I posted this on the antiquarian thread at Horror Mall. Thought I'd copy it here, too.
Lovecraft on CLM ("Sister Katy, as he called her):
Oct. {1934} W{eird} T{ales} about average, on the whole. The Moore item is really very notable - full of tensity & atmospheric suggestion of encroaching dream worlds which none of the other authors seem able to achieve. {26 Oct 1934) This was The Black God's Thirst. HPL had not yet read Astounding's The Bright Illusion.
Klarkashton ... expresses a fear that Catherine the Great may develop into a single-plot artist like Ed Ham{ilton} ... What ... Miss Moore ... needs is to be steered to a diet of good reading - such a diet will carry its own condemnation of pulp junk & the ignominous commercial psychology behind it. (16 March 1935)
Black Thirst ... vapid idea of human-looking beauties on another planet (25 march 1935)
Recent line from Dora Caterina ... speaks of infantile nightmares & juvenilie fever-deleria in which she saw unearthly landscapes & non-Euclidean shifting dimensions as fantastic as anything in Blackwood or Klark-Ashton. Obviously the unreal elemnet in her work is a genuine one - no matter how much it may be overlaid by pulp mannerisms. (29 May 1935)
{Barlow's} story ... distinctly good ... {but} below The Were Woman ... it beats most recent Mooreiana, though scarcely attaining {her} Shambleau, Black Thirst, Were-woman level. (24 August 1934)
I certainly was sorry to hear of Dora Caterina's bereavement {her then fiancee (name?) was killed in a fire arms accident} ... A Daytona card arrived from her ... I at once started a letter of what I thought to be the most consoling ... {containing} history ... the main theme .. Roman Britain & its long decline, as brought up by CLM's discussion of Talbot Mundy's Tros stories ... I managed to finish the dispatch ... the tragic accident is a beastly shame ... the brief Florida trip was the best thing for Katy ... (11 Mar 1936)
CLM's Tree of Life adheres more or less to her formula, though it has effective atmospheric touches. (30 Sept 1936)
Saturday, April 05, 2008
Beautiful Art Book 2008
Here is what the seller states:{$400.00 Bad Moon Books}
DEBUTED AT WORLD HORROR CON IN SALT LAKE CITY 3-28-08.
FRANKLY, ONE OF THE MOST STUNNING BOOKS I HAVE EVER HELD. YOU MUST SEE THIS BOOK TO BELIEVE IT! THIS IS THE CLOTH, SLIPCASED VERSION!
Artists Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft
Introduction by Harlan Ellison. Afterword by Thomas Ligotti
This huge tome features over forty artists including JK Potter, HR Giger, Raymond Bayless, Ian Miller, Virgil Finlay, Lee Brown Coye, Rowena Morrill, Bob Eggleton, Allen Koszowski, Mike Mignola, Howard V. Brown, Michael Whelan, Tim White, John Coulthart, John Holmes, Harry O. Morris, Murray Tinkelman, Gabriel, Don Punchatz, Helmut Wenske, John Stewart, Thomas Ligotti and John Jude Palencar, and dozens of others.
The field has never seen an art book like this -- indeed, it is an art anthology unlike anything ever published before. Many of these works have never before seen publication. Many are printed as special multi-page fold-outs, and several have detail views. The book is filled with four color artwork throughout, all of it printed full page on rich black backgrounds. A special thumbnail gallery allows you to overview the entire contents of this 400-page book at a glance, with notations on artist, work title, publication information, size, and location, when known.
H.P. Lovecraft fans will simply have to have this book. Because of its sheer size and scope, this book will never be reprinted and will sell out very quickly. Twenty years down the road people will be paying huge prices for this book because of its scope and the quality of reproductions. This is the H.P. Lovecraft fan's dream come true. Don't miss it!
A HUGE BOOK IN SIZE AND SCOPE!
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