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Post by deuce on Oct 28, 2017 11:45:29 GMT -5
This is a great interview: www.eldritchdark.com/articles/biographies/4/master-cas%3A-clark-ashton-smith-rememberedDr W.C. Farmer was Smith's last great friend. In this interview conducted by email, he discusses Smith's work and recalls the talks they had about literature and life. As it turns out, CAS was a fan of The Lord of the Rings! An excerpt: Larry Fischer: George Orwell said that we often recall our dead friends or relatives in a characteristic pose or activity. If you agree, how do you see CAS?
Dr. WC Farmer: Sitting across from me in a wooden chair, a common tumbler of wine and water in his right hand balancing on his right knee crossed over the left leg, his left hand holding his cigarette-holder, leaning forward in the process of a great laugh, his entire being involved in the joy of the moment. Or secondly, and by contrast, the cigarette-holder in the right hand, seated outside, legs crossed, but leaned into an intense conversation. Only for a few photos does he stand erect and pose — in real life, he was always "leisurely electric". The Eldritch Dark is an awesome website for the Klarkash-Ton fan. I wish REH fans had one like it. Check it out here: www.eldritchdark.com/
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Post by deuce on Oct 31, 2017 0:32:17 GMT -5
A cool Bradbury quote reprinted on the best cover George Barr ever painted...
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Post by deuce on Nov 12, 2017 1:46:35 GMT -5
The Dweller in the Gulf...
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Post by deuce on Dec 14, 2017 12:11:11 GMT -5
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Post by robp on Dec 14, 2017 12:37:06 GMT -5
Wow! Something else for the shopping list,thanks Deuce!
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Post by deuce on Dec 18, 2017 15:10:57 GMT -5
When HPL wrote the letter quoted below, he was unaware of REH's death just a few days before.
"His [Smith's] genius & style are of a highly individual sort, so that he undoubtedly ranks with Robert E. Howard--& perhaps C. L. Moore—as one of the supreme leaders of the WT [Weird Tales] group."
-- H. P. Lovecraft to Henry Kuttner, 15 June 1936
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2018 15:38:26 GMT -5
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Post by bobbyderie on Jan 9, 2018 20:33:28 GMT -5
Generally goes for way too much money; the art within is not made up of Smith's best pieces - just a selection of crude portraits of various historical individuals - and it's a really primitive "publication." But the essay that makes up most of the booklet contains some excerpts from CAS' letters which is of limited interest.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2018 2:32:08 GMT -5
Generally goes for way too much money; the art within is not made up of Smith's best pieces - just a selection of crude portraits of various historical individuals - and it's a really primitive "publication." But the essay that makes up most of the booklet contains some excerpts from CAS' letters which is of limited interest. Thanks for the info Bobbyderie. Yeah, I think it's a little expensive - £50 for 12 pages!
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Post by deuce on Jan 12, 2018 11:50:38 GMT -5
"I can hardly find words to express the pleasure — I might even say ecstasy — with which I have read, and re-read your magnificent Ebony and Crystal. Every line in it is a gem. I could dip into the pages and pick at random, anywhere in the book, images of clarity and depth unsurpassed. I haven’t the words to express what I feel, my vocabulary being disgustingly small. But so many of your images stir feeling of such unusual depth and intensity, and bring back half forgotten instincts and emotions with such crystal clearness."
-- Robert E. Howard to Clark Ashton Smith, 22 Jul 1933
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Post by deuce on Jan 13, 2018 11:45:20 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Jan 13, 2018 13:03:21 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Jan 14, 2018 14:25:12 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Jan 15, 2018 14:01:41 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Jan 19, 2018 13:22:32 GMT -5
"Thanks for the copy of Fantasy Fan. I subscribed for a year; a dollar is little enough to pay for the privilege of reading stories by Lovecraft, Derleth and yourself."
-- Robert E. Howard to Clark Ashton Smith, October 1933
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