tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post5917970005642060112..comments2024-03-29T00:32:33.920-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Pulp Fantasy Library: The White PeopleJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-89668203907176787142021-05-07T10:58:23.941-04:002021-05-07T10:58:23.941-04:00Using the literary device of the diary in that way...Using the literary device of the diary in that way reminds me of The House on the Borderland, although as that was published later it's really the other way round.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787043511154360299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-59269214383270177312021-05-06T05:00:34.104-04:002021-05-06T05:00:34.104-04:00That is an intriguing proposition! What modificati...That is an intriguing proposition! What modifications would you suggest for such a game, compared to ordinary CoC?Terjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06663734916610033975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-35581468947706708492021-05-03T19:56:51.367-04:002021-05-03T19:56:51.367-04:00I don't know; I read Bulwer-Lytton's "...I don't know; I read Bulwer-Lytton's "The House and the Brain" with little trouble, so, yes, I do feel somewhat justified in being a bit miffed at myself for falling asleep over TWP.DominusCaveaVulpeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16317537974568062563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-62899952389273520782021-05-03T14:28:09.442-04:002021-05-03T14:28:09.442-04:00Don't feel bad. It's definitely an acquire...Don't feel bad. It's definitely an acquired taste and I don't mean that in the condescending way it's usually meant. I can't fault anyone for not enjoying it.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-8747029862096495022021-05-03T14:23:35.877-04:002021-05-03T14:23:35.877-04:00I love Lovecraft and his weird predecessors, but I...I love Lovecraft and his weird predecessors, but I was never able to finish The White People; I almost fell asleep on the bus where I was reading it (and before any wag asks, no, I didn't dream of White People) and couldn't find the interest to take it up where I left off later . . . . Maybe I'll try again sometime . . . .DominusCaveaVulpeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16317537974568062563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-59314083870941544832021-05-03T12:19:17.502-04:002021-05-03T12:19:17.502-04:00Machen's "The White People", while d...Machen's "The White People", while definitely an acquired taste, is the finest weird tale I have ever read (even better than Blackwood's "The Willows"). All other weird tales try to tell you about something weird, whereas "The White People" presents to the reader an artifact (the Green Book) that is itself a chunk of the weird. It's all the different between "let me tell you about..." and "let me show you..." It's the difference between A) hearing about someone's Bigfoot sighting and B) seeing an intact Bigfoot corpse.Geoffrey McKinneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00042661843714609025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-73868552931191237622021-05-03T11:09:17.993-04:002021-05-03T11:09:17.993-04:00If you ever do a game like that, I'd love to h...If you ever do a game like that, I'd love to hear about it.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-79912560750101651552021-05-03T11:06:14.296-04:002021-05-03T11:06:14.296-04:00Machen is absolutely one of my favorite weird writ...Machen is absolutely one of my favorite weird writers. Oft overlooked, too, is the profound impact he must have had on Algernon Blackwood, whose work exhibits many of the same themes. I have long wanted to run a CoC-style game but modified to mechanically reflect Arthur Machen's universe, with the same themes and happenings. Lately, we've had a King in Yellow game, an MR James investigative game (both of which I am eager to try out) but I do not know of a Machen game... Anathematahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03459426255827443025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-81866923635358130892021-05-03T09:14:50.452-04:002021-05-03T09:14:50.452-04:00"Were there not already over two hundred entr..."Were there not already over two hundred entries in the Pulp Fantasy Library series..."<br /> <br />Wow. You're doing the Lord's work here. Congrats and thank you.<br /><br />Seeking the inspirations of our inspirations reminds me of the unending delve of artistic ancestry depicted in Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris. After exploring Howard's and Lovecraft's muses, we can then seek Haggard's and Machen's, and on and on and on. :)Etrimynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412524174369676893noreply@blogger.com