#171
|
||||
|
||||
Christmas gift
|
#172
|
||||
|
||||
__________________
"It is with considerable difficulty that I remember the original era of my being." Mary Shelley, FRANKENSTEIN "Within the framework of most horror tales we find a moral code so strong it would make a Puritan smile." Stephen King, DANSE MACABRE |
#173
|
||||
|
||||
Got the following books this week:
M.R. James: Collected Ghost Stories Robert E. Howard: Haunter of the Ring & Other Tales Ambrose Pierce: Terror by Night Also ordered this one: Horrors From The Haunted Seas by William Hope Hodgson Haven't read anything by these writers yet. But I did some research earlier on and it looks like my cup of tea. Oh, yeah. Also bought Lemmy's White Line Fever. |
#174
|
||||
|
||||
Just ordered The Monster Club to be shipped from the UK. I figure if sfear keeps it as his avatar for years on end it must be pretty good!
|
#175
|
||||
|
||||
Cool! Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. R. Chetwynd-Hayes is a good writer despite having a name I can never remember how to spell.
__________________
"It is with considerable difficulty that I remember the original era of my being." Mary Shelley, FRANKENSTEIN "Within the framework of most horror tales we find a moral code so strong it would make a Puritan smile." Stephen King, DANSE MACABRE |
#176
|
||||
|
||||
I remember seeing this a while ago - and it was too much $$$ to buy.
I just found it - mint condition - unread - including the simpsons comic enclosed for 99 cents.
__________________
You make stupid look smart. |
#177
|
||||
|
||||
Every year a locally owned bookstore on the south side of town offers their customers 25% off any book in the store and a free cup of coffee from the coffee shop upstairs. What can be better than that?
__________________
"It is with considerable difficulty that I remember the original era of my being." Mary Shelley, FRANKENSTEIN "Within the framework of most horror tales we find a moral code so strong it would make a Puritan smile." Stephen King, DANSE MACABRE Last edited by sfear; 01-25-2014 at 01:10 PM. |
#178
|
||||
|
||||
Speaking of dwindling storage space, I've been trying to break the habit of stopping by the library every weekend and checking out the freebie shelf. But what good is a habit if it's easy to break?
THE ARMED VISION contains a 20 plus page essay on the writings of Van Wyck Brooks and I thought this should be enlightening. What I got was a front row seat of Brooks getting bashed by a shop lamp. Hyman spends most of his time displaying his strong dislike for everything except his strong dislike for everything. I suppose some will be impressed. The MacInnes sort of speaks for itself. 1942 paperback. Doesn't get much cooler than that.
__________________
"It is with considerable difficulty that I remember the original era of my being." Mary Shelley, FRANKENSTEIN "Within the framework of most horror tales we find a moral code so strong it would make a Puritan smile." Stephen King, DANSE MACABRE |
#179
|
|||
|
|||
Recently acquired Dune, The Club Dumas, and Incarnate by Ramsey Campbell. I will start on those in a couple weeks when I get some free time.
|
#180
|
||||
|
||||
It was great. A delightful balance of British humor and horror. Have you read anything else he's written?
|
|
|