Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 6:05 pm
Thanks!
The Temple of Dagon
H. P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos
https://www.templeofdagon.com/forum/
Lovecraft-related authors (links)
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Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 6:36 pm
Yah they guy has way too much time on his hands
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:59 am
An omission, perhaps, is Fritz Lieber, who sometimes mentioned Cthulhu in his stories, and may have been one of Lovecraft's many correspondants.
Lieber was a prolific writer, and his Ffard and the Grey Mouser stories set a very high standard for sword and sorcery tales(some say he invented the genre, and his work is certainly superior to Howard's often uninspired hackery).
Lieber was from a theatrical family, and had an acting career of his own as a supporting player-he appears in 'Equinox', the film that may have inspired the Blair Witch, a film with some Lovecraft references early on-and was active in live stage works.
Lieber drank, and alcohol is glorified in his early work, but he got sober in later life, and produced another bloom of stories.
There has been an attempt to revive his characters in pastiche, a la Conan, but I wonder how sucessful that was.
Truly, he was a worker of wonders, do not pass him by!
Lieber was a prolific writer, and his Ffard and the Grey Mouser stories set a very high standard for sword and sorcery tales(some say he invented the genre, and his work is certainly superior to Howard's often uninspired hackery).
Lieber was from a theatrical family, and had an acting career of his own as a supporting player-he appears in 'Equinox', the film that may have inspired the Blair Witch, a film with some Lovecraft references early on-and was active in live stage works.
Lieber drank, and alcohol is glorified in his early work, but he got sober in later life, and produced another bloom of stories.
There has been an attempt to revive his characters in pastiche, a la Conan, but I wonder how sucessful that was.
Truly, he was a worker of wonders, do not pass him by!
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 12:01 pm
fritz leiber wrote 'the terror from the depths,' some poetry from which can be found in my story 'the depths of chaparral heights' (see sig)
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:30 pm
I screwed up.
I relied on my memory of Leiber's bio, mostly recollections of my reading of his autobiography.
Further research has shown me that his acting career was far more limited than I recall(mostly his appearance in"Camille"and his non-speaking role in" Equinox".
Leiber worked in the aircraft industry in California for much of his life.
His corresponance with Lovecraft was brief, but he did get advice from HPL.
He was influenced by Robert Howard, however, I stand by my judgement of Leiber as the superior practicioner of sword and sorcery fiction.
To brother Burke, I offer congratulations on a tale of Lovecraftian wierdness as good as any I ever read.
(JJ, one thing, budrow, watch the spelling, it's Emile or Emil, and did you mean Marina, or Marie and not Marine, which is a pretty macho name for a gal?)
Excellant work, superior use of Mythos themes!
I relied on my memory of Leiber's bio, mostly recollections of my reading of his autobiography.
Further research has shown me that his acting career was far more limited than I recall(mostly his appearance in"Camille"and his non-speaking role in" Equinox".
Leiber worked in the aircraft industry in California for much of his life.
His corresponance with Lovecraft was brief, but he did get advice from HPL.
He was influenced by Robert Howard, however, I stand by my judgement of Leiber as the superior practicioner of sword and sorcery fiction.
To brother Burke, I offer congratulations on a tale of Lovecraftian wierdness as good as any I ever read.
(JJ, one thing, budrow, watch the spelling, it's Emile or Emil, and did you mean Marina, or Marie and not Marine, which is a pretty macho name for a gal?)
Excellant work, superior use of Mythos themes!
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 12:22 am
Thank you especially for the M.R. James listing.
I've looked for the story that inspired 'Curse of the Demon', which I think is one of the most effective supernatural films ever made, for years, finally found it, thanks to you.
We may differ on the Crusades, but on wierd fiction, you are as sound as the dollar!
I've looked for the story that inspired 'Curse of the Demon', which I think is one of the most effective supernatural films ever made, for years, finally found it, thanks to you.
We may differ on the Crusades, but on wierd fiction, you are as sound as the dollar!
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 2:52 am
thanks, i'm glad you enjoyed it. i know there are some unorthodox character names in there.. call me crazy, but i think 'marine' is a pretty hot name for a chick (though i've never met one). anyway, i hope to make more progress on the second chaparral heights story, but i seem to be slumping these days.. maybe the collaboration will kick-start some of my creative motorskrakenten wrote:To brother Burke, I offer congratulations on a tale of Lovecraftian wierdness as good as any I ever read.
(JJ, one thing, budrow, watch the spelling, it's Emile or Emil, and did you mean Marina, or Marie and not Marine, which is a pretty macho name for a gal?)
Excellant work, superior use of Mythos themes!
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 9:15 am
You're welcome, and I'm glad you found your story.krakenten wrote:Thank you especially for the M.R. James listing.
I've looked for the story that inspired 'Curse of the Demon', which I think is one of the most effective supernatural films ever made, for years, finally found it, thanks to you.
We may differ on the Crusades, but on wierd fiction, you are as sound as the dollar!
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:12 am
I'm currently involved in running down the works of Robert Aickman.
His 'Meeting Mr. Millar' is a suberb examble of wierdness by misdirection, reference and suggestion.
'The Swords', filmed for that TV series,'The Hunger' is a masterwork, part urban legend, part nightmare.
