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This video was posted elsewhere in response to my Ruinenlust series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU5R7iHnh0Q Here Slavoj Žižek employs his own psychoanalytic term "the Inertia of the Real" (the mute presence beyond meaning) and uses the graveyard of disused aircraft in the Mojave desert to...

Alas, Bruno Schulz was not part of my compilation, but then, I might consider adding his works. Here is a representative passage that provides us with what Mr. Goldfarb is referring to: -- THE STREET OF CROCODILES Translated from Polish by Celina Wieniewska source...

That's an excellent find, mongoose! This author sounds most interesting: And I have just managed to track down this article, in which the author actually uses the word "Ruinlust"! the psychoanalysis of ruins More about the book in the following interview with the author: source...

Thank you. I don't think there are specific plans at the moment, but this doesn't mean it won't change soon. I know the author is looking for a translator. So hopefully it won't take too long before all English-language readers are able to appreciate Wojciech Gunia's excellent fiction. And...

Thanks for reading, Raul. And I appreciate the fact that you posted "The Ruined Grave" when I started the thread. I should be able to find time to read it soon! I will posting the final part of Ruinenlust over the weekend or early next week. This will be something unique, as it will be a the...

Thanks, Kevin. I will need to consider this in the future! Well my German is far from fluent, but it's good enough to appreciate Angerhuber's prose. I know that three years ago Rainfall books was planning to reissue Nocturnal Products, but to no avail. I myself do not even have this...

Thank you, Matthew. These are the kindest words I ever heard about my photography. My wife always tells me that I take terrible pictures of people, so I prefer to devote my sessions to photographing books. Maybe I should think about publishing a photographic album for bibliophiles? Here are...

It turns out I will need to speed up with my compilation as I am running out of spare time and will publish the remaining posts by the end of the week. I have therefore posted: Ruinenlust in Weird Fiction #4: From Fritz Leiber to Ramsey Campbell Ruinenlust in Weird Fiction #5: Thomas...

Stefan Grabiński! Ruinenlust in Weird Fiction #3: Stefan Grabiński

Today I posted another part: Ruinenlust in Weird Fiction #2: The Weird Tales Circle I plan to eventually prepare ten such compilations/posts, with the next one focusing on Grabiński.

I continue my compilation here: Ruinenlust in Weird Fiction #1: From Gothic Fiction to Edgar Allan Poe Of course, one could write a book-length study on Ruinenlust in gothic fiction alone so you will need to forgive me if I sound very selective in the works cited in those posts.

Four syllables, just like pronouncing these two in one go: Ruinen Lust

The second part of the introduction to my Ruinenlust compilation is up: confusio linguarum: Ruinenlust: An Introduction #2 Still collecting material for the rest of the series with the next part of the compilation already centering on some works of gothic/weird fiction.

Congratulations on the book, xylokopos. This title sounds most interesting. I don't remember the Ligotti quote you mention, let me see if I can locate it. Thanks, Ben. I will be posting those on a weekly basis. I don't think my choices will be much of a surprise for TLO members, but then I...

On my blog, Confusio Linguarum, I am planning to devote a series of posts to the theme of Ruinenlust - the feeling of being irresistibly drawn to crumbling buildings and abandoned places. The first two of them will serve as a short introduction to Ruinenlust, whilst the rest will deal with the...