Poe

[novadawn969]

Whats your favorite work by Edgar Allen Poe???


I'll go first.
My favorite Poem by Poe is in my signature... its called A Dream.



P.S. Sorry if this was already a thread...

[evilreign]

hmmm, I haven't read many poe works, although as soon as I finish the crop of books that I just bought I am going to get his complete stories and poems. I would have to say from what I have read... the raven

[Miss Olivia]

Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow--
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night or in a day, In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
ALL that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.

I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand--
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep--while I weep!
O God! Can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
ONE from the pitiless wave?
Is ALL that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?

[noctuary]

For fiction: "The Fall of the House of Usher"

For poetry: "Annabelle Lee"

[novadawn969]

Nice. A Dram Within a Dream is oneof my favorite poems. The Raven is one of the most popular. There's a website with most of his works on it. I'll try to get that for you guys. :p

[novadawn969]

Kinda crappy if I do say so myself... Oh well.

http://bau2.uibk.ac.at/sg/poe/Work.html

[Fresh]

"The Cask of Amontillado" is my favorite. I still think about it sometimes though I first heard it over twenty years ago.:)

[hammerfan]

Annabelle Lee

Masque of the Red Death

[Miss Olivia]

As far as his stories go, I think A Descent into the Maelstrom is my favorite. The imagery is so scary to me, it actually gave me a fear of whirlpools. I guess that's why I stay out of the deep end of the pool now.:p

[novadawn969]

Annabelle Lee is a popular one. I certainly like it regardless.

Yeah, Poe has the talent to get under your skin. My mom won't even read it... lol. If I don't have anything to do, I'll end up reading his stories for hours. They never loose their effect, so its fun to read the one's I haven't read in forever.

I haven't read A Descent into the Maelstrom for a year or so, so I'll read that, amoung others, on my trip to California tomorrow. :p

[The_Return]

I actually havent read any of his stories (shock gasp!), but his poems are fantastic. The Lake (see signature) is my favourite.

[novadawn969]

Originally posted by The_Return
I actually havent read any of his stories (shock gasp!), but his poems are fantastic. The Lake (see signature) is my favourite.


Really? Not even The Tell-tale Heart??? We read that in school. I loved that teacher :p

If you like his poems, you should love his stories. He has the ability to scare the bjesis out of you. :D

[novadawn969]

Oh, and just so you know, The Pit and the Pendulum was written by Poe :p

[urgeok]

my favorite isnt written ..

[Vodstok]

Originally posted by Fresh
"The Cask of Amontillado" is my favorite. I still think about it sometimes though I first heard it over twenty years ago.:) Same here. I read it in 9th grade, which was 16 years ago. Eek.

evilreign: Nice avatar :)

Originally posted by urgeok
my favorite isnt written ..

Isnt that some sort of "lazer"? like the kind found on a "Death Star"?

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Vodstok


Isnt that some sort of "lazer"? like the kind found on a "Death Star"?


hahaha it took me a couple of minutes before i knew what the hell you were talking about :D

[The_Return]

Originally posted by novadawn969
Oh, and just so you know, The Pit and the Pendulum was written by Poe :p

Im well aware of that...just because it's one of my favourite movies doesnt mean Ive read the story:p

[Bee-otch]

Quoth the Bee-otch... NEVERMORE

[novadawn969]

Originally posted by Bee-otch
Quoth the Bee-otch... NEVERMORE

cute... :p

[Bee-otch]

Thank you... We try. ;)

[novadawn969]

Originally posted by Bee-otch
Thank you... We try. ;)

Yeah we do!!!


and your welcome. :D

[Bee-otch]

By we I was inferring my split personality. ;)
However... he doesn't come around very much any more
because.................
because......................

[Bee-otch]

I think that I owe myself money. ;) :D

[novadawn969]

lol. Thats understandable. Does he have a name??? Please don't say Fred... :D

[heebiejeebies]

I love teaching Poe because his stories/poems insert some life into an otherwise "by the book" class. It's also a way for me to suck my innocent students into my sick and demented world.:D

[novadawn969]

Originally posted by heebiejeebies
I love teaching Poe because his stories/poems insert some life into an otherwise "by the book" class. It's also a way for me to suck my innocent students into my sick and demented world.:D

Nice. I wish I had more teachers like you. :(

[Nightshade]

Creativity and addictions are not all that far removed.
There are many examples of this throughout the ages.
Poe is another example on an all too often tragic list.

[Ooky_Kabuki]

I'm going to have to go with Annabelle Lee, The Masque of the Red Death, and The Raven. (suddenly I heard a tapping as of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door...you heard me rapping right?)

[Ooky_Kabuki]

Get this, when I was in high school we had to write an essay in World Geography about who our hero was from history. Our teacher proceeded to tell us the story of a former student who had written about Edgar Allen Poe. Well, this teacher made his student change his hero because he felt that was a horrible hero, with the opium addiction and what not. At the end of the story he told us that the guy was killed a few years later. Now WHAT does that have to do with having Poe as his hero I ask you?!? Absolutely nothing!!!!!! BUT, according to this teacher, his hero was the reason that all of this happened. What a crock of shit. I gave that teacher hell for the entire year after that.

