tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post6127790861823369612..comments2024-03-06T11:11:48.095-08:00Comments on Too Much Horror Fiction: The Mind Parasites by Colin Wilson (1967): The Villain with a Thousand FacesWill Erricksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-53728476487723208942015-03-31T20:50:37.764-07:002015-03-31T20:50:37.764-07:00I had to read this pretentious bore of a novel for...I had to read this pretentious bore of a novel for a lit class in college and immediately hated it. Hated its presumptive attitude, hated that it was smarter that it thought it ways, hated that it tried to look down on the Cosmic Horror Story while stealing from it ruthlessly. <br /><br />I tried to bring all this up to the professor and to my class mates as a terrible piece of Lovecraftian Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01942252169396315606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-37261327364257156632010-12-26T14:24:00.283-08:002010-12-26T14:24:00.283-08:00See, THAT'S the way to do it.
The ONLY way to ...See, THAT'S the way to do it.<br />The ONLY way to do it.<br /><br />Sadly, the only one I trust to let read my books other than myself, is my wife. And that's 'cause she's under the same roof as I am! LOL<br />I won't even lend them to my daughter anymore as she wound up losing one too many on me by way of the dreaded RE-lend once she moved out on her own, which I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-33119503683572010592010-12-25T08:14:10.843-08:002010-12-25T08:14:10.843-08:00I haven't loaned out a book in, oh, 20 years a...I haven't loaned out a book in, oh, 20 years after losing my beloved copy of HPL's BLOODCURDLING TALES to a high-school classmate. Once we graduated, I didn't see her again until the 20-year reunion... and seriously entertained the thought of asking her if she still had it! ;-)Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-7385256064265128962010-12-16T13:59:04.773-08:002010-12-16T13:59:04.773-08:00Hm. I was a huge fan of The Outsider and The Occu...Hm. I was a huge fan of The Outsider and The Occult. At least, I was a huge fan of them when I was in my early 20's - even though they are still on my shelf, I've not thought about Colin Wilson in MANY years. I knew he wrote fiction, but was never drawn to pick anything up. After this review, I know now to proceed with caution...I might just pick up The Outsider again, though....Mark Tidrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01611095166118903973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-46578346854211110222010-12-16T11:08:38.351-08:002010-12-16T11:08:38.351-08:00Sadly, this is another "name" author who...Sadly, this is another "name" author whose work I've, oddly enough, never gotten around to reading. Either fiction or non-fiction.<br />Though I've come close on several occasions.<br />Especially with regards to his THE SPACE VAMPIRES. I believe that I may have actually owned a copy of it within a couple years of it's release in paperback & the release of Tobe Hooper&#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-83382528038829247262010-12-16T09:09:58.926-08:002010-12-16T09:09:58.926-08:00In my top five modern horror novels.In my top five modern horror novels.ectoplasmicpages@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12185073045573359651noreply@blogger.com