The Library

Cheers, Shane. I got that link from elsewhere in this library. Whilst your drinking your wine I highly recommend the Tina Rosenberg lecture. The debate at the end is fascinating.

Last July I was outvoted by 3 to 1 and we got a dog as a family pet. I’m beginning to warm to the thing and do my share of taking it for a walk. But, even though I am fortunate to live in a beautiful part of Yorkshire, there are only so many walks you can go in a 60 minute dog walking radius.

To ease the boredom I have discovered the modern concept of podcasts and plan my walks in advance by downloading a podcast to look forward to listening to on the walk.

You won’t be surprised to learn that there aren’t that many Dennis Wheatley podcasts but there are some really good ones.

I thought it might be useful to have a list of them in his online library. If anyone has knowledge of others then please add them to this list – they will help improve my relationship with the dog.

To make them easier to find I will supply the website address for those that want to stream it through their PC/Laptop/Tablet and also a search option to use on itunes for those that want to download it onto their ipod/iphone/ipad.

1. Tina Rosenberg Lecture
itunes search: New America NYC: D for Deception
website: http://newamerica.net/events/2012/new_a ... _deception
Superb podcast – highly recommended. This is a theatrical lecture and discussion by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Tina Rosenberg about DW’s deception plans, Gregory Sallust and his influence on Ian Fleming.

2. Discussion on the films The Devil Rides Out and To The Devil A Daughter
Itunes search: Movie Matters episode 9
Website: http://moviematterspodcast.blogspot.co. ... ers-9.html
There are quite a few podcasts that discuss these two films but this is one of the more intelligent ones.
There are two presenters one of whom is a Hammer film enthusiast (Lee Howard) and the other has approached these films because he is a DW fan (Michael Mackenzie). Lee Howard begins by giving a brief resume of Hammer and where these films fit into its history and then Michael Mackenzie gives a small talk about DW and then they both discuss the films. Lee discusses their “Hammerâ€￾ qualities and Michael provides the view as a DW reader. Good fun.

The BBC have made available their back catalogue of Desert Island Discs as podcasts that go back decades – there are many that are unavailable and unfortunately castaway DW from November 1972 is one of them (see http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009nb42 for DW’s choice of music – I imagine you will have discussed this elsewhere).

And of course we have the BBC interview, Dennis Wheatley: A Letter To Posterity which I can’t find on itunes.
Website: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/57223

I'll add more as I find them.

Dennis Wheatley books used to be easily available in all second hand bookshops over here. I have noticed in recent years that they are becoming less available. Occasionally you come across a seller with plenty in (The Endeavour bookshop in Whitby always seems to have a healthy collection). In partic...

When I first saw this post I thought it was a fun idea. I finally went through my entire Dennis Wheatley book collection this morning and didn’t find anything until I got to the last one and found something intriguing that I hadn’t seen before.

About 3 years ago I was at a village fete and I walked by a stall that had a few boxes of books with 20p each written on the side. The books were mainly paperbacks and didn’t encourage me to delve in. I casually looked at the books at the top of each box as I passed and was about to move on when the letters “WHEAâ€￾ caught my eye on a book that was peeking out though buried way underneath.

Being a Wheatley fan I was curious and moved the upper books away just to see what book it was and revealed an absolute gem. It was the large format first edition of The Devil and All His Works in hardback. I was stunned with excitement. I already owned the smaller Book Club version of this book but this one was the original Hutchinson book. The dust jacket was immaculate, completely unmarked nor creased, the price wasn’t clipped. Perfect condition.

I felt guilty paying 20p for it so bought 9 other books as well that I didn’t particularly want.

When I got home and after getting a slow shake of the head from my wife who didn’t understand my triumph (she’s giving me the same look now as I write this) I displayed it proudly on the shelf. Because I had read the BCA version I didn’t really examine the book thoroughly and, other than admire and cherish my recent acquisition, it has stayed on the shelf for the last three years doing nothing other than give me a nice warm feeling every time I look at it.

Anyway, this morning I took it down and thumbed through the pages and towards the back I found a sheet of ruled paper (the sort that was popular when we used to write letters) and the following is beautifully hand-written on it in blue ink by someone with a fountain pen.

The Prince of Darkness
(Chief of all the forces of darkness)

I sought him here
I sought him there
I found he isn’t anywhere!
He flies in dark
Come light and – hark! –
He’s nowhere in Noa’s Ark!

December 27, 1971.

. He’s done with V (interruption by Den. e Da.)

He ceases to be where there is a spark
And on the ways where stars embark –

And that’s it. (The spelling of Noah as Noa is as written).
It doesn’t appear to have finished and there are no other papers in the book. The He’s done with V (interruption by Den. e Da.) line is also as written, though it seems out of place.

Thanks for the idea Eric. I enjoyed my find.

.......I've just seen the other thread where this has already been discussed.......

It's interesting that the auction estimate was £7000-£10,000 but it actually went for an impressive £20,000. I've copied the description below as it is of interest to Dennis Wheatley fans and I don't know how long the Christies webpage will exist with this information. WHEATLEY, Dennis Yates (189...

I went to see Colin McCourt's musical of The Devil Rides Out 21 years ago in June 1991 and what a bizarre evening it was. I was living and working in London at the time (I was - and still am - a Yorkshire lad) and I saw a simple one line advert at the back of Time Out magazine that read THE DEVIL RI...