[novadawn969]

Originally posted by Ooky_Kabuki
Get this, when I was in high school we had to write an essay in World Geography about who our hero was from history. Our teacher proceeded to tell us the story of a former student who had written about Edgar Allen Poe. Well, this teacher made his student change his hero because he felt that was a horrible hero, with the opium addiction and what not. At the end of the story he told us that the guy was killed a few years later. Now WHAT does that have to do with having Poe as his hero I ask you?!? Absolutely nothing!!!!!! BUT, according to this teacher, his hero was the reason that all of this happened. What a crock of shit. I gave that teacher hell for the entire year after that.

Are you serious??? Thats so mess up. I hate peolpe like that. Its kind of funny how I got teachers like that all the time at public school, but as soon as I went to christian boarding school, all my teachers became open minded and sane. lol. :D

[evilreign]

Originally posted by Ooky_Kabuki
Get this, when I was in high school we had to write an essay in World Geography about who our hero was from history. Our teacher proceeded to tell us the story of a former student who had written about Edgar Allen Poe. Well, this teacher made his student change his hero because he felt that was a horrible hero, with the opium addiction and what not. At the end of the story he told us that the guy was killed a few years later. Now WHAT does that have to do with having Poe as his hero I ask you?!? Absolutely nothing!!!!!! BUT, according to this teacher, his hero was the reason that all of this happened. What a crock of shit. I gave that teacher hell for the entire year after that.

Good job:D

[storyteller]

The Tell-Tale Heart is my favorite.

[dw_horrorfan]

The Black Cat & The Pit and The Pendulum. The first of Poe books that i read when i was young. And the images it left in my mind remains til today ....

[Roderick Usher]

I love the Black Cat and Fall of the House of Usher, but every Halloween night - at midnight and by candle light - I read The Tell-Tale Heart aloud (and act it out) to whomever will listen.

We're usually having a partry. Always goes down big.

[The_Return]

We read an analyised The Cask of Amontillado in my AP English class...damn thats a cool story.

[evilreign]

I just picked up the complete stories and poems of edgar allen poe, all 832 pages of it:D

[virose_pt]

Originally posted by evilreign
I just picked up the complete stories and poems of edgar allen poe, all 832 pages of it:D

I had some colections of Poe, and recently I brought a book called "Complete Works of EAP", about 800/900 pages. It's the best way ti gave all of his works.

[psycho_butthead]

i like the black cat. if you havent read it its about a man who tries to kill his one eyed cat. instead he kills his wife with the axe he had for the cat. he burries her in the wall in the cellar. the police come and he almost gets away with it. thing is he put the cat in the wall to by accident the cops hear it and tear the wall down and discover his wife. i did a book report on it i got an A.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by evilreign
I just picked up the complete stories and poems of edgar allen poe, all 832 pages of it:D

in going through my stored books i found a hardcover copy of Tales of Mystery and Imagination released by the Heritage Club.

nice book .. comes with a slipcase ... its a reproduction of something released in 1941


i have another one of these - Homer's The Odyssey

[dark thoughts]

I love The Raven and annabell Lee (sorry for spelling) but i also like Eldorado(again sorry for spelling)

[novadawn969]

Originally posted by psycho_butthead
i like the black cat. if you havent read it its about a man who tries to kill his one eyed cat. instead he kills his wife with the axe he had for the cat. he burries her in the wall in the cellar. the police come and he almost gets away with it. thing is he put the cat in the wall to by accident the cops hear it and tear the wall down and discover his wife. i did a book report on it i got an A.


lol. You forget the begginging with the first cat. This is the one that always gets my mom...

[virose_pt]

The Black Cat is for sure my favorite Poe story.

And is so well written! Writers "wannabies" should have a look at his works, as he his THE master.

[novadawn969]

Originally posted by virose_pt
he is THE master.

True that.

[braider31]

I've never read anything by Poe. What would be a good one to start with?

[novadawn969]

Originally posted by braider31
I've never read anything by Poe. What would be a good one to start with?


It matters how morbid you prefer. A good starter for Poe would be some of the poems... I wouldn't recomend starting most of the stories until you've gotten used to the style of poetry. If you start one of the more morbid stories, like The Black Cat, you may get scared... then again I could be wrong. :D

[braider31]

Thanks for the tip

[urgeok]

Originally posted by braider31
Thanks for the tip


i used to have a job at the zoo, circumsizing elephants.

the pay wasnt much, but the tips were enormous !




try the veal folks, I'll be here all week.

[stinking_dylan]

Favourite would have to be The Raven, just on the number of times I read it.

Have any of you played 'The Dark Eye'?

It's an adventure game for the PC, similar to Myst. It's all done using stop frame animation and puppets. It's probably the best adaption of Poe work I've ever seen, including what I've seen in film. Very creepy game, but also extremely difficult to find. (*cough* emule *cough*)
Not very gamey per se, more like an interactive story or Poe museum. And it is old now, so don't expect high res graphics.

Linky : http://www.justadventure.com/reviews/Dark_Eye_HOF/Dark_Eye.shtm