tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post3578197908150083989..comments2024-03-06T11:11:48.095-08:00Comments on Too Much Horror Fiction: Strange Eons by Robert Bloch (1979): Cthulhu Calling to the Faraway Towns...Will Erricksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-58888375739261698612016-05-09T22:01:28.970-07:002016-05-09T22:01:28.970-07:00I recommend Robert Bloch's collection "Th...I recommend Robert Bloch's collection "The King of Terrors." <br /><br />No Lovecraftian stories (or monster stories at all), just really good, twisty crime stories. <br /><br />Padded Cellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01333715189318909706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-26786980923545153032014-03-07T07:00:20.426-08:002014-03-07T07:00:20.426-08:00Over the last couple weeks I've been dipping i...Over the last couple weeks I've been dipping in and out of Joshi's BLACK WINGS OF CTHULHU anthology - rare for me b/c I virtually never read 21st century horror! - and two stories leapt out at me as being excellent: good old Ramsey Campbell's "The Correspondence of Cameron Thaddeus Nash," Michael Cisco's "Violence, Child of Trust." There are other good stories Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-78171295155491976972014-03-05T20:07:25.765-08:002014-03-05T20:07:25.765-08:00Might be an interesting experiment to sometime mak...Might be an interesting experiment to sometime make a list of Lovecraft pastiches that you have enjoyed. <br /><br />The weird part is that I had certainly read a number of homages to his works before I had ever read a word of his own, so I guess when I finished up his notable works, it didn't faze me much to go back to those tales. <br /><br />Off the top of my (four-lobed) head:<br /><br Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17530188453997612858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-58365318364089422752014-03-05T03:53:41.536-08:002014-03-05T03:53:41.536-08:00The Shea novel is a lot of fun -- and sadly, Shea ...The Shea novel is a lot of fun -- and sadly, Shea died suddenly a couple of weeks ago.<br /><br />I've never been able to finish Strange Eons, though I do like several of Bloch's shorter Mythos entries, especially "Notebook found in a Deserted House," despite its stereotypical (for horror fiction) and improbable final lines. Jonathan Stoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07751600613741713162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-22761286106928558022014-03-04T17:55:23.763-08:002014-03-04T17:55:23.763-08:00Laird Barron is a great writer of 'cosmic horr...Laird Barron is a great writer of 'cosmic horror'. Lots of hardboiled characters, like CIA agents, hitmen, 1920's loggers etc. It's influenced by Lovecraft, but brought up to date - ie. no tentacles or fishmen! Highly recommended author, and I usually have zero interest in cosmic type horror.<br />Lincolnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11305014002247084812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-67340447068747100662014-03-04T17:07:50.681-08:002014-03-04T17:07:50.681-08:00I had high hopes for this book, given the premise ... I had high hopes for this book, given the premise and Bloch's knowledge of Lovecraft, both the man and his fiction, but I found it very disappointing. I think something can still be done with Lovecraft's ideas, but in a world of plush Cthulhus, it will take some doing. Charles R. Rutledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14265387377510655973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-77908169967877433862014-03-04T13:10:54.447-08:002014-03-04T13:10:54.447-08:00I've been trying to find a copy of Shea's ...I've been trying to find a copy of Shea's book for ages! If and when I do there will definitely be a review here. <br /><br />Were the illustrations by Powers as well? I'm sure they were good.Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-64853238452884657992014-03-04T13:04:15.232-08:002014-03-04T13:04:15.232-08:00Huh.
Well, I've always loved this novel sin...Huh. <br /><br />Well, I've always loved this novel since I read the Whispers press HB when I was a teen. The illustrations in the HB are pretty great and not present in the PB. <br />I figure this novel worked for me for mostly the same reasons that a guy like Bloch would want to sit down and do another pastiche; it's fun and it's nostalgic. To be fair though, you probably get a Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17530188453997612858noreply@blogger.com