tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post7509572243684571862..comments2024-03-06T11:11:48.095-08:00Comments on Too Much Horror Fiction: Sweet Halloween Swag!Will Erricksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-50576496627428347442016-04-25T16:06:07.335-07:002016-04-25T16:06:07.335-07:00I rather impulsively picked up the Ligotti after s...I rather impulsively picked up the Ligotti after seeing this post, and read it piecemeal—as nearly 500 pp. of 30+ short stories is a daunting proposition.<br /><br />I found Ligotti’s writing both exhilarating and frustrating. Exhilarating in that, how jaw-dropping is it to find a modern horror writer whose style is so honed he could actually be described as a <i>prose stylist</i>!... But I was 3Fshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343686567224815165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-70829748190386505122016-04-20T20:07:48.337-07:002016-04-20T20:07:48.337-07:00The Case Against Satan is definitely along the lin...The Case Against Satan is definitely along the lines of The Exorcist, except it's nine years older. Also, they have very different endings. It's pretty good, although not as suspenseful as his later novel, "Incubus." <br />Padded Cellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01333715189318909706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-3112703257628865912015-10-17T23:38:33.399-07:002015-10-17T23:38:33.399-07:00Have to agree this is a weak Beaumont collection. ...Have to agree this is a weak Beaumont collection. I am the director of the only documentary on him: CHARLES BEAUMONT: THE LIFE OF TWILIGHT ZONE'S MAGIC MAN. I was just discussing this volume won his best friend, author William F. Nolan, and he agrees.<br /><br />--Jason V Brock <br />www.JaSunni.com Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17144253514604564374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-2628789440762723502015-10-12T11:41:23.324-07:002015-10-12T11:41:23.324-07:00Wish I could afford "Mass for Mixed Voices&qu...Wish I could afford "Mass for Mixed Voices" but looking it up on ISFDB it looked pretty much like Roger Anker's "Selected Stories" with a few unpublished stories. Prices online are absurd. I love Centipede Press but I really wish they would ramp up their mass market publishing arm and release some of these very expensive limited editions in more affordable formats, even JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808904189056290207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-10326042056323625312015-10-12T10:58:49.119-07:002015-10-12T10:58:49.119-07:00I love Ligotti and Penguin so much that I bought t...I love Ligotti and Penguin so much that I bought the new paperback even though I've got hardbacks of both books included. (For a while you could get remaindered hardbacks of Grimscribe and Noctuary around two bucks, and Nightmare Factory for $4! Not anymore!) <br /><br />And I'm going to buy those other two as soon as they hit the market. Which I believe is tomorrow... :) <br /><br />Zwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02364540771153476179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-5044140278837299432015-10-12T09:32:01.974-07:002015-10-12T09:32:01.974-07:00Dang, I just really looked at the Beaumont table o...Dang, I just really looked at the Beaumont table of contents and was surprised to not see "The Black Country" and "Miss Gentibelle"! Oh well...<br /><br />I'm happy about the Ligotti bc I believe the stories are the updated/revised versions and I only own the early '90s paperbacks.Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-67573744296248902462015-10-12T09:23:45.248-07:002015-10-12T09:23:45.248-07:00Jordan, Centipede Press has come the closest to a ...Jordan, Centipede Press has come the closest to a Collected Stories collection with MASS FOR MIXED VOICES, but I agree it would be nice to have a definitive edition(s). Btw, I understand that the Valancourt reprint edition of A TOUCH OF THE CREATURE has three unpublished stories in it...I'll likely pick up that volume for just that reason.<br /><br />Thanks for your take on the new Penguin Ron Clintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18433028755791230589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-14560710811636464002015-10-12T08:15:34.706-07:002015-10-12T08:15:34.706-07:00I picked up the Ligotti and the Beaumont just the ...I picked up the Ligotti and the Beaumont just the other day. The Ligotti book is excellent, even with a tiring, and overlong, introduction from Jeff Vandermeer. Nonetheless, the book is a bargain and the cover is great. <br /><br />Alas, the Beaumont is not so great, mostly because of the ill advised selection of stories. To be fair, about half of the contents are great; the other half not so JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808904189056290207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-10941055387415798332015-10-11T23:36:23.400-07:002015-10-11T23:36:23.400-07:00I agree...I go to Valancourt's site and I get ...I agree...I go to Valancourt's site and I get almost paralyzed with indecision since there're so many titles I want. One of these days I'm going to go binge-shopping.Ron Clintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18433028755791230589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-83007103588744232762015-10-11T22:37:20.842-07:002015-10-11T22:37:20.842-07:00@Ron Clinton: Thanks for reminding me Ron-don'...@Ron Clinton: Thanks for reminding me Ron-don't those Valancourt books look great! I'm trying to decide which one I need most but it's too hard!Their website is like a treasure trove of old unsung classics . I just hope they live up to their reps. So far so good with The Bog by Michael Talbot I'm 3/4 through and the monster just made an appearance and it was not a letdown! I'mhighwaykneeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00458606266831050852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-78092826638301978332015-10-11T22:24:42.735-07:002015-10-11T22:24:42.735-07:00I have a lot of the original Beaumont PBs or from ...I have a lot of the original Beaumont PBs or from back in my heyday. They are cherished like the Bradbury's , Matheson's and Browns I read and kept close since then. So glad to see him finally getting some more modern cred he deserves as much as the rest of L.A. group. One of my favorite stories of his is the Capotesque gothic: Miss Gentibelle. It's pretty dang creepy! <br /> That Rayhighwaykneeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00458606266831050852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-82823275857142303072015-10-10T09:04:47.765-07:002015-10-10T09:04:47.765-07:00Very cool, and very jealous. I've had the Bea...Very cool, and very jealous. I've had the Beaumont on my Wish List at Amazon for a while now...glad to see it's pub date is here (or close). Beteween this collection and the newly-released Valancourt Books collection, it's good to see Beaumont finally getting his due (especially so with the Penguin Classics collection, as that lends Beaumont some much deserved literary cred).<br /><Ron Clintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18433028755791230589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-38105123582882987092015-10-09T20:11:03.076-07:002015-10-09T20:11:03.076-07:00I desperately need that Ligotti reprint.I desperately need that Ligotti reprint.Cactus Smasherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06961915521070100001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-76167052913264386402015-10-09T12:28:15.713-07:002015-10-09T12:28:15.713-07:00Maybe Beaumont can finally be treated like the god...Maybe Beaumont can finally be treated like the god he was. Kevin Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12018428110302687291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-1493667943047034482015-10-09T10:07:33.194-07:002015-10-09T10:07:33.194-07:00Oooh, I have to get my hands on these ... particul...Oooh, I have to get my hands on these ... particularly the Beaumont!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745963650118492630noreply@blogger.com