tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post556549292557254362..comments2024-03-28T18:21:09.285-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Classic Horror Stories: The Colour Out of Space - H.P. LovecraftJames Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-9501993383349730502020-10-08T10:22:06.154-05:002020-10-08T10:22:06.154-05:00Indeed correct, Stephen Grendon was also the name ...Indeed correct, Stephen Grendon was also the name he used for his stand-in in Mill Creek Irregulars. Spikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-81080586216917488182020-10-08T09:32:38.168-05:002020-10-08T09:32:38.168-05:00I've read a few Derleth stories in WEIRD TALES...I've read a few Derleth stories in WEIRD TALES and remember liking them. Didn't he also wrote for WT as Stephen Grendon, or some name like that? I need to look that up, because I remember liking those stories, too.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-11155261288170937232020-10-08T09:28:03.206-05:002020-10-08T09:28:03.206-05:00Derleth is terrific. Ironically his weakest stuff ...Derleth is terrific. Ironically his weakest stuff is the Lovecraft “collaborations” and it is sad that is all some people have read by him. His Weird Tales horror stories are well written, tight and scary. I am now re-reading his Solar Pons stories, which are by far the best Sherlock Holmes pastiches. <br /><br />Even his juveniles (Mill Creek Irregulars) are wonderful. Based on his boyhood friends, they really are fun. The fellow who was the real life “Sim” character was apparently amused in his late years by people who read the series tracking him down to talk to him. Spikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-81286026834452157762020-10-07T14:38:06.820-05:002020-10-07T14:38:06.820-05:00I like what little I've read by Derleth.I like what little I've read by Derleth.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-43187571542513727962020-10-07T10:45:06.194-05:002020-10-07T10:45:06.194-05:00Ha, I also discovered Lovecraft around that period...Ha, I also discovered Lovecraft around that period. Some of his work is great like Shadow over Innsmouth. Some is even awesome in the true sense of the word, such as At the Mountains of Madness. Some, for instance Herbert West, is pure pulp. However, all too much other is heavy going. <br /><br />If I want to curl up and enjoy horror, I’d rather pick August Derleth or Robert Howard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-22952891765066545532020-10-07T09:38:15.930-05:002020-10-07T09:38:15.930-05:00Bill Crider once told me that the perfect time to ...Bill Crider once told me that the perfect time to discover Lovecraft is the summer between eighth and ninth grades. That lines up pretty well with when you read this one, Fred.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-36344762651417995072020-10-07T09:33:40.477-05:002020-10-07T09:33:40.477-05:00I first read this one at 14, in the Lancer Books c...I first read this one at 14, in the Lancer Books collection of the same name, the one with the pink cover. That was a pretty good age for devouring Lovecraft. I'm perversely fond of the 1965 movie version with Boris Karloff and Nick Adams, DIE MONSTER, DIE!, although most HPL fans aren't. Haven't seen the version that came out last year with Nicholas Cage, or a 1987 try called THE CURSE. Lovecraft was nickel-and-dimed by Hugo Gernsback, who paid a princely $25 for the story. At that, Lovecraft had to keep after "Hugo the Rat" to get the check.Fred Blosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01804660980763120303noreply@blogger.com