tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post4630460273927236235..comments2024-02-29T02:37:34.896-06:00Comments on Ivebeenreadinglately: Walking in the woods with M. R. JamesLevi Stahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11094919454842047688noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post-58233830327424671282014-03-30T00:30:15.171-05:002014-03-30T00:30:15.171-05:00Blackwood's "The Empty House" is my ...Blackwood's "The Empty House" is my favorite story of his, very chilling in parts.Gambrinus Glubbenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post-84910407102434727142012-10-19T18:30:21.040-05:002012-10-19T18:30:21.040-05:00ToB--the introduction to this volume I also though...ToB--the introduction to this volume I also thought was good. It does a nice quick job of summarizing James's life, deals delicately but sensibly with the inescapable Freudian and sexual interpretations of his tales, and doesn't give too much away for new readers. Oh, and there's a ribbon!<br /><br />Rand, I've actually only read a bit of Blackwood, but I've loved all of it. He's on my list to pick up either this October or next, depending on when I can track down a nice volume of his stories.Levi Stahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094919454842047688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post-77453989509183613782012-10-04T11:38:15.251-05:002012-10-04T11:38:15.251-05:00I've admired M.R. James ever since coming acro...I've admired M.R. James ever since coming across "O Whistle and I'll Come To You, My Lad" in an old anthology forty years ago. If you like ghost stories, a very different but equally distinctive contemporary of his, Algernon Blackwood, is worth a look.Rand Careagahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04993454654652802173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post-83697880389716321412012-10-04T00:29:02.264-05:002012-10-04T00:29:02.264-05:00Thanks for posting this - I have been a fan of M. ...Thanks for posting this - I have been a fan of M. R. James for decades and did not know there was a new edition out.LC Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.com