tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post5588935342740211483..comments2024-03-06T11:11:48.095-08:00Comments on Too Much Horror Fiction: The Hounds of Tindalos by Frank Belknap Long (1946): Hunt You to the Ground They WillWill Erricksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-89548833530015131102011-08-27T09:51:43.513-07:002011-08-27T09:51:43.513-07:00I'd have to agree that The Space Eaters being ...I'd have to agree that The Space Eaters being part of "Christianizing" the mythos--I guess even agnostics prefer to believe in dichotomies of good and evil. What I found most interesting was how (as in Bloch's "Mysteries of the Worm") Lovecraft himself shows up and then buys the farm. It got me wondering how many authors have killed Lovecraft off in some gruesome C.D. Gutierrezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02501441856447838751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-85606130553347628112011-06-30T19:54:30.674-07:002011-06-30T19:54:30.674-07:00Yes! I don't think HPL quite learned how to ha...Yes! I don't think HPL quite learned how to hang loose till the very end of his days, alas.Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-79025761899379981342011-06-26T08:58:44.804-07:002011-06-26T08:58:44.804-07:00I think that "The Space-Eaters" is one o...I think that "The Space-Eaters" is one of the all-time greats. I love how Long paints Lovecraft as an insufferable, egotistical douche-bag. It's quite hilarious, and probably somewhat true I would imagine.D_Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285095470205441820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-78207510145868969312011-01-12T21:36:01.973-08:002011-01-12T21:36:01.973-08:00It takes me forever to sift through the PB horror ...It takes me forever to sift through the PB horror shelves there! haha But shhh ,maybe we should keep it a secret!highwaykneeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00458606266831050852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-30845213704642520502011-01-09T09:48:24.269-08:002011-01-09T09:48:24.269-08:00Yes, it was the Iliad! On Cahuenga and Chandler. M...Yes, it was the Iliad! On Cahuenga and Chandler. Man did they have a phenomenal selection of paperbacks! Also lots of hardcover limited editions of horror & SF. My girlfriend got a bunch of Harlan Ellison titles, which are always hard to find.Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-91716552816027775182011-01-08T20:16:45.388-08:002011-01-08T20:16:45.388-08:00Hi Will,
I have that first luridly colored Long p...Hi Will, <br />I have that first luridly colored Long paperback-got it for the cover mostly since i find his stuff rather palid.BTW and OT: When you visited L.A. which used bookstores did you shop at? I'm wondering if I have been there...The Iliad is a good one for paperback horror titles.It's in the Valley on Cahuenga,or is it Lankershim...? Anyway,yeah.<br />Rayhighwaykneeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00458606266831050852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-87070561901726611532011-01-05T02:06:51.317-08:002011-01-05T02:06:51.317-08:00A Gorey cover justifies buying a book all by itsel...A Gorey cover justifies buying a book all by itself. Fortunately, they usually appear only on books that are really good or at least promise to be interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-59159986452006396702011-01-04T17:12:38.762-08:002011-01-04T17:12:38.762-08:00The dholes and the doels are one and the same I be...The dholes and the doels are one and the same I believe, though neither are particularly important in this or any other narrative that I know of unless you count the Tremors movies.<br /><br />Hounds is a great story though, even if the title has lead a lot of authors to paint dog-like demons rather than what the creatures are actually described as. Either way anything is better than that The Idler After Darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13349725567379546628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-89634630945164196622011-01-04T17:08:34.315-08:002011-01-04T17:08:34.315-08:00I've read Hounds of Tindalos and Space Eaters ...I've read Hounds of Tindalos and Space Eaters in two separate anthologies, and While Hounds does have the more iconic creature, I rather liked Space Eaters a little bit more. <br /><br />Particular that final image of a beam of light spiraling up into the heavens from a hole in a character's head... <br /><br />The fact that he did die in poverty saddens me, though hopefully life wasn'Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05409029273541301144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-9244319096602351922011-01-04T15:55:14.861-08:002011-01-04T15:55:14.861-08:00God, how I love books with Edward Gorey covers! Ti...God, how I love books with Edward Gorey covers! Tis a pity Long died in poverty, when his works have enriched the field of horror literature so much.lazlo azavaarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08947137317385572671noreply@blogger.com