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Clark Ashton Smith's works - including short stories, art, poetry, prose poetry and plays as well as a comprehensive collection of essays on his life and fiction [Viewed: 194]
Sounds good Gavin. Tell Scott if he needs anything I'll look through my Barlow files and provide him with any info needed.
Gavin Callaghan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > calonlan Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > There have been a number of opinions about the > > Heavener Runestone, its presence as > acknowledged > > by the Indians, > > I found a rather interesting rock with > inscriptions on it in my hometown, in a cemetery > in Flemingville, NY. I wrote an article about it > for FATE magazine, Feb. 2007: > > http://www.fatemag.com/issues/2000s/2007-02article > 2.html > > The inscription confused me, because it seemed to > use Latin letters, but the words were > incomprehensible: "BoB Y DiDf". I padded out the > article with some additional info. on the plates > supposedly found by J. Smith in nearby Palmyra. > After the article was printed, I received two > letters from a FATE reader, who pointed out to me > that the language on the Flemingville stone was > Welsh! So isn't that interesting, a Welsh > presence in America -post-dating the Roman > occupation of Wales, apparently, since it's not > runes or ogham. Hey Gavin - my pen name (as here) is Welsh - means "A clean heart" -- also my favorite Welsh Hymn, sung during the wedding scene in "How Green Was My Valley" (Roddy Macdowell, Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara) - wonderful stuff - Maybe some Druid priests from Wales and Ireland came along to keep the Norse from cutting down all the sacred trees and making longboats out of them? LOL
Just in case anyone is interested in a little more accurate translation of [b]The Spider [/b]here is the link: http://anarchistworld.com/hannsheinzewers/book/spider.htm I find the differences just as fascinating as the similarities. Hopefully my translation runs a bit smoother and makes a little more sense. I am curious about any comments and feedback. I am considering new translations of previously translated material because many of the existing translations seem to lack a certain quality that I feel should be there. Just my opinion -joe
Amazing stuff there- particularly the pre-break Barlow/Wandrei letter. Love to see what it says. Scott Connors was thinking of doing a Barlow article, he might be able to use that info. I'm like HPL when it comes to 1st editions- I prefer usuable editions, rather than curios. I hate it when some of my books become collectors' items- because then I have to watch out how I handle them. For some reason, whenever I spill my tea, it always seems to hit the one semi-valuable book sitting out... My cheapness is bad in many ways- for instance, I don't have any of the Joshi HPL corrections from Arkham house, just the 1970's Ballantine pb's! So when I finally go to submit my HPL essay, I'm going to have to check out all the Joshi volumes from the local library and backtrace all my quotes, to make sure they're textually accurate, plus to get the new pagination... Should only take a few [i]months[/i]....
Jojo Lapin X Wrote: > It is true that when I grew up there was a > community of Esperantists nearby and we were > sternly warned by our parents not to go near their > hovels lest we be kidnapped and eaten. But this, > of course, in no way informs my mature view of the > matter. It's interesting- in his last story for [u]The Shadow[/u] pulp, "Malmordo", Walter Gibson had several weird digressions about a criminal gang which uses [i]Esperanto[/i]. Its leader, named Malmordo, has a face like a giant rat, and he has the ability to control rats, and lives with the rats in the sewer!!! Apparently pulp writer Gibson himself was an [i]Esperanto[/i] student/enthusiast- and as we all know, pulp writers like to pad-out their stories with weird information/digressions. [i]Nostaligia Ventures[/i] reprinted the story in Vol. 2 of their collected [u]Shadow[/u]: [i]"'Malmordo is a notorious criminal,' asserted Stacey. 'In fact, until recently, he was the most notorious criminal on the European scene. He still would be- if he happened to be in Europe.' 'His name would indicate that,' stated Weston. 'I take it that the name is derived from [b]mal[/b] and [b]morte[/b], words signifying "evil death" or its equivalent.' Slowly, Stacey shook his head. 'You are wrong,' the gray man declared. 'The term [b]mal[/b] means opposite and [b]mordo[/b] means something that gnaws or bites. Hence the term is a corruption-' 'In what language? put in Weston. 'Spanish?' 'In Esperanto,' replied Stacey, 'an international language. Malmordo's activities were so far flung, that before the war, the police officials in various countries used Esperanto in their interchangeable reports, in order to puzzle Malmordo's followers.' 'And did it work?' asked Weston. 'It worked quite well at first,' replied Stacey. 'Quite a few of Malmordo's workers were trapped. But then they began using Esperanto too....'"[/i] (p. 95)
Gavin Callaghan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Anyone have $35,000.00 dollars to spend?.... Still off-topic, but the same seller is now also offering [url=http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=1103039280&searchurl=an%3Dlovecraft%26sortby%3D1%26tn%3Dselected%2Bletters%26x%3D0%26y%3D0]52 letters from Lovecraft to Frank Belknap Long[/url]. Only a measly $150,000! (The Lovecraft-Petaja letters appear to remain unsold, so you can get the whole package for just $185,000 plus $8 shipping if you live in the US. You could probably negotiate about the shipping charge, too.)
