Arthur Machen

[Malone]

Here's an enjoyable tribute article to Arthur Machen in today's Guardian newspaper.if you click on the comments section,you'll also find reference made to Ligotti.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2009/sep/29/arthur-machen-tartarus-press

[Evans]

I am disapointed by the lack of Horlicks magazine...

[qcrisp]

This thread seems to be in a strange place, so I'm not sure this is the most appropriate place for it, but here's a link to a 2013 article by John Gray, about Machen:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22648328

[Nemonymous]

I have started preternaturalising 'The Three Impostors' here in preparation for the Sarob Press book with three new novellas inspired by this Machen work.

[Nemonymous]

My on-going review of ROMANCES OF THE WHITE DAY by John Howard, Mark Valentine and Ron Weighell, in the tradition of Arthur Machen -
Romances of the White Day | THE DREAMCATCHER REAL-TIME REVIEWS

Currently (slowly) reading A Fragment of Life.

I am in awe.

[Michael]

Quote Originally Posted by James Sucellus

Currently (slowly) reading A Fragment of Life. I am in awe.

I know Machen gets a lot of crap for his weaker pieces but when the man was on, he was freakin on. I really enjoy Fragment too.

[Speaking Mute]

I've not read much Machen - "The Great God Pan" and "The White People" didn't make an impression on - with the exception of the sinners and saint prologue to the former, which I found absolutely brilliant. I do, however, have the Tartarus edition of "House of Souls", which I'll read through in the future, including his two most famous stories. Machen might be an author I need to read multiple times to appreciate....

[Frater_Tsalal]

Yeah, I really need to read more of his work today. So far all I've read is his The Hill of Dreams novel (which I rank as one of my favorite novels ever) and the Tartarus Press edition of Tales of the Horror and the Supernatural. I found that latter one hit or miss... always thought that "The Great God Pan" was a little overrated for some reason (I had previously read Kenneth Grant describing it as one of the most horrific stories ever written, so maybe there was a bit too much hype going into it for me). I agree that when he's on, he's on, though.

I found it amusing that Mark Samuels told me he loved all of Machen's work, even The Anatomy of Tobacco!

[Michael]

Quote Originally Posted by Frater_Tsalal

Yeah, I really need to read more of his work today. So far all I've read is his The Hill of Dreams novel (which I rank as one of my favorite novels ever) and the Tartarus Press edition of Tales of the Horror and the Supernatural. I found that latter one hit or miss... always thought that "The Great God Pan" was a little overrated for some reason (I had previously read Kenneth Grant describing it as one of the most horrific stories ever written, so maybe there was a bit too much hype going into it for me). I agree that when he's on, he's on, though. I found it amusing that Mark Samuels told me he loved all of Machen's work, even The Anatomy of Tobacco!

I think I had an advantage in that I heard nothing about Machen before running into The Great God Pan in Wagner and Wise's anthology (one of my top 10 best birthday presents of all time). I think it was precisely because I hadn't heard anything about Machen (not a lot of Machen fans in West Texas) that it blew me away. I think if it had been hyped up I would have thought it was okay (that's what happened to me when I finally read Robert E Howard; it had been so hyped up I thought it was okay at best). Agree with James on his list. Think he got the definitive Machen list spot on. Gotta part company with Mark Samuels; some of the stuff Machen wrote missed for me but when he connected, he hit like hell.