The discussion start 31,st october at 8 pm eastern time. I'm looking forward to meeting you all here then.
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Is there a link for the story, Kurben?The discussion start 31,st october at 8 pm eastern time. I'm looking forward to meeting you all here then.
...thank ya ma'am!.....
thank you spidey!
Thank you, Spidey!!
Interesting that you mention Lovecraft. I feel they are very different animals and rather difficult to compare but i'm sure neither is in everybodys taste. When it comes to Lovecraft i'm a bit divided. His best are very good while his worst are bad and really boring. I feel James holds a more even level in his stories.Perhaps because he wasn't really a writer (unless it was scholarly works). He was persuaded by friends to publicize the first collection and says himself he had a tight screening process on the things he did publicize. Of course a more professional writer like Lovecraft cant afford that luxury. For me both works in their very different way....I'm in early, got a live ghost hunting show to watch starting at 8(my own sickness).....James, in my opinion-is a Gothic Horror writer with his tales of the "ghastly"...I admit to having to look up some of the antiquated terminology, but it didn't take away from the tale....this story felt "thick", to much groundwork for a weak payoff....at the base, it IS a scary bit of writing, but could have been trimmed by several dozen words....the "creature" was the only interesting portion to me...I'll take Lovecraft's wordiness any day....not being mean Kurb-James just doesn't do it for me.....as for the whistle, I feel it was something pagan, and had been used in certain ceremonies never referenced in the story.....
Sounds like a winner-- Nov. 14th!!!OK, lets do Joe Hill's story 20th Century Ghost
Sounds like a winner-- Nov. 14th!!!
I thought, since no book was suggested last Wed. it might be best to give everyone some time off this week to read, thus take "the day off tomorrow" and re start discussion next Wednesday. Hope that is ok?Have we got a day off tomorrow?