I know fans and followers of CAS, HPL, and the rest of them have things in their collection- rare, authentic or not. I thought it would be neat to share. I'll go first. 1. H.P.L 1934 x mas card to R.H. Barlow (with Lovecrafts signature on bottom and year in roman numerals- authentic and paid over 500 bucks for this little guy) 2. 3 weird tales issues all 1st appearence with h.p.l stories (Cats of Ulthar, Curse of Yig, and Dunwich Horror) 3. CAS envelope from Weird Tales. 4. August Dereleth letter to Frank Belknap Long 5. R.H. Barlow typed letter with signature to Donald Wandrei about a piece of artwork he lost (Signature on bottom) 6. R.H. Barlows two issues of Dragon Fly 7. Roy A. Squires version of H.P.Ls' Cats Of Ulthar (Very nice job) 8. 1st edition of Arthur Machens' The Great God Pan (Lovecraft wouldn't be jealous as he didn't care for 1st editions) 9. A genuine copy of the providence journal where Sonia Greene 1st printed her memoir "H.P.L: As his wife remembers him" (Gotta get a frame for this as its starting to tear, yikes) 10. II, III, IV, V, of H.P.Ls' selected letters series (all 1st editions. Now gotta get the 1st one). 11. The United Amateur Volume 18 no 1. (awesome poems by Samuel Loveman and H.P.L) 12. National Tribute (August 1921) (Complete with the rare pic of H.P.L smiling and many other pics including James F. Morton and Sonia Greene as well as others). 13. Actual Necrenomican printing of Sonias Memoir (Hey adding this gives more coolness to the fact I have the original newspaper printing and plus this version is better written than the one in the paper). 14. R.H. Barlows: On Lovecraft and Life (1992). 15. Frank Belknap Longs' "Dreamer On The Nightside" (People didn't like this one but I did. Good Job Frank). Looking forward to hearing about other peoples collections. Would be nice to add some CAS sculptures to my lot but that sort of money eludes me, lol.
calonlan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There have been a number of opinions about the > Heavener Runestone, its presence as acknowledged > by the Indians, I found a rather interesting rock with inscriptions on it in my hometown, in a cemetery in Flemingville, NY. I wrote an article about it for [u]FATE[/u] magazine, Feb. 2007: http://www.fatemag.com/issues/2000s/2007-02article2.html The inscription confused me, because it seemed to use Latin letters, but the words were incomprehensible: "[i][b]BoB Y DiDf[/b][/i]". I padded out the article with some additional info. on the plates supposedly found by J. Smith in nearby Palmyra. After the article was printed, I received two letters from a [u]FATE[/u] reader, who pointed out to me that the language on the Flemingville stone was Welsh! So isn't that interesting, a Welsh presence in America -post-dating the Roman occupation of Wales, apparently, since it's not runes or ogham.
