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- Sat 20 Oct, 2007 21:04:28
- Forum: Swaps or Sales
- Topic: Library of the Occult Hardcovers on ebay Ending Today!
- Replies: 4
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I had not even known these three titles existed in hardcover (in this series). I *do* have the Dumas HORROR AT FONTENAY, which was issued in hardcover in the U.S., apparently a one-off. Actually, one of the first conversations Bob and I had was about these hardcovers. I think he updated the Occult ...
- Thu 18 Oct, 2007 17:17:12
- Forum: Swaps or Sales
- Topic: Library of the Occult Hardcovers on ebay Ending Today!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 29583
Library of the Occult Hardcovers on ebay Ending Today!
Hi guys. I wish I could have posted here more lately. It's still kind of sad for me. Bob and I had some nice chats over email and I still can't believe he's gone. But anyway. . . I wanted to let you guys know that I'm selling 3 hardcover Library of the Occult books in one auction. As you guys may kn...
- Fri 13 Apr, 2007 02:15:22
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: We're Back!!!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14089
- Tue 7 Nov, 2006 22:04:52
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: "Dessert Island Wheatley"
- Replies: 18
- Views: 28664
- Fri 3 Nov, 2006 21:34:50
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: "Dessert Island Wheatley"
- Replies: 18
- Views: 28664
- Fri 3 Nov, 2006 02:02:55
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Were any novels adapted for TV/ radio?
- Replies: 3
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- Thu 2 Nov, 2006 21:29:03
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Polanski's "The Ninth Gate:" DW influenced?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 13503
Fascinating insight, thanks maisonvivante . I must get out and find myself a copy of The Ninth Gate . I was totally in ignorance about it being an adaptation of one of Dumas' titles, which in itself has interesting connections, as DW freely confessed that he based his de Richleau tales on Dumas' wo...
- Thu 2 Nov, 2006 04:29:11
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Polanski's "The Ninth Gate:" DW influenced?
- Replies: 8
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Polanski's "The Ninth Gate:" DW influenced?
I just watched Roman Polanksi's film from 1999 "The Ninth Gate," and was struck by how much of it seem Wheatley-esque. The idea of a Satanic mystery, the travel through Europe, the mysterious femme fatale who turns out to be a guardian angel of sorts--all seemed very much in the Wheatley t...
- Thu 2 Nov, 2006 03:54:47
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Introductions
- Replies: 35
- Views: 117837
Greetings and welcome maisonvivante . We in the UK and our forefathers/mothers, who can never get enough of DW have never understood why DW never made it into the top-sellers on the other side of the pond. Perhaps you have always been a bit more sensitive as to the non-pc elements of his writing? I...
- Thu 2 Nov, 2006 03:43:21
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Decline of Dennis
- Replies: 31
- Views: 55701
Interesting. But even still, I can't imagine him doing things without taste or being overtly crude and vulgar.Bob Rothwell wrote:I doubt that was DW's design - more likely the restraining hand of his agent/publisher!maisonvivante wrote:Wheatley's restraint gives his books more suspense, in my opinion.
- Thu 2 Nov, 2006 03:40:56
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: How Was It For You? (The Haunted Airman)
- Replies: 29
- Views: 58041
- Wed 1 Nov, 2006 21:19:55
- Forum: The Launching of Roger Brook
- Topic: Ok, and The Launching of RB...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 19983
- Wed 1 Nov, 2006 21:09:03
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Decline of Dennis
- Replies: 31
- Views: 55701
Fascinating discussion, guys. I mentioned in my introduction that I wouldn't care for a little editing of Wheatley's novels to make them more PC (horror of horrors, but I'm a realist, I guess). That may sound blasphemous to some, I know, but it was done with Christie and has served her novels quite ...
- Wed 1 Nov, 2006 20:57:21
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: How Was It For You? (The Haunted Airman)
- Replies: 29
- Views: 58041
I'm in the U.S., so I haven't seen this program, but it doesn't sound like I have missed much. I'm actually amazed. The book is so easily adaptable to a suspenseful supernatural thriller! I'm shocked they dropped the ball. I almost get the sense (from your reviews) that the BBC was sort of embarasse...
- Wed 1 Nov, 2006 20:52:46
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Introductions
- Replies: 35
- Views: 117837
Greetings, everyone. I am a 30-ish male from the United States. I was introduced to Dennis Wheatley a couple of years ago when (on a whim) I purchased the entire Heron collection of his novels off of ebay. I am a voracious reader, and English literature is my particular favorite. Having worked my wa...