[ SECRET POST #2882 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2882 ⌋

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Comments

[cushlamochree]

Is there anything more annoying than a poorly-executed pastiche?

Also, speaking of Clark Ashton Smith, and also hallucinogenic aesthetics, did you ever read Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber (who, lbr, should probably have been mentioned in this thread already)? Really fun, interesting book, and references Smith in interesting ways without being totally a pastiche. If kind of overly 70s at times.

Also also, James Branch Cabell, if we're talking about pre-LotR American fantasy.

[xenomantid]

For the purposes of this conversation, nothing is more annoying than a poorly executed pastiche.

I haven't read Our Lady of Darkness, but I have read Conjure Wife and Swords and Deviltry. Datedness doesn't necessarily detract from my enjoyment of a work of fiction, as long as said work is comprehensible.

Which James Branch Cabell book do you recommend reading first? I have Figures of Earth, The High Place, The Cream of the Jest, and Domnei.

(Lastly, I meant "Penguin recently released" up there, not "Penguin recently leased.")

[cushlamochree]

It's hard to say which Cabell you should read first, and I'm not sure it matters all that much - I feel like he's one of those writers where it's as much about his distinct style as it is about anything else.

That said, Cream of the Jest is probably my favorite of his books, so I would default to recommending that.