mantichore 20 (feb 2011) part 4 - mantichorus ailing comments
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MANTICHORUS:
mailing notes
(MANTICHORE
20/FEB 2011)
EOD
Hussey (Amethyst 7): Great to see the
Hippocampus titles on the cover of
Publishers Weekly! And congrats on the
massive effort involved with the
stupendous 2-vol Lovecraft bio! Thanks
for your extreme generosity in supplying
the Lovecraft Annual issues.
Pugmire (Idiot Chaos): Looking forward
to your next books, and loved your collage
of your face onto the Virgil Finlay HPL
portrait!
Everts (Cunha Part IV) – Fascinating
material on this figure. Ever the researcher
I see…
Schultz(Cthulsz, May 2010) – Ah, the
corporate horror! Also always good to get
a sneak preview of books to come from
Hippocampus.
Livesey (Redux 17): I much enjoyed this
astronomical piece re the Precession of the
Equinoxes.
Cozzoli (Zombies Closet): Welcome!
Excellent and interesting content on
HPLian films and comics.
Faig (EOD Letter 16): Very enjoyable book
reviews (I don’t have any of those books
yet). Curious about Bonner and Fredlund
both working at the Library….
Drake’s Potpourri: Ah! Dr Syn! I believe it
was the McGoohan version, Scarecrow of
Romney Marsh, which scared the bejeesus
out of me when I saw it on Disney when I
was young. Have one of the Thorndyke
novels but haven’t read it. There was a
1937 film starring George Arliss which I
haven’t seen; also Captain Clegg, another
version, made in 1962 with Peter Cushing,
which I’d dearly love to see. Interesting
letters to Manly Wade Wellman.
Anderson (Nodens’ Notebook 29):
Interesting reviews and author notes, and
thanks for the essay on Smith.
Dapkus (Sidereal 3) Thanks for your
comments Jim, and good to see you
publishing more poetry by such as Fred
Phillips and W. Paul Ganley.
Rajala (Nonconformist 2 No 3). One can
hardly blame you for a smaller issue this
time after the ‘gargantuous’ (my friend
Scott’s favourite neologism for ‘big’) issue
of the time before. Enjoyed the Lovecraft’s
astronomical notebook info.
Anderssen (Aurora Borealis). Cutest
cover in the mailing! I believe I have a
story in Price’s forthcoming Secret Asia’s
Blackest Heart (though it’s seen print
before). Probate details were cool, as was
your ideal edition of HPL.
Phillips (Kommati) Arr, Fred me old
shipmate! Vastly appreciated your
Shikarring notes. Nice essay on fate and
Lovecraft. Wish I had space/time to devote
to discussing it more, but both are in short
supply! I envy Dea’s trip to Egypt, where
I’d like some day to dally with the odd
Sphinx and perhaps become “Imprisoned
with the Pharaohs”.
Joshi (What is Anything 22, No 3) : Hail
to the chief! Thanks for the intro to the
new revisions volume. Your “staggeringly
busy schedule” is incomprehensible to
most of us mere mortals. Thanks also for
the Daily Lurker.
Briggs (Dark Entries): Scott! Your
extensive issues always entertain me so
much, but they are so extensive, I cannot
possibly reply to all the ideas they trigger.,
If you kept ‘em a bit shorter I might have a
chance!
Dinkens (Alienist 2). Did I neglect to
welcome you last time? Welcome!
Particularly enjoyed your piece on Cybele
and “The Rats in the Walls”. It might be
good to have a look in future parts as to
how the ‘demonisation’ of the Goddess
contributed to the perception of the Great
Mother (Magna Mater) as a ‘dark force’
instead of as a lifegiving one.
Bush (Pleasures of Death 10) Congrats on
completing the Gilchrist thesis! Enjoyed
your piece on him in WFR #1. I once had a
copy of The Thing from the Lake, given me
by Australian fan Diane Fox, but it no
longer reposes swampily on my shelves as
I considered it but marginally
Lovecraftian.
Haefele (Hesperia 60): Interesting Mc’s
and comments on AtMoM.
Burlesons (Morgan & Rice): Interesting
material as always. Polynomial theorems?
I try not to think about ‘em. Nice poem.
Walker (Criticaster 66): As ever, a mine of
Lovecraftian info one could follow up if
one had the time. It’s all so much more
than there used to be back in the seventies
when one was starved for any mention of
Lovecraft in any medium. Considering
your comments on CW but I haven’t re-
read it for a while.
Hall (Wraiths of Winnemucca): Loved
seeing the Howard Wandrei letters. Sorry
if I haven’t welcomed you to EOD before
this – been a bit behind…
SSWFT Oh dear. I’ve actually mislaid my last
mailing of SSWFT. It’s around here
somewhere. (Scuffles through piles of
refreence books, mounds of papers,
tottering cobwebbed piles of stuff
intended for various projects in progress).
No, emcees will have to wait for next time.
Sorry SWWFTers!
A FINAL NOTE I have finally availed myself of such
modern technology ad downloading
music and video from torrent sites on the
net, and using Skype to make video
conference calls; but I still can’t text or
SMS on my phone. Lame or what?
SOME MATERIALS
RE: JAMES
SCHEVILL’S PLAY
‘LOVECRAFT’S
FOLLIES’
The first two photos are taken from Chris
Perridas’ blog on Lovecraft. #1 depicts
inside the cover of the play programme. #2
shows the hardcover publication of the
play text (Swallow Press, 1971)(left) with
the play programme beside it (right). The
third photo reproduces an ad from the
final part of the play’s Providence run.
Schevill died on Jan 30, 2009.