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Indlæser... The Terror and Other Stories (2005)af Arthur Machen
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Tilhører serienBest weird tales of Arthur Machen (volume 3) Call of Cthulhu Fiction (6036) Tilhører ForlagsserienCall of Cthulhu Fiction (6036)
Arthur Machen produced some of the most evocative weird fiction in all literary history. Written with impeccably mellifluous prose, infused with a powerful mystical vision, and imbued with a wonder and terror that he felt with every fiber of his being, his novels and tales will survive when works of far greater technical accomplishment fall by the wayside.The Terror is a short novel that inspired a host of imitations of its basic plot -- animals turning against human beings -- ranging from Philip Macdonald¿s brief tale "Our Feathered Friends" to Daphne du Maurier¿s much better-known (but sadly mediocre) novelette, "The Birds." The Terror reveals several features characteristic of Machen¿s later fiction. The first, perhaps, is frank autobiography. The first-person narrative voice not only seems to be Machen himself, but he plays upon his own role as a journalist and reporter. Ingen biblioteksbeskrivelser fundet. |
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The contents list is long, so I'll briefly give you my favorites:
"The Islington Mystery": A man who sees himself much smarter than Dr. Crippen can't stand the suspense of the wait until his capture;
"The Lost Club" : in which two men accidentally come upon a gentleman's club where strange goings-on occur
"The Bright Boy": a story told by the tutor of a young boy in a very strange household
"Out of the Picture": this is a good one. A maniac is terrorizing the streets of London and it seems that he's not real.
"Change" - a picnic in some caves uncovers the existence of foul goings-on;
and my favorite, "The Dover Road," probably the best in the book, about a man who goes along to an old house with others and disappears.
I love Machen's stories about the "little people," and how he weaves in strands dealing with Celtic myth. It's very easy to see how Lovecraft was influenced by this author. Start with Volume I, though; it's by far the best of this series. ( )