it's probably old news to everyone else, but saturday during one of my
unfortunately rare (because of an absurd work schedule) trips to a used-book
store i came across a volume i'd never encountered before, called something
like "dark ladies," pairing our lady of darkness with conjure wife. i was
really tempted to pick that one up (especially since the store in question was
selling all its tpbs for $1 each), but since i have both novels in regular pb i
passed.
both novels are excellent. i've noted before that some 3 decades have passed
since i read our lady of darkness as serialized (as "the pale brown thing") in
f&sf. it's been even longer, i guess, since i read conjure wife, also as
serialized in a newsstand mag (the only 2 issues of marvel's haunt of horror
digest).
this summer i did finally watch the movie version of conjure wife, though for
some reason i forget the title (in the uk it was released as night of the
eagle, i believe), & quite liked it. our lady of darkness could make a pretty
decent film as well ... sort of like the movie "pi" as channeled through
j-horror, or something.
dan
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> I always enjoy fantasy/horror books in which the author doesnt just use
> an existing occult mythology bit invents a whole new one. Books like
> Fritz Leibers Our Lady of Darkness, which Im reading now. The book
> concerns megapolisomancy, which could be described as the occult science
> of big cities. Supposedly invented by a mythical author called Thibaut
> de Castries at the end of the 19^th century, megapolisomancy deals with
> the destructive energies stored by big cities, energies that can give
> rise to dangerous occult beings called paramentals. These destructive
> energies are not just things like electricity, but also arise from the
> geometry of cities. Diagonal streets are especially hazardous.
> Neopythagorean metageometry can unlock the secrets of these energies. I
> just love stuff like this!
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> Al
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