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Old 04-14-2015   #1
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Algernon Blackwood
A new compilation of previously uncollected Blackwood stories and essays called The Face Of The Earth has recently been published:
http://starkhousepress.com/blackwood.php
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Re: Algernon Blackwood
Bumping this -

The two Blackwoods I reread from time to time are the older Spring House editions from the 60s:
Tales Of The Uncanny and Supernatural
Tales Of The Mysterious and Macabre
Both show up USED all the time, and generally affordable.
In fact, most Blackwood collections are good buys.

No idea how he "reads" to modern sensibilities.
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How had I never seen this before!?
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I always wondered where these were and occasionally I looked for them. I once saw a clip of one of his tv appearances in a documentary.
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I mentioned these on an earlier thread, though I don't think they were on YouTube at that time.
Algernon Blackwood on film - Page 2 - THE NIGHTMARE NETWORK
I see the other one, Lock Your Door, is also on there:
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I just started reading The Education of Uncle Paul. I like the beginning very much. Algernon Blackwood is one of few writers whose stories pleasantly and permanently stay in my emotional memory. He has that genuine dedication, and generosity, to his fellow beings. And depth of intelligence enough to leave a mark.
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I just started reading The Education of Uncle Paul. I like the beginning very much. Algernon Blackwood is one of few writers whose stories pleasantly and permanently stay in my emotional memory. He has that genuine dedication, and generosity, to his fellow beings. And depth of intelligence enough to leave a mark.
I agree, and that novel is one of my favourites. Blackwood can be sentimental in things like this, but his sincerity and the intensity of his feeling somehow makes me go along with it. Chapter 10 contains some of his best writing.
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A fine reading.

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I've always felt "The Doll" and "The Decoy" are two of Blackwood's most underrated stories. I love "The Egyptian Hornet" as well.

I really don't greatly care for the John Silence stories with the exceptions of "Ancient Sorceries" and "Secret Worship." I don't see how the other stories are superior to Jules de Grandin. Perhaps even inferior.


Sadly, I suspect most younger readers of this forum don't even read Blackwood.
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The Bright Messenger (1921) anyone? I have not read it. What say ye? Is it Blackwood's final masterpiece, completing and rounding off his spiritual cosmic vision in a last efflorescence? Or is it the desperate work of a disillusioned man? Had the grand monument started to deteriorate here, falling in upon itself like a card house?
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