Manly Wade Wellman wrote a series of stories and novels about a character named John, set in the Appalachians, which became a movie titled THE LEGEND OF HILLBILLY JOHN (1972)
MWW was interviewed by Darrell Schweitzer, on the term "hillbilly" as a slur.
SPEAKING OF HORROR p100
Book catalogue project, day 23: THE SURVIVOR AND OTHERS (1957, Arkham House) by August Derleth & H. P. Lovecraft. Clean pages, good dustjacket. In mylar.
Book catalogue project, day 22: MARGINALIA (1944, Arkham House), edited by August Derleth & Donald Wandrei. Pages tanned. Dustjacket tanned, chipped, price clipped. In mylar.
Book catalogue project, day 22: MARGINALIA (1944, Arkham House), edited by August Derleth & Donald Wandrei. Pages tanned. Dustjacket tanned, chipped, price clipped. In mylar.
Book catalogue project, day 21: SOMETHING ABOUT CATS AND OTHER PIECES (1949, Arkham House) edited by August Derleth. Clean pages, excellent dustjacket. In mylar.
Book catalogue project, day 21: SOMETHING ABOUT CATS AND OTHER PIECES (1949, Arkham House) edited by August Derleth. Clean pages, excellent dustjacket. In mylar.
Book catalogue project, day 19: THE DARK CHATEAU (1951, Arkham House) by Clark Ashton Smith. Slightly tanned pages, tanned dustjacket. Previous owner's bookplate. In mylar.
Book catalogue project, day 19: THE DARK CHATEAU (1951, Arkham House) by Clark Ashton Smith. Slightly tanned pages, tanned dustjacket. Previous owner's bookplate. In mylar.
H. P. Lovecraft to Robert E. Howard, 25 Mar 1933, MF 2.582-583
That used to be a prevalent prejudice in the US, although it diminished as various European nationalities and ethnicities were subsumed as "Whites" instead of the previous categorizations.
Book catalogue project, day 16: A RENDEZVOUS IN AVEROIGNE (1988, Arkham House) by Clark Ashton Smith. Ex-library copy with the usual markings, else clean pages and dustjacket.
Book catalogue project, day 16: A RENDEZVOUS IN AVEROIGNE (1988, Arkham House) by Clark Ashton Smith. Ex-library copy with the usual markings, else clean pages and dustjacket.
Book catalogue project, day 14: THE BLACK BOOK OF CLARK ASHTON SMITH (1979, Arkham House) by Clark Ashton Smith. Clean pages, except for a little spotting on the edges.
Book catalogue project, day 14: THE BLACK BOOK OF CLARK ASHTON SMITH (1979, Arkham House) by Clark Ashton Smith. Clean pages, except for a little spotting on the edges.
Book catalogue project, day 13: GENIUS LOCI (1948, Arkham House) by Clark Ashton Smith. Dustjacket worn, faded. Pages tanned. In mylar. Previous owner's signature and bookplate.
Book catalogue project, day 13: GENIUS LOCI (1948, Arkham House) by Clark Ashton Smith. Dustjacket worn, faded. Pages tanned. In mylar. Previous owner's signature and bookplate.
Book catalogue project, day 12: The Eye and The Finger (1944, Arkham House) by Donald Wandrei. Dustjacket chipped, faded. Pages tanned. In mylar. Previous owner's signature and bookplate.
This is part of the thing that makes me drag my feet on the book. It's difficult to work on book trying to examine Lovecraft's prejudices and how they influenced his fiction in detail when folks don't even want to engage with the idea beyond the common-internet-knowledge level.
Was looking through an online scan of ABBOTT'S MAGAZINE - a 1930s periodical aimed at a Black audience - the small ads in those often tell you a lot about the intended readership.
Book catalogue project, day 12: The Eye and The Finger (1944, Arkham House) by Donald Wandrei. Dustjacket chipped, faded. Pages tanned. In mylar. Previous owner's signature and bookplate.
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Book catalogue project, day 9: A RESTITUTION OF DECAYED INTELLIGENCE by Richard Verstegan, 1655 edition (T. Newcomb, London). Leatherbound. Spine labeled "English Antiquities" in gilt, with 4 raised bands. Cover and pages worn and dirty.
*technical difficulties resolved*
Book catalogue project, day 9: A RESTITUTION OF DECAYED INTELLIGENCE by Richard Verstegan, 1655 edition (T. Newcomb, London). Leatherbound. Spine labeled "English Antiquities" in gilt, with 4 raised bands. Cover and pages worn and dirty.
The "emotional" bit is coming because Johns was riffing off a very specific bit in a 90s Green Lantern comic where Hal Jordan figures out he's channeling his emotions through his will. I'd have to hunt down the issue, but it's from this arc:
