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Favorite authorsRobert Aickman, Joan Aiken, J. G. Ballard, Nick Bantock, Clive Barker, Charles Beaumont, Samuel Beckett, Michael Bertiaux, Peter Lamborn Wilson, Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood, James Blish, Robert Bloch, Guy Boothby, Jorge Luis Borges, William S. Burroughs, Ramsey Campbell, Jonathan Carroll, Storm Constantine, David Cronenberg, Aleister Crowley, John Crowley, Margaret Curtis, Guy Debord, Samuel R. Delany, Guillermo del Toro, Terry Dowling, Harlan Ellison, Dennis Etchison, Julius Evola, Linda Falorio, Sheridan Le Fanu, Karen Joy Fowler, Neil Gaiman, Lisa Goldstein, Kenneth Grant, M. John Harrison, Russell Hoban, William Hope Hodgson, Robert Hood, Van Ikin, M. R. James, S. T. Joshi, James Kelman, Rick Kennett, Fritz Leiber, Thomas Ligotti, Frank Belknap Jr. Long, Frank Belknap Long Jr., H. P. Lovecraft, David Lynch, Arthur Machen, Greil Marcus, Richard Matheson, Patrick McGrath, Dave McKean, Michael Moorcock, Rosaleen Norton, Edgar Allan Poe, Roman Polanski, Genesis P-Orridge, Christopher Priest, Israel Regardie, Sax Rohmer, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, James Sallis, David J. Schow, Darrell Schweitzer, John Shirley, Dan Simmons, Iain Sinclair, Clark Ashton Smith, Guy N. Smith, Bryce Stevens, Thomas Tessier, Richard L. Tierney, Jeff VanderMeer, Karl Edward Wagner, Donald Wandrei, Colin Wilson, Robert Anton Wilson, Gene Wolfe (Shared favorites)
About meI am a writer, researcher, editor and occultist based in Wollongong, NSW Australia. I worked 25 years in the book trade and now assess novel manuscripts freelance for various agencies, while I complete a double degree in Creative Writing and Journalism at the Uni of Wollongong. I'm a passionate bibliophile verging on bibliomaniac. I formerly co-edited Terror Australis magazine and edited the anthology TERROR AUSTRALIS: BEST AUSTRALIAN HORROR (1993). I write horror stories and am looking for a publisher for my first collection of them (contact me if you want to publish my stuff!). I am an initiate of the Crowleyean magical organisation Ordo Templi Orientis and with my magical partner Margi Curtis co-facilitate MoonsKin, an eclectic coven based in Wollongong NSW. I run worshops on ceremonial magick including Qabalah, Thelemic magick, the Golden Dawn etc. My extended family is the best thing in my life and the rather massive book collection I brought here now belongs to all of us! You think I've read all these books? You've gotta be kidding!My current book in print is a collection of weird poetry, Spores from Sharnoth and Other Madnesses, of which ST Joshi (reviewing in Dead Reckonings) said: 'this remarkable little volume immediately places Blackmore as one of the leading weird poets of our time". It's not available through USA sources but can be ordered direct from its Australian publisher, P'rea Press, at: DannyL@hotmail.com
About my libraryMy library is about evenly split between horror/supernatural material, and occult/esoteric material. The horror includes many limited and signed first editions, a complete run of Arkham House books with a large collection of Weird Tales magazines and hundreds of anthologies. The esoteric collection is broadranging and covers Western magic, Rosicrucianism, Gnosticism, Thelema, Wicca and many other occult subjects. There is also a collection of political books centred around Guy Debord, the Situationists and anarchism. Additionally there are sections devoted to William Burroughs/The Beats; Victoriana, in particular the Pre-Raphaelite painters esp. Dante Gabriel Rossetti; and Surrealism and the Avant-garde. Most books in my collection are for sale - at the right price - though trying to part me from my Arkham House collection will require a crowbar as well as substantial quantities of moolah. As at Feb 2009 all the horror material is listed, and I am making good progress cataloguing the occult material- but bear with me, there's a long way to go!
There are certain authors I had extensively at one time that are no longer in my collection. Sold all my Stephen Kings back in 1990 to finance a trip to the Lovecraft Centennial in Providence. Gave all my Tanith Lees, Kim Newmans, & Peter Straubs to friends who were more fanatical about them than I was. Sold all my Robert E. Howards to a similarly enthusiastic fellow, and sold my collections of rock books (David Bowie, Beatles - 100 + volumes) and Beckett criticism (100+ volumes).
A Note on tags: I use the tag "toad" to indicate a hardcover book without a dustjacket. Almost all my books are hardcover in d.j.(where possible - some are paperback originals) but I always try and upgrade - so 'toads' are books I want in better nick - usually old and rarish volumes that I will ultimately replace with jacketed copies.
My wishlist: I use www.bookmooch.com, and my current books wishlist is there.
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Danny delivered the goods yesterday and so I now have my own copy of Spores - most apropriately it's copy #53 which matches my age, so I can't complain about that.
Haven't read all of it so far, but Succubus has grabbed me around the throat and won't let go.
Take care,
'tac
posted by Surtac at 4:01 am (EST) on Oct 10, 2009
It was great to meet you at Conflux 6 yesterday. I'm glad you found Canty's - it's my favourite general used bookstore here in Canberra (I'm usually in there at least weekly) and yes, I've seen the Cherryh books in there, but I already have them in hardcover (it's still tempting to pick up additional copies, but I've restrained myself so far.)
cheers,
'tac
posted by Surtac at 6:18 am (EST) on Oct 5, 2009
posted by KentonSem at 8:55 am (EST) on May 1, 2009
Haven't been checking Library Thing because most of my books are in storage in Australia! I love "Skin Tight".
Kaaron
posted by Kaaron at 9:18 pm (EST) on Feb 22, 2009
I have to live with myself, and so,
I want to be fit for myself to know;
I want to be able as days go by
Always to look myself straight in the eye;
I don't want to stand with the setting son
And hate myself for the things I've done.
I don't want to keep on a closet shelf
A lot of secrets about myself,
And fool myself as I come and go
Into thinking that nobody else will know
The kind of man I really am;
I don't want to dress myself up in sham.
I want to go out with my head erect
I want to deserve all men's respect;
But here in the struggle for fame and pelf,
I want to be able to like myself.
I don't want to think as I come and go
That I'm bluster and bluff and empty show.
I never can hide myself from me,
I see what others may never know,
I never can fool myself -- and so,
Whatever happens, I want to be
Self-respecting and conscience free."
- Edgar Albert Guest
posted by theoldman at 12:09 pm (EST) on Feb 19, 2009
posted by battlinjack at 2:41 am (EST) on Feb 6, 2009
posted by battlinjack at 2:38 am (EST) on Feb 6, 2009
posted by setnahkt at 10:21 am (EST) on Dec 29, 2008
I was wondering if you'd like to take a look at my new book. If you have the time, I'd be honored.
http://www.librarything.com/work/6599983
Here's wishing you many magical moments and a bounty of blessings.
-Jeremy :)
---
"Jeremy Shipp is a very good drug."
--John Skipp
"Shipp's clear, insistent voice pulls you down into the rabbit hole and doesn't let go."
--Jack Ketchum
posted by JeremyCShipp at 6:49 pm (EST) on Nov 21, 2008
You might be interested to note I uploaded the cover for this book: Memoirs of an Inconsequential Scribbler in case you want to grab it.
You also might be interested in looking at this book in my library and reading the review for fun: The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses: The Mystery of All Mysteries: The Citation On All Spirits, etc. (I have two copies of this book listed)
Cheers-
vintage_books
posted by vintage_books at 2:42 am (EST) on Oct 22, 2008
posted by flatmancrooked at 7:03 pm (EST) on Sep 24, 2008
Best in your reading,
Ed
posted by edlynskey at 6:13 am (EST) on Sep 24, 2008
and "Steal Away". I started reading the Wyatt thrillers a while ago. Ever read him?
posted by tros at 11:17 pm (EST) on Aug 10, 2008
Kudos!
Charles Clemons
posted by Fictionman at 10:38 pm (EST) on Nov 14, 2007
Thanks,
Chuck
posted by weirdfictionforever at 1:18 am (EST) on Oct 29, 2007
Hello,
Sorry for the long time replying I have just been in the process of emigrating from London, UK to Vancouver, Canada.
The Rolt, Aickman friendship is something that I was not aware. Both amazing writers, I only hope that Rolt wrote many more undiscovered tales of the supernatural that will one day emerge from a dusty attic.
You have a fine book collection!!!
Cheers
R
posted by richardm123uk at 1:03 am (EST) on Oct 10, 2007
take care,
Ryan
posted by kinoeyevertov at 8:57 pm (EST) on Oct 8, 2007
ian.
posted by unapersson at 6:30 pm (EST) on Sep 8, 2007
past books.
I read "Song of Kali" a while ago. Also the olympian (not sure of the titles) series by DS.
Derek Raymond is interesting. The nameless main character. Other english
mystery writers: Ian Rankin, Ruth Rendell (Barbara Vine), Reginald Hill.
My main interest is the classic noir: Horace McCoy, David Goodis, Charles Williams, Jim Thompson, Chester Himes, James Hadley Chase. For psychological
mysteries I've read a lot of G. Simenon, Sjowahl/Wahloo.
posted by tros at 6:06 pm (EST) on Sep 4, 2007
posted by tros at 11:40 am (EST) on Sep 4, 2007
As it is...so be it
93 | NOX
China
posted by chinadarrington at 11:29 pm (EST) on Sep 2, 2007
Kind of lost track of sci-fi for quite a while. Lately,
I've "discovered" Dan Simmons. His "Hyperion" is brilliant.
Ever read him?
posted by tros at 12:32 pm (EST) on Sep 2, 2007
posted by bookstopshere at 1:15 pm (EST) on Aug 30, 2007
Ben
posted by benwaugh at 11:27 am (EST) on Aug 24, 2007