Post by GRWelsh on Mar 10, 2021 13:27:20 GMT -5
I recently finished this book. It is a sequel or homage to "The Willows" by Algernon Blackwood in much the same way THE TWISTED ONES was a sequel or homage to "The White People" by Arthur Machen. This one has even more references to Narnia. I would recommend reading "The Willows" before this, just to get refreshed on it -- that was another one of HPL's favorite horror stories. THE HOLLOW PLACES is very readable and it just effortlessly flows you along the story, and there are some interesting concepts in here even if one in particular came across as silly more than scary. But overall, I recommend this for some easy weekend reading.
I was also prompted to re-read "The Great God Pan" by Arthur Machen, another classic. I also recently bought THE IMAGO SEQUENCE AND OTHER STORIES (2007) by Laird Barron and THE WIDE CARNIVOROUS SKY AND OTHER MONSTROUS GEOGRAPHIES (2013) by John Langan, authors who are frequently guests on the Lovecraft eZine Podcast. I met John Langan at the NecronomiCon 2019 in Providence and he was a nice, down to earth guy. I had read THE FISHERMAN (2016) by John Langan before the Con, on the recommendation of my cousin Karl who I ended up going to the Con with, and really liked it. Laird Barron has been described as noir horror and John Langan as literary horror. I think that is good way to sum them up.
I was also prompted to re-read "The Great God Pan" by Arthur Machen, another classic. I also recently bought THE IMAGO SEQUENCE AND OTHER STORIES (2007) by Laird Barron and THE WIDE CARNIVOROUS SKY AND OTHER MONSTROUS GEOGRAPHIES (2013) by John Langan, authors who are frequently guests on the Lovecraft eZine Podcast. I met John Langan at the NecronomiCon 2019 in Providence and he was a nice, down to earth guy. I had read THE FISHERMAN (2016) by John Langan before the Con, on the recommendation of my cousin Karl who I ended up going to the Con with, and really liked it. Laird Barron has been described as noir horror and John Langan as literary horror. I think that is good way to sum them up.
) and I went to the "Horror" section and nothing under "Kingfisher" just "Stephen King". Is it an ebook?