correcting myself -- the lancer collection in question was "the dark man & others." i'm pretty sure i bought my copy through a mail-order ad in erbdom by the anthologist vic ghidalia, though the highlight of that purchase was surely meade & penny frierson's landmark "hpl."
dan -------------- Original message from "J.T. Y." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: -------------- > > "Pigeons" was recently reprinted in THE BLACK > STRANGER AND OTHER AMERICAN TALES. I think it might > be the only currently-in-print Howard collection to > have that story. > > bye bye > jty > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > *sigh* i haven't read this one since the '70s, & i > > seriously doubt i still own anything that includes > > it. (it was the title story of an reh collection > > from, i believe, lancer circa the late '60s. > > probably it was in skullface & others, too, but my > > copy of the neville-spearman facsimile reprint went > > away at the same time as the lancer pb & another > > couple of thousand of my books, some 21 1/2 years > > ago. *deeper sigh*) > > > > if memory serves, this one was memorably adapted for > > tv back in the late '50s or early '60s, though > > offhand i can't remember the show ... thriller? > > alfred hitchcock presents? i've never seen it, but > > i'm thinking i *might* have it as a bootleg dvd-r > > add-on somewhere ... > > > > dan > > > > > > > > > > -------------- Original message from Al Griffith > > : -------------- > > > > > > > I finally got around to reading Robert E. Howards > > story Pigeons from > > > Hell. And a great story it is too. A great gothic > > horror story. Mind > > > you, I love anything connected with voodoo. It has > > that feeling of > > > degeneracy and decay that Lovecraft caught in so > > many of his stories, > > > but with a southern rather than a New England > > favour. I think Howard > > > does it extremely well in this story. It has that > > feel of civilisation > > > being more precarious than we thought, of > > pre-civilised horrors lurking > > > beneath the surface. > > > > > > > > > > > > Now I need to read some of Robert E. Howards > > Mythos stories. > > > > > > > > > Al > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > > removed] > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Know an art & music fan? Make a donation in their honor this holiday season! http://us.click.yahoo.com/.6dcNC/.VHMAA/Zx0JAA/keeolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chapel_Perilous/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
