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    3/05/2014 10:38 am  #1

    JasonZavoda
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    Arthur Machen




    With Algernon Blackwood, Arthur Machen is one of the spiritual fathers of both Lovecraft and CAS. His work is a combination of horror and mysticism. His prose is 19th century with a taste of victorian gothic. His ideas are bizzare and twisted like an opium induced dream or a hashish eaters nightmare. I personally found some of his work boring but other stories were fantastic. The Hill of Dreams, The House of Souls, The Great God Pan, should be on every weird tales to read list.


    Eleusinia (1881) poem

     
    The Anatomy of Tobacco (1884) non-fiction (as " Leolinus Siluriensis" )

     
    Chronicles of Clemendy (1888) " a volume of tales in the medieval pattern"

     
    The Great God Pan and The Inmost Light (1894) supernatural stories

     
    The Three Imposters (1895) episode novel; picaresque romance, terror

     
    Hieroglyphics (1902) about literature

     
    Dr. Stiggins (1906) about theology

     
    The House of Souls (1906) supernatural stories (The White People, The

     
    Great God Pan, and The Inmost Light

     
    The Hill of Dreams (1907) mystical novel (written 1895-97)

     
    The Bowmen, and Other Legends of the War (1915) short stories
    (includes "The Angel of Mons" )

     
    The Great Return (1915) the return to Wales of the Holy Grail

     
    The Terror (1917) novella -- animals revolt against humans

     
    The Secret Glory (1922) attacked British public education

     
    Far Off Things (1922) autobiography

     
    Things Near and Far (1923) autobiography

     
    Strange Roads (1923) nonfiction

    The London Adventure (1924) autobiography

     
    Dog and Duck (1924) miscellany

     
    The Shining Pyramid (1924) supernatural stories

     
    Ornaments in Jade (1924) short prose pieces bordering on fantasy or horror

     
    The Canning Wonder (1925) about the Elizabeth Canning case

     
    Notes and Queries (1926) nonfiction

     
    Dreads and Drolls (1926) nonfiction

     
    Translation, Casanova's Memoirs (1930, 12 vol.)

     
    Children of the Pool (1936) supernatural stories

     
    The Cosy Room (1936) supernatural stories

     
    The Green Round (1936) supernatural novel

     
    Tales of Horror and the Supernatural (1948)

     
    Eleusinia and Beneath the Barley (Necronomicon Press, 1988) poem and essay

     

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    3/05/2014 10:56 am  #2

    Benoist
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    Re: Arthur Machen

    Yes. Arthur Machen's work is awesome. Recommended reading for the weird tales aficionado. Definitely.

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    3/05/2014 1:12 pm  #3

    Ghul
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    Re: Arthur Machen

    Thanks, Jason, that is a great post. I suppose everyone--even the likes of HPL and CAS--stand on the shoulders of some previous giant. ;)

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    5/29/2015 11:20 pm  #4

    Scalydemon
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    Re: Arthur Machen

    Picked up 'The Three Imposters' at HPB and reading it now. I like his writing style.

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