It's worth reading.
His 'Meeting Mr. Millar' is a suberb examble of wierdness by misdirection, reference and suggestion.
'The Swords', filmed for that TV series,'The Hunger' is a masterwork, part urban legend, part nightmare.
It's worth reading.
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 9:52 pm
Hodgson wrote:Edgar Allan Poe
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http://www.eapoe.org/
http://bau2.uibk.ac.at/sg/poe/
http://poestories.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe
http://www.poedecoder.com/
http://knowingpoe.thinkport.org/default_flash.asp
http://www.poedecoder.com/Qrisse/bio/bioindex.php
http://student.bard.edu/~kd614/eap.html
Poe: is a variant of the English nickname Peacock, which described the man who seemed to strut about, or was brightly fashioned. The Flemish version is DePauw/Depaeuw, and the Dutch version is DePaauw.
http://mizian.com.ne.kr/englishwiz/libr ... _names.htm
Primary sources
http://knowingpoe.thinkport.org/library/source_life.asp
http://knowingpoe.thinkport.org/library ... _death.asp
Bibliography
http://www.bartleby.com/226/0500.html
Webliography
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~ehrlich/poesites.html
Museum
http://www.poemuseum.org/
Historic site
http://www.nps.gov/edal/
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WORKS
Letters
http://www.eapoe.org/works/LETTERS/index.htm
http://etext.virginia.edu/poe/ManPage.html
Literati, w/50 suggestions
http://www.lfchosting.com/eapoe/works/e ... volIII.htm
Alone
http://www.eapoe.org/WorkS/poems/alonea.htm
Arthur Gordon Pym (recording in progress)
http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php ... ebe6a15c88
Cask of Amontillado (recording)
http://www.irasov.com/Amontillado.htm
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OTHER
Auguste Dupin and further adventures
http://occultdetective.tripod.com/dupin.htm
http://mapage.noos.fr/chevalierdupin/no ... edupin.htm
http://mapage.noos.fr/chevalierdupin/ne ... ntures.htm
Roderick Usher's Library
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/Bai/MabbottUsher.htm
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12732/12732-8.txt
Contains notes on "Usher".
Papers of T.O. Mabbott on Poe
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/MSC/ ... dgar%20All
The State of Poe Studies, J. Albert Robbins
http://www.eapoe.org/pstudies/ps1960/p1968101.htm
'The Beautiful Cigar Girl' details Edgar Allan Poe's dissection of real murder
http://www.brooksbulletin.com/news/ente ... emid=58042
The Case of Edgar Allan Poe
http://www.wsoctv.com/health/10344238/detail.html
The Continuing Puzzle of Arthur Gordon Pym Some Notes and Queries
http://www.eapoe.org/pstudies/ps1960/p1970103.htm
Mysterious for evermore
(Filed: 21/05/2006)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jh ... omain.html
A half-corrected article
http://www.slate.com/id/2153313/
Well, this man just so happens to be My ancestor!
...by way of my paternal grandmother.
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:24 am
Extremely NICE post, very thanks, you rule!
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:02 pm
Poe began modern supernatural fiction, and indeed begat the detective yarn.
May I recommend 'The Gold Bug' and 'The Assignation', lesser known Poe tales that are quite good, and a welcome change from the most commonly collected tales.
"The Gold Bug" is full of racist language, which is why it's not well known any more, but it's a pretty good yarn, and dammit, Poe and Lovecraft are dead, and not likely to show up at sensitivity training sessions.
Racism is bad, and so is smallpox, but both exist, and must be resisted, not denied.
' is
May I recommend 'The Gold Bug' and 'The Assignation', lesser known Poe tales that are quite good, and a welcome change from the most commonly collected tales.
"The Gold Bug" is full of racist language, which is why it's not well known any more, but it's a pretty good yarn, and dammit, Poe and Lovecraft are dead, and not likely to show up at sensitivity training sessions.
Racism is bad, and so is smallpox, but both exist, and must be resisted, not denied.
' is
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 3:23 pm
Clark Ashton Smith
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http://www.eldritchdark.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Ashton_Smith
http://www.realityends.com/author/clark ... smith.html
http://www.oceanstar.com/cas/
http://alangullette.com/lit/smith/
http://www.angelfire.com/zine/cas/index.html (Spanish/English site)
Writing
http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/
http://www.worldofschmitt.com/writings/smith/
On M.R. James
http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/nonfiction/15
Art
http://www.postmodern.com/~fi/caspics/artwork.htm
Discussion group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZothiqueNights/
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http://www.eldritchdark.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Ashton_Smith
http://www.realityends.com/author/clark ... smith.html
http://www.oceanstar.com/cas/
http://alangullette.com/lit/smith/
http://www.angelfire.com/zine/cas/index.html (Spanish/English site)
Writing
http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/
http://www.worldofschmitt.com/writings/smith/
On M.R. James
http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/nonfiction/15
Art
http://www.postmodern.com/~fi/caspics/artwork.htm
Discussion group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZothiqueNights/
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 3:32 pm
Added picture of Fitz-James O'Brien.
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 5:20 pm
wow I never saw that pic of Clarkash-ton so young!