Monday, June 30, 2014

A View of Dunsany, 1923

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Lord Dunsany, by Bohun Lynch The Selling of the Emerald Idol* The beginnings of this tale are black with age, and they are to be...
Friday, June 27, 2014

Robert Aickman Centenary

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One hundred years ago today, June 27th 1914, Robert Fordyce Aickman was born at 77 Fellows Road in London.  Aickman is primarily remembered ...
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Thursday, June 26, 2014

TOUCHSTONES - Essays by John Howard

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John Howard’s new book Touchstones (Alchemy Press) offers twenty-two essays on aspects of the fantastic in literature, including some previ...
Wednesday, June 25, 2014

An Experiment with Allan Quatermain

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The title of Thomas Kent Miller’s Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time (2013) might lead the reader to expect a Rider Haggard pastiche. And...
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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Robert Aickman and H B Creswell

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One quality ever-present in Robert Aickman’s stories is a sense of heroic futility. Many of his characters lead lives that appear, properly ...
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Sunday, June 8, 2014

Dr Freud's Cabaret - Charlotte Greig

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" Dr Freud’s Cabaret is a set of songs, Studies in Hysteria , in the voices of Freud’s early patients. All of the songs are based ...
Friday, June 6, 2014

Battered Books No 2 - Penny Bloods

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Taking my cue from Mark's last post, I thought I'd add to the "battered books" series by looking briefly at Penny Bloods a...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Battered Books No 1 - Lost England

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Some book collectors always strive to find the titles they want in the most perfect condition possible. I like nicely kept books too, but I ...
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