We are indeed off the track - several misreadings from your post - the idea that "Grom" is modern Russian is quite true - but it is an ancient onomotopoetic sound root for thunder, there are 8000 root sounds behind all indo-european languages - your studies of philology must go deeper before I can go further in that discussion - dozens of scholars who are experts in ancient norse languages have examines the stone itself - Glomedal was just the latest - I do not assume that the reading is correct, or that the transliteration of the letters is accurate, it is only convenient to use it - if you see the stone in person, perhaps you could do a better job with it -- considering the plethora of inscriptions, I should withhold judgment - Additionally, no suggestion was made or implied that the Erickson expedition wrote anything anywhere, for if the inscriptions in the midwest are true, they are much older - The kensington stone is a well-known fraud - no news there - That basque is both linguistically and grammatically related to the languages you mention (in its oldest uncorrupted form) is an interesting thought, and I shall pursue that when I have time -- I would not expect you to know the documents on American Indian or Toltec languages - they constitute research that is less than 5 years old, and the status of publication is unknown to me, since what I have seen of them were faxes of sections from the professors at the Univ. in Fort Worth texas which had been sent to Mrs. Gloria Farley -I made no notes on them, and was able to scan what she had only briefly since my visit was necessarily short (she has since died, and was then 88 and frail) I was there mainly to meet her and see the latex impressions of the cave described in my last email. You must realize that because you have not found something has no impact on its truth or falsehood - you are also clearly very young - Your attitude at the moment is the pedantry of the beginner - and your mild insults merely cause an amused smile - All your statements mean is that you have not reached that level of scholarship where the fun begins - and that is the speculation based on reflecting on possible scenarios to deal with the anomolous. Oh, and by the way, Spain is full of sites where Celtic-Iberian epigrapha have been identified (also north africa). Keep up your studies, and keep your elders feet in the fire - but do not make the mistake of believing that the truth has to be in monograph from some Universitiy to be stamped, sealed, and approved. - You may discover that as you get older that which is shadowy becomes sure, and that which was sure has become almost lost in shadow. Get into Clark Ashton's poetry if you can - there is a good deal of that in there.
Here is the link to [b]Vampire Chapter 2[/b] http://anarchistworld.com/hannsheinzewers/book/vampire/chapter02.htm It's not surprising that Ewers got in trouble with the authorities! It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that even in this chapter he was getting in trouble with politically sensitive issues! Talk about putting a sign on your back that says "kick me!" In chapter two he mentions political events in World War I before America got involved. We have German Americans buying tickets on neutral ships to go back to the Homeland and help fight the war. But these ships are not so neutral, they bring German Americans by the thousands to concentration camps in France and England! The German Americans were robbed of their money. Funny, I never read about that in my history books! He also talks about the German Workers Organization and attempting to get German American workers to go on strike! Is it any wonder that they wanted to know what was in the rest of the book! Just my thoughts on this! -joe
Apologies if this has been mentioned before, but in case not, I just checked CAS on youtube and see that some of his poems have been posted, set to various songs (e.g., Neil Young). I found at least four. Here are a couple: [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_uoHJeT81g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_uoHJeT81g[/url] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvWU69YBTpE][/url] It's encouraging to see this, and to read the positive comments about CAS on one of the most popular sites on the Web. Gary Morris
