tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post8915468869036273359..comments2024-03-06T11:11:48.095-08:00Comments on Too Much Horror Fiction: Cold Print by Ramsey Campbell (1985): Down on the BeachWill Erricksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-1924357514157542612012-05-20T16:33:07.543-07:002012-05-20T16:33:07.543-07:00Just started reading Campbell's most Lovecraft...Just started reading Campbell's most Lovecraftian novel, <i>The Darkest Part of the Woods</i> and it's pretty interesting thus far. I should go back and finish up <i>Cold Print</i>. I'd read a good chunk of it on a recent flight but put it aside as soon as I came home.Alejandro Omidsalarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15539800558494273368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-42775872615697720002011-10-25T17:45:09.674-07:002011-10-25T17:45:09.674-07:00I like Campbell very much, and have enjoyed many a...I like Campbell very much, and have enjoyed many a moody evening reading him.<br /><br />Just picked up 'Alone With the Horrors' recently. It's a solid collection.<br /><br />That face is quite reptilian.Phantom of Pulphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03684169251989469824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-37211921798877985712010-05-20T06:49:53.106-07:002010-05-20T06:49:53.106-07:00I'd say my favorite Campbell collection is Dar...I'd say my favorite Campbell collection is <i>Dark Companions</i>, but I also have <i>Scared Stiff</i> but I haven't read it recently. <i>Falling Angel</i> is one on my to-reread list so I can cover it here, good call! Mine is *not* the demon-covered one! Thanks again guys.Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-29014504799040929982010-05-19T19:03:48.473-07:002010-05-19T19:03:48.473-07:00I'm actually in the middle of this book right ...I'm actually in the middle of this book right now. And though I'm not as fond of his "Lovecraft period" as I am with his later stuff, this isn't bad. He didn't really get good though, until he started writing in his own style (stories like "Calling Card" and "In The Bag").lazlo azavaarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08947137317385572671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-7827945558606056872010-05-19T18:44:13.479-07:002010-05-19T18:44:13.479-07:00Agreed: Mr. Campbell is best in short-form and you...Agreed: Mr. Campbell is best in short-form and your blog is 'fantastic'. <br /><br />I just ordered William Hjorstberg's FALLING ANGEL (film adaption titled ANGEL HEART starring Mickey Rourke and De Niro, of course!), and found myself dumbfounded at the ludicrous (lucifer) cover art. <br /><br />Great effing mix tho: hard-boiled and horror!Rusty Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16143817211151177797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-67291571915322471862010-05-19T16:45:55.199-07:002010-05-19T16:45:55.199-07:00Agreed -- I think Campbell is masterful in short f...Agreed -- I think Campbell is masterful in short form, and not quite as effective in book-length, where his overriding emphasis on mood and suspicious happenings can grow a bit tedious. Word for word, though, he's probably the best prose stylist in the horror field.<br /><br />(Also, this blog is fantastic -- I read a lot of those 80s horror novels and it's great to see them get some love)Chucknoreply@blogger.com