THE DEEP ONES: "The Colossus of Ylourgne" by Clark Ashton Smith
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1gwendetenebre
"The Colossus of Ylourgne" by Clark Ashton Smith
Discussion begins February 10, 2021.
First published the June 1934 issue of Weird Tales.
ONLINE VERSIONS
http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/27/the-colossus-of-ylourgne
BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?62551
SELECTED PRINT VERSIONS
A Vintage from Atlantis: Volume Three of the Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith
A Rendezvous in Averoigne: The Best Fantastic Tales of Clark Ashton Smith
Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy 5: Giants
The Rivals of Frankenstein: A Gallery of Monsters
MISCELLANY
http://www.eldritchdark.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Ashton_Smith
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averoigne
https://tinyurl.com/yynrxdqa
Discussion begins February 10, 2021.
First published the June 1934 issue of Weird Tales.
ONLINE VERSIONS
http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/27/the-colossus-of-ylourgne
BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?62551
SELECTED PRINT VERSIONS
A Vintage from Atlantis: Volume Three of the Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith
A Rendezvous in Averoigne: The Best Fantastic Tales of Clark Ashton Smith
Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy 5: Giants
The Rivals of Frankenstein: A Gallery of Monsters
MISCELLANY
http://www.eldritchdark.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Ashton_Smith
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averoigne
https://tinyurl.com/yynrxdqa
2elenchus
Still making my way through the online version linked above.
As usual CAS provides a singular Classical education, whether vocabulary or literature. I was unfamiliar with the Anakim and found helpful this Biblical survey.
As usual CAS provides a singular Classical education, whether vocabulary or literature. I was unfamiliar with the Anakim and found helpful this Biblical survey.
3AndreasJ
Haven’t got around to re-reading this one, but the setup and the, what to say, engineering approach to necromancy gave me a strong D&D vibe.
I think this is Gaspard du Nord’s only appearance as an actual character in CAS?
I think this is Gaspard du Nord’s only appearance as an actual character in CAS?
5paradoxosalpha
"AD&D," heh. We're old farts.
:)
:)
6RandyStafford
This is the third time I've read this story, and I was again impressed. I liked the wry cynicism of du Nord being “the one sorcerer of that region who at no time incurred the disapprobation of the Church.”
7elenchus
>5 paradoxosalpha:
We are! I regularly marvel at the outsize influence AD&D had on me, given how little time I actually spent playing the game. But it's a richer vein even than I was aware at the time, as these many literary influences show. I was picking up on the quality borrowings, even when wholly unaware the source -- or indeed, even that borrowing was involved.
We are! I regularly marvel at the outsize influence AD&D had on me, given how little time I actually spent playing the game. But it's a richer vein even than I was aware at the time, as these many literary influences show. I was picking up on the quality borrowings, even when wholly unaware the source -- or indeed, even that borrowing was involved.
8elenchus
>6 RandyStafford:
I liked the Colossus's rampage presaged by an ironic manslaughter of monks: "The tremendous mass broke in an entire side of the chapel; and those who had gathered therein were found later, crushed into bloody pulp amid the splinters of their carven Christ." Only outdone by his treatment "of the Church of Ste. Zenobie, which he buried with its priests and congregation beneath a mountain of ordure made by the gathering of all the dungheaps from neighbouring farms."
I liked the Colossus's rampage presaged by an ironic manslaughter of monks: "The tremendous mass broke in an entire side of the chapel; and those who had gathered therein were found later, crushed into bloody pulp amid the splinters of their carven Christ." Only outdone by his treatment "of the Church of Ste. Zenobie, which he buried with its priests and congregation beneath a mountain of ordure made by the gathering of all the dungheaps from neighbouring farms."
