:35 AMI have noticed that in some anthologies, the intro's are just people trying to justify that they are so smart and better than the writers in the book. I almost always jump past the intros and get to the real reason why I got the book, the stories. -
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Tue, November 22, 2005 - 5:44 AMI give the intros a quick look and if they're interesting I keep reading. However, most of them are dry and definitely writers justifying their own intellectual vanity, and I skip those. Tell me something interesting and new or just shut up is my philosophy.
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Re: Classic horror/ghost writers
Mon, January 16, 2006 - 7:58 PMOne of my favorite writers has always been Clark Ashton Smith.
Lush, vivid imagery flashes in all the darker colors with each sentence -- not surprising since he was also an artist as well as a writer of poetry and fiction.
He's a classic, and one of a kind.
Best regards,
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Tue, January 17, 2006 - 1:56 PMBeing a former Oaklander, I always liked the fact that his story "Return of the Sorcerer" took place in the Oaktown hill district. For all I know, I might have lived down the street from the scene of the tale! -
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Re: Classic horror/ghost writers
Mon, January 23, 2006 - 8:30 PMAnd you didn't find your way down the block into the mansion to casually "borrow" that infamous ebony/silver bound and jewelled tome of unedited necromancy? Where's your sense of adventure!
Best regards,
Gab
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