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Post by deuce on Mar 11, 2016 10:14:06 GMT -5
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Post by televiper on Mar 14, 2016 9:54:13 GMT -5
I just finished the Jirel stories and they were excellent! Highly recommended.
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Post by deuce on Mar 14, 2016 12:42:08 GMT -5
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Post by Jason Aiken on Mar 14, 2016 19:21:35 GMT -5
Sad to see that happened to her. I've only read her Jirel of Joiry stories, but they were enough to make me into a lifetime fan.
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Post by johnnypt on Mar 14, 2016 21:22:21 GMT -5
Sad to see that happened to her. I've only read her Jirel of Joiry stories, but they were enough to make me into a lifetime fan. You have GOT to get your hands on the Northwest Smith stories. Amazingly atmospheric. To me, the best is the two pager Song In a Minor Key, which wasn't included in a number of the collections. |
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Post by Jason Aiken on Mar 15, 2016 2:25:18 GMT -5
Sad to see that happened to her. I've only read her Jirel of Joiry stories, but they were enough to make me into a lifetime fan. You have GOT to get your hands on the Northwest Smith stories. Amazingly atmospheric. To me, the best is the two pager Song In a Minor Key, which wasn't included in a number of the collections. Good to know those are good, too. I have the Northwest of Earth collection that Paizo Planet Stories put out years ago. I'm saving the Jirel/Northwest Quest of the Starkings crossover until I've read all the Northwest ones. |
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Post by themirrorthief on Nov 7, 2016 12:13:17 GMT -5
Just read an awesome C.L. Moore story called Black Thirst...it has most of the elements of Swords and Sorcery but technically I suppose its ray gun and sorcery instead. Moore is one of the very few writers than can come close to Howard where creating atmosphere is concerned. I think that may have been Howards greatest ability...virtually making you feel you are there watching things unfold. Few writers have that gift. Moore is better than Kuttner by far IMO. Black Thirst is a Northwest Smith adventure and a great one
also read a Fritz Leiber tale called Coming Attractions...its a Dystopian type tale about a future America shattered and scarred by war. Probably more Horror than sci fi actually but its the best tale I ever read by Leiber. two highly recommended yarns folksies
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Post by deuce on Nov 7, 2016 14:24:44 GMT -5
Just read an awesome C.L. Moore story called Black Thirst...it has most of the elements of Swords and Sorcery but technically I suppose its ray gun and sorcery instead. Moore is one of the very few writers than can come close to Howard where creating atmosphere is concerned. I think that may have been Howards greatest ability...virtually making you feel you are there watching things unfold. Few writers have that gift. Moore is better than Kuttner by far IMO. Black Thirst is a Northwest Smith adventure and a great one Yeah, Black Thirst is one of her best. I also agree that Moore was far better than Kuttner, who was kind of a hack, IMO. |
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Post by deuce on Jan 6, 2017 11:08:28 GMT -5
Clark Ashton Smith expressing his admiration for Moore: "Thanks for the photo of C. L. Moore's remarkable drawing of Shambleau. I have been so doubtful of my ability toward bettering this from any angle, that I have not yet tried the pencil sketch that you suggested. Perhaps I'II have it to send in my next. C. L. Moore certainly must be a genius -- I liked her "Dust of Gods" almost better than any of the tales so far published."BTW, here's an excellent review of Dust of the Gods, with some spoilers:
www.advanceddungeonsandparenting.com/2011/07/blogging-northwest-smith-dust-of-gods.html
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Post by deuce on Jan 21, 2017 10:32:49 GMT -5
While The Dark World is credited to Moore's husband, Henry Kuttner, many believe that CLM had a major, if not primary, hand in writing the novel. Here's a review: randy-byers.livejournal.com/570886.htmlThe reviewer notes that Bond having a dual identity with Ganelon reminds him of Brackett's The Sword of Rhiannon. This would be ironic if true, since Brackett so obviously modeled much of her early style and world-building on Moore's. However, they both shared a common influence: A. Merritt. The reviewer mentions Merritt because TDW is a "portal fantasy", a concept Merritt basically invented. However, he seems ignorant of the plot of The Dwellers in the Mirage, which introduced the idea of one man inhabited by two souls, one being more noticeably "evil" than the other. If anything was "borrowed" by Moore (or Kuttner, who was also a Merritt fan), it was from her literary idol, not her protege.  |
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Post by deuce on Jan 24, 2017 16:30:25 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Jan 25, 2017 12:21:40 GMT -5
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Post by themirrorthief on Jan 26, 2017 21:22:47 GMT -5
remember that Moore contributed to all the Lewis Padgett tales along with Kuttner
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Post by deuce on Jan 26, 2017 21:35:50 GMT -5
remember that Moore contributed to all the Lewis Padgett tales along with Kuttner Did someone forget? |
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Post by themirrorthief on Jan 26, 2017 23:14:34 GMT -5
sure did, otherwise why would I post
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