tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post5006768795612313059..comments2024-03-12T12:38:23.542-04:00Comments on The Kind of Face You Hate: The Kind of Face You SLASH!!! - Day 1: On the Brink of a Strange Worldbill r.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-35273459962826480952009-10-02T16:46:54.643-04:002009-10-02T16:46:54.643-04:00Any of you have the free e-reader "Stanza,&qu...Any of you have the free e-reader "Stanza," that reads what's becoming the standard eBook format, can get it free from "Project Gutenberg." I think you can get it in text format there as well. (I read them in eBook format on my iPhone). There are other Machen titles there as well.<br /><br />I just downloaded "The Great God Pan" I'll let you know what I think. Great post, thanks for the tip!Reverend Bloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355076350472597304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-19483150165424049672009-10-01T10:27:42.988-04:002009-10-01T10:27:42.988-04:00Thank you very much, Wings. "The Great God P...Thank you very much, Wings. "The Great God Pan" (and Machen in general) is not a hard story to track down.bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-78012545235100070392009-10-01T10:15:13.944-04:002009-10-01T10:15:13.944-04:00Amazing post. I have never even heard of this, and...Amazing post. I have never even heard of this, and now I want to go and search it out.<br /><br />If this is what we are in store for this month, I for one am one excited reader!Wings1295https://www.blogger.com/profile/08045644215235749353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-74229606194564707212009-10-01T08:53:18.977-04:002009-10-01T08:53:18.977-04:00Thanks, Greg. I hope you got the point that the J...Thanks, Greg. I hope you got the point that the Jack the Ripper stuff is mentioned in passing; however, I don't think it was mentioned lightly. That's what makes it sound intriguing.<br /><br />There was a contemporary novel, explicitly inspired by Machen's story, called <b>The Course of the Heart</b> by M. John Harrison that I read in conjunction with "The Great God Pan", with the plan of also writing about it, but the novel left me too cold (and, frankly, baffled) to want to dive into it like that. But, interestingly, Harrison uses the Moors Murders as his stand-in for the Ripper murders. They are also mentioned here and there in passing, and add an extra creepy undercurrent to it all.bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-24965190758117148672009-10-01T08:50:13.794-04:002009-10-01T08:50:13.794-04:00I know I said this last year but I have to read so...I know I said this last year but I have to read some of these. First, they're short, second, many of them sound intriguing to me and this one is no different. <br /><br />It seems genuinely creepy to me, what with poor Mary and her brain incision, strange naked men in the woods, Jack the Ripper and evil beyond imagination. What a great freaking story! Or so it sounds. I'm going to do some stuff on Jack the Ripper this month too, maybe some of our ideas will overlap. <br /><br />Also, I left a comment on the Polanski post with a link I'd like you to read if you get the chance.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730146625671701859noreply@blogger.com