Forum: Quentin S. Crisp
06-23-2019
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Replies: 23
Views: 12,171
Re: Graves - A Distressing Novel
Graves by day:
http://www.ligotti.net/picture.php?albumid=150&pictureid=4958
Graves by night:
http://www.ligotti.net/picture.php?albumid=150&pictureid=4959
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Forum: Film
05-21-2019
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Replies: 3,990
Views: 1,354,119
Re: A few reviews
I'd like to hear your opinion of Lars von Trier's latest offering, The House That Jack Built.
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Forum: Television
05-21-2019
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Replies: 408
Views: 175,771
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Forum: Musicians
10-05-2018
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Replies: 3,941
Views: 1,325,511
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Forum: General Discussion
06-08-2018
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Replies: 16
Views: 11,515
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Forum: Off Topic
05-24-2018
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Replies: 266
Views: 105,595
Re: Literary News
Here is something odd: about a month ago, quite out of the blue, I felt an overwhelming compulsion to read Roth, a writer I had never read. I had read most of Updike, much of Bellow, but nothing of...
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Forum: Ligotti News
03-28-2018
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Replies: 39
Views: 60,625
Re: TCATHR Penguin Classics Pre-order
Cigarettes and Antinatalism seems like a natural combination to me. If I were in the tobacco business, I'd go for packaging with pessimistic quotes - "Smoking has been shown to cause birth defects,...
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Forum: Bruno Schulz
03-27-2018
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Replies: 54
Views: 43,092
Re: Discussion: Bruno Schulz
In my opinion, Levine's translation is not quite there (sorry ma'am). The words aren't as elegant and there is no flow. While Wieniewska's translation flows better, she deletes quite a few words...
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Forum: Bruno Schulz
03-27-2018
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Replies: 54
Views: 43,092
Re: Discussion: Bruno Schulz
Another favourite passage of mine, this time from "Cockroaches":
I was disconcerted. I did remember the invasion of cockroaches, that black swarm which had nightly filled the darkness with a...
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Forum: Bruno Schulz
03-21-2018
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Replies: 54
Views: 43,092
Re: Discussion: Bruno Schulz
I remember standing in a Borders bookstore eighteen years ago and reading with rapt attention the following passage from "The Age of Genius" (in the white Picador edition), aware that I had made the...
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Forum: Bruno Schulz
03-21-2018
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Replies: 54
Views: 43,092
Re: Discussion: Bruno Schulz
http://www.ligotti.net/picture.php?albumid=150&pictureid=4733
Here is one of my favourite passages from the opening story "August," as rendered by three different translators:
The suburban...
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Forum: Art
02-27-2018
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Replies: 28
Views: 15,751
Re: Scariest Images
This is the scariest book cover in my collection, published by Dover:
https://sep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-137970348157658_2509_56984087
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Forum: Mark Samuels
02-08-2018
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Replies: 94
Views: 48,912
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Forum: Mark Samuels
02-08-2018
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Replies: 94
Views: 48,912
Re: THE PROZESS MANIFESTATIONS (new collection)
Thanks for the "running list" of QSC reviews, Mr. Lewis. It appears that I have everything Crisp-related except for The Boy Who Played With Shadows and Erith. I recently ordered The Paris...
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Forum: Mark Samuels
02-08-2018
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Replies: 94
Views: 48,912
Re: THE PROZESS MANIFESTATIONS (new collection)
No problem, Jeff. The two short story collections I selected for my journey were Defeated Dogs and Rule Dementia! (the Snuggly Books reprint); and the novel, "Remember You're a One-Ball!"
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Forum: Technical Information
02-07-2018
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Replies: 12
Views: 9,058
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Forum: Technical Information
02-07-2018
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Replies: 12
Views: 9,058
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Forum: Technical Information
02-07-2018
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Replies: 12
Views: 9,058
Moderator Approved Posts!?
Last night I composed a fairly long and, I believe, thoughtful post in the "Prozess Manifestations" thread. When I submitted it I received a message informing me that the post would only be...
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Forum: Mark Samuels
02-07-2018
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Replies: 94
Views: 48,912
Re: THE PROZESS MANIFESTATIONS (new collection)
Today the book finally arrived Down Under, and to my delight the parcel included an unexpected gift: a copy of Quentin S. Crisp's chapbook, The Little One: A Meditation ( I will write to thank Jonas...
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Forum: Other News
02-05-2018
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Replies: 548
Views: 251,422
Re: Forthcoming Books
2500 signed copies of the new Gira book are available for order now (includes a CD of the man himself narrating his stories):
https://younggodrecords.com/products/michael-gira-the-egg
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Forum: Other News
01-25-2018
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Replies: 548
Views: 251,422
Re: Forthcoming Books
This is excellent news. I am an obsessive reader of Mishima--in English, that is. If only someone would translate Kyoko's House:
( Kyōko no Ie - Wikipedia...
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Forum: General Discussion
01-24-2018
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Replies: 2,364
Views: 930,041
Re: Recent Reading
That was one of the best books I have ever read. The death of the puppy bothered me (I hate reading about animals being killed), but it was a proper element of the story and not, in my opinion,...
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Forum: Mark Samuels
01-24-2018
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Replies: 94
Views: 48,912
Re: THE PROZESS MANIFESTATIONS (new collection)
Living in Australia as I do, I generally expect to receive books later than everyone else, but even so I was beginning to worry. Last night I contacted Jonas and requested a tracking number. He...
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Forum: Ligotti News
01-24-2018
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Replies: 47
Views: 33,286
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Forum: General Discussion
01-20-2018
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Replies: 42
Views: 25,493
Re: Junji Ito thread
For those interested, the Junji Ito Collection, an anime anthology series, is currently airing:
Junji Ito Collection - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junji_Ito_Collection)
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