Rosalie Parker's first book follows in the English tradition of subtle weird fiction, Robert Aickman and Arthur Machen being obvious influences. Graced with modern and elegant language, this small collection of short stories evokes an intimate, tranquil and homey atmosphere, its rustic coziness embedded in both fluid unburdened writing and liminal contemporary setting. Concerning the … Συνεχίστε να διαβάζετε The old knowledge & other strange tales (Tartarus Press, 2011).
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The Loney is a rural folk horror novel set in the north of England, dealing with a folk Christianity which blends seamlessly into the pagan ways of yore. It is also a study in the social aspects of religiosity, family and the idealization of the past; characters and setting will reverberate with people who have … Συνεχίστε να διαβάζετε The Loney – Andrew Michael Hurley.
Η Αρχέγονη Πόλη (The Primal City) βασίζεται σε ένα όνειρο του Κλαρκ Άστον Σμιθ, όπως αναφέρει ο ίδιος στην αλληλογραφία του με τον Λάβκραφτ. Η ιστορία ολοκληρώθηκε το 1934 και εκδόθηκε το Νοέμβριο του ίδιου έτους στις σελίδες του περιοδικού The Fantasy Fan, ενώ προηγουμένως είχε απορριφθεί από το Weird Tales ως πεζό ποιήμα δίχως … Συνεχίστε να διαβάζετε Η αρχέγονη πόλη, Clark Ashton Smith.
Trekking through the entirety of Clark Ashton Smith's prose writings has been a long and rewarding experience. The fifth and final part of the journey, The Last Hieroglyph, is mainly characterised by a good level of quality and a (not unrelated to the previous point) shortage of heavy sci-fi material. It also includes a number … Συνεχίστε να διαβάζετε Clark Ashton Smith Collected Fantasies, vol 5 – The Last Hieroglyph.
In most social circles, profession is what most characterizes a person, in a far larger degree than the name or any other individual characteristic. “What's your job/occupation?” is usually a default question when coming into more-than-trivial conversational contact with someone, and profession tends to extensively colour our thought-form of most persons. It could be said … Συνεχίστε να διαβάζετε Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1).
The fourth volume is a bit more focused thematically, including 5 stories of the Zothique circle, 3 of the Averoigne one and two Hyperborean ones. This doesn't mean, of course, that there is any aspect of Clark Ashton's writing that is not represented here. There are many good and great stories here, with quality peaks … Συνεχίστε να διαβάζετε Clark Ashton Smith Collected Fantasies, vol 4 – The Maze of the Enchanter.
Despite the larger number of stories and pages in comparison to volume two, the third tome of Clark Ashton Smith’s Omnibus, was overall better, containing no pages that forced skipping. On the contrary, the good stories are many, and the great are among the author's most exquisite writings. Mediocre:-Beyond the Singing Flame: The sequel to … Συνεχίστε να διαβάζετε Clark Ashton Smith Collected Fantasies, vol 3 – A Vintage from Atlantis.
The second tome of Clark Ashton Smith's collected works gathers a number of stories, ranging from choked-in-action sci-fi (A Captivity in Serpens) to oriental weird (The Willow Landscape, The Ghoul) and good old grotesque horror (Return of the Sorcerer). Obviously, the reader's disposition towards a particular genre will be of the uttermost importance concerning the … Συνεχίστε να διαβάζετε Clark Ashton Smith Collected Fantasies, vol 2 – The Door to Saturn.
Μπορεί ο Κόναν να υποστήριζε πως “Crushing your enemies, see them driven before you and hear the lamentation of their women” είναι το καλύτερο στη ζωή, αλλά η απάντηση του προηγούμενου πολεμιστή στην επίμαχη σκηνή είναι αυτή που έχει όλο το επικό ζουμί: “The open steppe, fleet horse, falcons at your wrist, and the wind … Συνεχίστε να διαβάζετε A Thousand Plateaus – Τα πρώτα 500.
Λογοτεχνικά Gateways to Abomination (Matthew M. Bartlett, 2014) Ανθολογία με πολύ μικρής έκτασης και χαλαρά συνδεόμενα μεταξύ τους διηγήματα τρόμου, τα οποία αναδύουν παρακμή (δυστυχώς) αλλά και παράδοξο (ευτυχώς). Δομικά συγγενές των Παγανιστικών, έστω κι αν είναι πιο αστικό και δυστοπικό θεματολογικά. Εδώ γράφω περισσότερα. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ghosts And Ruins (Ben Catmull, 2013) Κάπως έτσι φαντάζομαι … Συνεχίστε να διαβάζετε Βιβλία που διάβασα το 2017.
Industries of Inferno 