BloodBoal 7,538 Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Indeed! Although for a person who had a nasty visit from Azog in his last dream and was trying to prevent the captain Hookhand of the Orc kind from entering the house with his Orcses the dreams can't get much weirder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 The passacaglia from Penderecki's 3rd symphony strikes me as suited to some of the more extrovert Lovecraft moments, evoking some plodding, nameless, supernal horror. Actually much from that period of music likely fits well. And there are even a few musical descriptions in his work, usually revolving around the thin whining of monotonous flutes and dancing formless cyclopean monstrosities. There's also a vivid reference to entrancing choral singing in one of the stories... I can't remember the name right now. It involves an opium overdose and subsequent vision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 The passacaglia from Penderecki's 3rd symphony strikes me as suited to some of the more extrovert Lovecraft moments, evoking some plodding, nameless, supernal horror. Actually much from that period of music likely fits well. And there are even a few musical descriptions in his work, usually revolving around the thin whining of monotonous flutes and dancing formless cyclopean monstrosities. There's also a vivid reference to entrancing choral singing in one of the stories... I can't remember the name right now. It involves an opium overdose and subsequent vision.Some of the stories themselves have such "diegetic" musical cues in them, Music of Erich Zann perhaps the most , but when thinking of setting the stories to pure music it really becomes a challange of portraying such strange and outlandish visions with anything but horrific noises. I hope some day someone will make a decent film adaptation of one of Lovecraft's central stories as I would love to hear musical depiction of Lovecraft done right for a decent picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 I've proudly never seen any of the B-movie adaptations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 I have only seen the Lovecraft HIstorical Society's Call of Cthulhu and The Whisperer in the Darkness, that quite nice small budget adaptations done in classic 1930's and 1940's horror style right down to the music. But I hear most of the horror films based even loosely on Lovecraft do not do justice to his works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,347 Posted January 21, 2014 Author Share Posted January 21, 2014 What strange designs.I'll stick to my all-John Howe illustrated versions. Curiously that 5 book box seems to have both Howe and some other illustrator's cover art.I believe the main cover (and the cover of Book of Lost Tales 1) is Eriol/Ælfwine and Rumil (Burward-Hoy), where the rest are:Urin and Mim in the cave of the Nodothlim (not entirely sure) by Burward-Hoy, and Fingolfin (?) vs. Morgoth by Howe, The Fall of Gondolin? by Howe, and I think, the Numenorean assault upon Valinor? by Howe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 I didn't purchase it myself, but Mrs. Pilgrim bought the Smithsonian's Music: The Definitive Visual History for the younglings while in DC. It's a substantial tome, and I'm going to start in on it tonight to make sure it's an acceptable source of education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I didn't purchase it myself, but Mrs. Pilgrim bought the Smithsonian's Music: The Definitive Visual History for the younglings while in DC. It's a substantial tome, and I'm going to start in on it tonight to make sure it's an acceptable source of education. What an excellent ruse GP. They will never guess that you are enjoying it yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Yes, let them go on thinking that learning is for squares! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 The Fall of Arthur (Tolkien)The Letters of J.R.R. TolkienThe Monsters and the CriticsBeowful (Tolkien's translation)Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Sir Orfeo (Tolkien's translations)John Williams's Film Music (by Emilio Audissino)A History of Film Music (by Mervyn Cooke) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Finn & HengestMr. BlissThe Tolkien ReaderThe Annotated HobbitThe Story of KullervoThe Unfinished Tales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Some books bought over the last year or so. A Secret Vice by J.R.R. Tolkien The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun by J.R.R. Tolkien (edited by Verlyn Flieger) Beren and Lúthien by J.R.R. Tolkien (edited by Christopher Tolkien) The Celtic Myths: A Guide Ancient Gods and Legends by Miranda Aldhouse-Green The Norse Myths: A Guide to the Gods and Heroes The Cthulhu Mythos Encyclopedia by Daniel Harms Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (BarnesNoble Collectible Edition) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,353 Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Oooh! That last one reminds that that at a random used bookstore in western MA this spring or early summer, I picked up two hardcover Sherlock Holmes books. I believe Study In Scarlet and The Return of? I can't remember now. I've never read any before, though, and I'm looking forward to reading them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 18 hours ago, Jay said: Oooh! That last one reminds that that at a random used bookstore in western MA this spring or early summer, I picked up two hardcover Sherlock Holmes books. I believe Study In Scarlet and The Return of? I can't remember now. I've never read any before, though, and I'm looking forward to reading them! A Study in Scarlet is the first Sherlock Holmes novel but to me at least it might not represent quite the quintessential Holmes yet. The narrative structure contains a lengthy flashback which omits Holmes entirely from the lion's share of the story, which I personally thought to be a curious choice. The Return of Sherlock Holmes is the second collection of short stories that appeared in the Strand Magazine. Hopefully you'll find all the rest of the short stories so you can enjoy them in the order (C&C one might even say ) since the Return stories begin after the Reichenbach Falls (i.e. The Final Problem). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,353 Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 Yea, I'll read everything in order for sure! I think I have all of them as free Kindle downloads anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 Silence The Joy Luck Club Redwall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,347 Posted January 22, 2019 Author Share Posted January 22, 2019 Double Life - Miklos Rozsa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,347 Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 Story of Kullervo The Legend of Sigured and Gudrun Beren and Luthien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,353 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 I got The Complete Making of Indiana Jones: The Definitive Story Behind All Four Films by Rinzler for my birthday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Too Much and Never Enough It is a well-written mixture between concise psychoanalysis and gripping storytelling - an at times deeply sad and outrageous story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,070 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 I got Masters of the Air by Donald L. Miller Hunting Evil: The dramatic true story of the Nazi war criminals who escaped and the hunt to bring them to justice by Guy Walters The Secret Horsepower Race: Western Fighter Engine Development by Calum E. Douglas and JG 26: Top Guns of the Luftwaffe by Donald L. Caldwell All for Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 13 hours ago, Brundlefly said: Too Much and Never Enough It is a well-written mixture between concise psychoanalysis and gripping storytelling - an at times deeply sad and outrageous story. Nice job of avoiding referencing " he who must not be named".😁😗 This thread goes dormant for years at a time! Why am I not surprised? 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,070 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 21 hours ago, Bilbo said: I got Masters of the Air by Donald L. Miller Hunting Evil: The dramatic true story of the Nazi war criminals who escaped and the hunt to bring them to justice by Guy Walters The Secret Horsepower Race: Western Fighter Engine Development by Calum E. Douglas and JG 26: Top Guns of the Luftwaffe by Donald L. Caldwell All for Christmas. Are these all new Harry Potter books? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Yes. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,070 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 I'll wait for the movies then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Just kidding. I bought this for Drax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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