tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post2006137614641762640..comments2024-03-12T12:38:23.542-04:00Comments on The Kind of Face You Hate: The Kind of Face You SLASH!!! - Day 31: Hurrah for the Race of Werewolvesbill r.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-7217880026734370392011-01-19T23:37:50.377-05:002011-01-19T23:37:50.377-05:00which one of these adapted into a film?which one of these adapted into a film?singapore floristhttp://www.floweradvisor.com.sg/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-82268012781101929482009-12-06T02:42:27.958-05:002009-12-06T02:42:27.958-05:00I know I'm totally way late, but I had to, one...I know I'm totally way late, but I had to, one: read the first two or three paragraphs of this back when it was first posted; two: track down and buy a copy of the book (for seventeen bucks on Amazon Marketplace, hardcover, 1933--you really have to skip way past the hundred-dollar trade paperbacks from the sixties for some reason); thee: carefully read it from cover to cover when I finally had the time; and then, four: come back and finish reading your post. Apparently, all that takes over a month.<br /><br />This is a thank you card.<br /><br />I'm glad I took my time reading this, and that I followed the time line above. I was happier meeting this book cold, I think, and then reading your excellent review later.<br /><br />I was very impressed with the book's understanding of werewolf folklore and its incidental asides to the nature of predation in general. I was vastly impressed with the novel's understanding of the effects and feel of anxiety, mania, and depression. This werewolf book had very yellow wallpaper. Also, while my own understanding of nineteenth century French history is pretty shitty, too, I felt that Endore set out the Prussian invasion of France, the strife of war coupled with the demoralizing social impact of ceding Alsace to Germany, and the repercussion of civil war that drove France's aristocratic government to Versailles (and created the brief Commune in Paris) very clearly. The history did not feel tedious at all as it served as both the casual backdrop of the kind of strife in which werewolf legends and rumors are often found, as well as the nerve center of a novel whose ultimate goal is to illustrate that bloodlust and violence are ultimately fatal infections unto themselves. I feel that once I've cleared my head of Edore's artistic interference, I'll have managed to gain some passing understanding of this interesting era, too.<br /><br />But anyway. Thank you so much, Mr. R., for bringing this wonderful book to my attention. Also, I'll be taking Mr. Carson's advice about <i>the Fall of Paris</i>. Sorry for the long card.Mr. Cavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01634994342702518448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-38558720001523021802009-11-09T15:16:43.030-05:002009-11-09T15:16:43.030-05:00I have a Citadel Underground trade paperback editi...I have a Citadel Underground trade paperback edition of <b>The Werewolf of Paris</b> from 1992 - got it at a bookstore in Manhattan where a friend worked, so I got it with an "emp" discount. That's bookstore trade talk. The cover price was $10.95, which seemed pretty princely to me back in the day, so I was glad to get, what, a buck off or something like that. I've retained very little of my one reading of this, so I need to go back to it one of these days. Like I need to do a lot of things.<br /><br />The great thing about Hammer's adaptation is that the sets were built for a project called <b>Rape of the Sabine</b> that never got made, which is why this 19th Parisian werewolf story is set in, what, 18th Century Spain.Arbogasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670776992289080245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-79155109683136224822009-11-01T11:34:03.400-05:002009-11-01T11:34:03.400-05:00Thanks, Tom! I did admit that my grasp of 19th ce...Thanks, Tom! I did admit that my grasp of 19th century French history was pretty shitty, mind you, so I hope I didn't come off too bad. I did wonder whether the Commune ruled France or just Paris, but Endore wasn't clear. And as for my own research...pfft! Who needs that!<br /><br />Thanks for the recommendation, though, because Endore did pique my interest in that whole mess, so I'll look for Horne's book.<br /><br />As for Endore's books, I have tracked down three at reasonable prices through Amazon's used book wing: along with WEREWOLF OF PARIS, I got METHINKS THE LADY and SATAN'S SAINT, his book about de Sade. And actually, outside of WEREWOLF, it's not hard to find them for good prices. With WEREWOLF, though, you have to strike when the iron's hot.bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-67691812667631066722009-11-01T10:40:49.914-05:002009-11-01T10:40:49.914-05:00Well, Mr. Ryan, you finally got me -- and on your ...Well, Mr. Ryan, you finally got me -- and on your very last day, too. I'm not the horror fiction fan you are (that's my wife's department), but now I want to track down Endore's books. <br /><br />It does sound like either you or he is a mite hard on the poor old Commune, though, whose gallantry was all in its ineffectuality. (They never ruled France -- just Paris -- and the federal gov't that crushed them wasn't a rebellion.) If Endore has gotten you curious, you might be interested in Alistair Horne's THE FALL OF PARIS, especially since Horne is a bona fine conservative who's appropriately disgusted by their stupider excesses but ends up smitten by the romanticism of the thing just the same.Tom Carsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01008070887949992808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-49325863345736668872009-10-31T22:21:09.042-04:002009-10-31T22:21:09.042-04:00Thank you, Greg. The truth is, I'm very glad ...Thank you, Greg. The truth is, I'm very glad this is over. I don't really know why I decided to do it again, but I'm reasonably pleased with the last entry, so I do feel some satisfaction mixed in with the immense relief.<br /><br />All those covers are great, I think. I couldn't find an image of the edition I have, which is from 1976 and looks like it belongs to an awful vampire romance, or something. From the 70s.<br /><br />Anyway, thanks again, Greg, and I hope you had a spooktacular Hallow-scream!bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-72246650569723260422009-10-31T20:57:01.998-04:002009-10-31T20:57:01.998-04:00Happy Halloween to you and yours! And congrats on...Happy Halloween to you and yours! And congrats on making it through all 31 days without missing a post. Pretty amazing. This last one actually sounds like the one I would like to read the most and you're right, I'd never, ever heard of the author before while being quite familiar it seems with his work. <br /><br />My favorite cover is the one where he's kneeling over the comely lass in the red dress with the gaping cleavage. It's real classy-like, you know.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730146625671701859noreply@blogger.com