tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post3550387126669427873..comments2024-03-27T21:39:23.192-07:00Comments on Sacnoth's Scriptorium: Jack London and The Lost RoadJohn D. Rateliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12324926298336489295noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-55221984335031146662011-10-24T05:26:19.428-07:002011-10-24T05:26:19.428-07:00Ever read H. Rider Haggard's Allan and the Ice...Ever read H. Rider Haggard's <i>Allan and the Ice-gods</i>? London's story sounds quite similar to it, up to the fact that Haggard's novel (Iirc) as well features three species of early humans.Murilegus rexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08705192064646504148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-78956734555918393642011-10-17T22:08:00.214-07:002011-10-17T22:08:00.214-07:00Hi Dan! Long time no see. Are you still in the Mag...Hi Dan! Long time no see. Are you still in the Magnolia area?<br /> As I remember it, it was at your suggestion that I first read Lovecraft. Then, when I said I didn't think much of it, aside from one story called "The Strange High House in the Mist" (still my favorite Lovecraft story even today), you asked which book I'd read. And when I replied THE TOMB AND OTHERS (a book I still have on my shelves), you said that it was a collection of Lovecraft's worst pieces, the left-overs after several other collections had assembled all the worthwhile pieces -- or something like that. And I did eventually read more: first DAGON at Fayetteville, then the other two omnibus collections during the Wisconsin years, and finally the ghost-writing (HORROR IN THE MUSEUM) shortly after moving out to Seattle. <br /><br />As you've prob. seen from my blog, I still don't have that high a regard for Lovecraft as a writer (always excepting STRANGE HIGH HOUSE and the DREAM-QUEST). But I think as a source of ideas he's proved just as important as you said. And Lovecraft led me on to discover Smith (Clark Ashton), and CALL OF CTHLUHU (my second-favorite roleplaying game), so it's all good.<br /><br />Good to hear from you. Keep in touch.<br /><br />--John R.John D. Rateliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324926298336489295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-10881742665334305322011-10-06T17:33:54.947-07:002011-10-06T17:33:54.947-07:00*sigh* It figures I'd stumble across this blog...*sigh* It figures I'd stumble across this blog only a couple of days after proclaiming my general lack of interest in the fantasy genre (as opposed to sf &, more markedly over the last couple of decades, horror) in a comicbookresources.com Classics thread ... <br /><br />Forgive me, old SAU classmate & fellow Rocket Drive-In ticket-taker, for I have sinned.<br /><br />I trust you're well ...<br /><br />Dan Baileygef the talking mongoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17933495260941982375noreply@blogger.com