http://cgi.ebay.com/Carl-Jacobi-letter-to-Clark-Ashton-Smith-Arkham-House_W0QQitemZ130277891380QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAntiquarian_Collectible?hash=item130277891380&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50 http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/showimage.aspx?gid=759803&ppid=1122&image=200561195&images=200565251,200561195,200561228,200561290&formats=0,0,0,0&format=0 Description: JACOBI, Carl. SMITH, Clark Ashton. TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS) TO CLARK ASHTON SMITH. Dated 1 May, 1936, one page, signed "Jacobi". On Jacobi's pictorial letterhead depicting a sorcerer in his lair. Addressed "Dear Friend Smith", Jacobi thanks him for supplying the name of a lawyer to collect funds owed him by Hugo Gernsback. Jacobi discusses his tale "The Face in the Mirror" in the current issue of Weird Tales magazine (the tale appeared in the April, 1936 issue) and how Farnsworth Wright seems hesitant to buy more stories from him. He goes on to discuss other markets for his stories, including Macleans magazine and The Toronto Star; Leo Margulies' new editorship of Wonder Stories, and relocating his workshop on Lake Minnewashta... "I'm using kerosine lamps not yet having the place wired... I plan to go out there one or two days each week when I feel I need seclusion". With the original mailing envelope (torn, postage missing) postmarked May 4, 1936, addressed "Mr. Clark Ashton Smith, Auburn, California", with Jacobi's home address in his hand on the rear cover. The letter is folded for mailing, is slightly browned and has a few minor stains but is in very good condition. Original envelope included, postmarked Minneapolis, May 4, 1936, addressed "Mr. Clark Ash ton Smith, Auburn, California", return address in Jacobi's hand on the rear (end torn, postage removed). An excellent letter with great content and visual appeal from one important Weird Tales author to another. price: US $275.00
Kind of off topic,but oh well.
Well that settles it, I am going to have to take some time over the holiday weekend to revisit "The Mask" in 3d. Maybe also the marvelous "Street of Crocodiles" by the Quay brothers (mentioned earlier as a Polish weird tale).
No.As far as I can tell,the PD text will remain PD no mater how many tims it will be reprinted from now on (or from the moment it entered the PD),so thats why you dont have to buy the 6th trilionth edition of Frankenstein,which is also on of THE most over rated books.Its good,yes,but its too over rated for its own good,resulting in other and more quality stuff not geting the room it would need,like Ewers,for instance.
Kyberean Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Great news that I forgot to mention! > Uhm, I was wondering.... if I write a critical introduction, doing a thorough psychoanalysis of the symbolic meaning in [i]The Hole of the Pit[/i], carefully dissecting the hidden thoughts and intents behind every fantastic element, with long extensive footnotes at the bottom of every page, thus proving the importance of this novel for us as human beings today... and how it can help solve our present World economic crisis... and environmental issues... Will I then get a piece of the "action" and become part copyright share owner? And will my name be printed on the cover, above Adrian Ross's own, and in larger, brighter letters? I really want to be famous! But if possible without taking the risk of creating something myself and opening my heart to others. Rather, as critic and analyzer. I [i]really[/i] want to be famous! p.s. I could even write a full biography of the author, dragging his naked carcass out into the sun for everyone to gloat over, revealing all juicy details of possible homosexuality and any other personal and family secrets the author would have preferred be untold.
Great news that I forgot to mention! I've just heard that certain well-known specialty horror publishing houses will be collaborating on a re-edition of the public domain novel [i]The Hole of the Pit[/i]. Extensive editorial work in preparing the text, which involved the adding of a comma to a sentence on page 111, of course, now means that the presses in question own full copyright in the text, which can therefore never, ever, ever again be re-printed by anyone, under any circumstances. The volume will be specially bound in basilisk hide covers with plutonium inlay. Each copy will be printed using vellum pages, and bindings will be hand-sewn by vestal virgins. For a mere $25,000 per copy, this is an absolute steal! There will be a limited but generous print run of 3.5 copies, and a certain second-hand--uh, I mean antiquarian--bookseller has magnanimously agreed to handle any re-sales to collectors for a 500 % profit--a mere half of his usual percentage! Don't miss this special offer, and God bless America, Adam Smith, and Sonny Bono for making it all possible!
Yes.Like "In a strange story" by Lytton. But you realy should try "Subteranean Temples" by Loti-I can send it to you,if need be. Also,am at # 4402 .
OK, I see. You look and grab for fragments of vision, that may lie hidden in little known works.
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