Comments on: Weirdfictionreview.com: Looking Forward to Great Stuff

By: Toute l'actualité Béninoise

Toute l'actualité Béninoise — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 07:12:01 +0000

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By: Andrew Evans

Andrew Evans — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:53:34 +0000

Not sure if the Catalan writer, Juan Perucho, is on your list of writers to feature?

Readers might know “Natural History” which I think was first published in Catalan the 1960s and was then published in the UK by Secker and Warburg in 1989 and in the US. Reviews at the time drew comparisons with Calvino and Borges, but sadly his many other novels have not been translated into English.

Searching on Google reveals tempting snatches of information on his other works – for example see http://www.gorinkai.com/aefcf/espora/espora05_06.htm

In my view he is a fascinating and stylish writer who would find a new and ready audience, that for some reason has been seriously overlooked.

If there are any publishers out there reading this perhaps you could investigate further and commission translations of his fiction in the future?

By: jeffvandermeer

jeffvandermeer — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:00:02 +0000

In reply to Chris Kemp. Hi, Chris. We are running an essay on Hodgson soon, and we did run an interview with Ligotti. We'll do something on Wagner soon. The rest are all on the radar, too. Cheers.

By: Chris Kemp

Chris Kemp — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:41:15 +0000

Let me just add that I did enjoy getting exposed to Bob Lehman whom I had never heard of before.

By: Chris Kemp

Chris Kemp — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:37:52 +0000

The esoteric and foreign stuff is fine, I understand it needs to be exposed, but I would love to see serious non-fiction criticism and discussion on such modern day (but not overexposed) masters as Aickman, Ligotti, Barron, Wagner and Klein. I also would enjoy the same for older masters such as Blackwood, Machen, Hodgson, Brennan, Crawford, Onions, etc. Stuff that doesn't get enough exposure, really, but isn't too obscure. But don't get me wrong this is a great site and I am waiting with anticipation for the book to come out.

By: jeffvandermeer

jeffvandermeer — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:03:53 +0000

In reply to Clifford Streat. Oh, thanks so much. We're trying!

By: Clifford Streat

Clifford Streat — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:15:49 +0000

Oh, Japanese stuff sounds great too. Edogawa Rampo in particular.

By: Clifford Streat

Clifford Streat — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:14:43 +0000

Guys, what with the anthology and this site, you are continuing to do wonderful stuff within the realms of the weird. Hats off to you.
In terms of what would be good to see, anything Arthur Machen related, as a big fan. Plus any more Robert Aickman and Thomas Ligotti. Much looking forward to the Grabinski, and any other Eastern European writing from that era would be equally welcome (have enjoyed the Schulz), as well as other half-forgotten corners of English-speaking weird (such as the Sarban). But what impresses is the breadth of ground you are covering. Overall, the quality is top-drawer and much-appreciated.
Please keep up the tremendous work (I will be donating at some point — honest! — though may not be much, being a teacher and not exactly living the dandy-round-town dream yet; otherwise I’d be spending all day reading more of this!)