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HPL Film Festival and The Broadsword

  • Jan. 5th, 2009 at 2:57 AM
lee van cleef
In the better late than never category:

The H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival held during the first week of October in Portland, Oregon, was a blast. I won't go into all the authors, filmmakers and fans I met because I'm bound to forget someone, but suffice to say the festival crowd is warm. The event orbits around the old Hollywood theatre and the Starlight Lounge. Brian Lumley and Mike Mignola were guests of honor.

Highlights included readings by Michael and Linda Shea, Ed Morris, Joe Pulver, Wilum Pugmire, and Stanley Sargent. I moderated a panel on the future of horror and attended another that discussed films vs books. Maryanne Snyder anchored a great panel called Before Lovecraft, dealing with Poe, M.R. James, and  Robert Chambers. Two sensational events:  Japanese claymation rendition of Lovecraft stories, including The Picture in the House, and The Dunwich Horror; and an amazing performance by Robert Lloyd Perry who put on a one man performance of "The Ash Tree," and "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You My Lad" by M.R. James.

I also read a few pages from "The Broadsword." Now I may say the novella was acquired by S.T. Joshi for an anthology that will feature Ramsey Campbell, Caitlin Kiernan, and possibly T.E.D. Klein, among many others.

Over and out.

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[info]ouronlyhunter wrote:
Jan. 5th, 2009 12:57 pm (UTC)
Oooh!

Am really excited about that new anthology. I love Kiernan's work. You+Kiernan in one anthology=epic win.
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[info]ellen_datlow wrote:
Jan. 5th, 2009 06:28 pm (UTC)
Just fyi then, my antho Lovecraft Unbound, which will be out from M Press in 2010 will have an original by Laird and a reprint by Kiernen.

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[info]ouronlyhunter wrote:
Jan. 5th, 2009 06:43 pm (UTC)
Wow, that's so weird. I just was thinking about looking to see when your Lovecraft collection might be coming out. Thanks for the heads up. Will definitely look into that.

I have your Poe collection face out in the sci-fi section. I squealed like a little girl when I saw that, and got mocked in the backroom. Totally worth it. I haven't had a chance to sit down and read lately, but that's the first thing I'm going to pick up.
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[info]ellen_datlow wrote:
Jan. 5th, 2009 06:49 pm (UTC)
I'm handing it in in about a month so don't know the exact pub date yet.

I LOVE when booksellers squeal at the sight of my anthogies ;-)
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[info]ouronlyhunter wrote:
Jan. 5th, 2009 07:22 pm (UTC)
See, I thought I was going crazy. I know you mentioned one, and I got it into my head that it was coming out before Poe. So I started searching, and getting all frantic. This explains it, heh.

And grins. I so did. Worth the mocking. And omg, did I mention Lucius Shepard story=exciting? I didn't even know he was in it, since I was really buying it for Laird's story, but I was so happy to see them both in it.
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[info]ellen_datlow wrote:
Jan. 5th, 2009 09:57 pm (UTC)
Oh yes. It's a good one.
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[info]ouronlyhunter wrote:
Jan. 5th, 2009 10:18 pm (UTC)
Oh, man. I can never chose with your anthologies. I really want to get straight to Laird's stories, but part of me wants to hoard it until I've finished the others.

Sometimes I list them in wonky order, so I can savor my favorite writers last. I haven't chosen what to do with Poe yet - but I have a feeling I'll start with Lucius' story, go on to Laird's and then probably Kim Newman's as his stuff's been recommended as well.

Cannot wait for the Lovecraft one to come out as well. (I also should probably get cracking on Poe. Let the Right One In should be coming in a couple days and I'm sooo going to get grabby with that one after seeing the movie.)
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[info]ellen_datlow wrote:
Jan. 5th, 2009 10:47 pm (UTC)
You mean you don't read in order of presentation? tsk tsk --all my hard work for nothing :-)
Enjoy..whichever order you read them in. I'm very happy with how the antho came out.

It's a wonderful movie. I saw it in the theater and plan on watching it again as soon as it's out on netflix.
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[info]ouronlyhunter wrote:
Jan. 5th, 2009 11:08 pm (UTC)
Not all the time, no. *ducks and hides*

And nods. Yes, I was just hoping for another romance-horror (the only other true movie of that genre I can think of is Fair Haired Child, although High Tension comes somewhat close) and this came along. I preordered it as it's coming out in March, and have the novel on order as well. I'm sort of already shuddering at the thought of the American version - I seriously hope that one is done at least semi-decently.

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[info]ellen_datlow wrote:
Jan. 5th, 2009 11:10 pm (UTC)
Heh.

I had the book and may still have it....somewhere in the morass of material. It came out in the US in 2007 and I never got around to reading it then.
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[info]ouronlyhunter wrote:
Jan. 5th, 2009 11:13 pm (UTC)
Nods. My friend has the book, and was going to lend it to me after a friend read it. I got so obsessed with the movie I ended up just ordering it, lulz.
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[info]imago1 wrote:
Jan. 7th, 2009 08:22 am (UTC)
Thanks, Dex. My favorite Kiernan story is "Riding the White Bull." It appeared in Argosy and YBF&H. can't recall which volume....

Edited at 2009-01-07 08:22 am (UTC)
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[info]ouronlyhunter wrote:
Jan. 7th, 2009 10:53 am (UTC)
Will have to look that one up. Thanks for the recommendation.
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[info]livia_llewellyn wrote:
Jan. 5th, 2009 01:19 pm (UTC)
YAY! When is it coming out?
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[info]imago1 wrote:
Jan. 7th, 2009 08:25 am (UTC)
Thanks, Livia. I'm not sure when the book is coming out, or from what press.
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[info]mroctober wrote:
Jan. 5th, 2009 01:47 pm (UTC)
Congrats on such a grand sale.
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[info]imago1 wrote:
Jan. 7th, 2009 08:26 am (UTC)
Thank you!
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[info]orrin wrote:
Jan. 5th, 2009 01:55 pm (UTC)
I'm really hoping to make it out to the HPL Film Festival one of these years. It sounds like a huge blast.

Also, congrats on the novella. I'll be looking forward to than anthology.
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[info]ellen_datlow wrote:
Jan. 5th, 2009 06:29 pm (UTC)
If it's still going on when my Lovecraftian antho comes out, I'm going to HAVE to get to Portland for it.
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[info]imago1 wrote:
Jan. 7th, 2009 08:33 am (UTC)
Ellen: You simply must!
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[info]imago1 wrote:
Jan. 7th, 2009 08:27 am (UTC)
Hi, Orrin. I'll definitely go back next year.
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[info]ogre_san wrote:
Jan. 5th, 2009 02:00 pm (UTC)
Congrats!
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[info]imago1 wrote:
Jan. 7th, 2009 08:28 am (UTC)
Thank you!
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[info]sarcobatus wrote:
Jan. 5th, 2009 02:51 pm (UTC)
He's hot hot hot!

Cool about The Broadsword, way cool.
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[info]imago1 wrote:
Jan. 7th, 2009 08:29 am (UTC)
I read aloud some of the ickier bits. Haha!
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[info]sarcobatus wrote:
Jan. 7th, 2009 03:44 pm (UTC)
You're a madman.
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[info]nick_kaufmann wrote:
Jan. 6th, 2009 03:26 am (UTC)
Oh man, Robert Lloyd Perry is awesome. I caught his performance in New York recently.

Congrats on the anthology!
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[info]imago1 wrote:
Jan. 7th, 2009 08:31 am (UTC)
Yeah, Perry did a classy job. Glad you caught his show.
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(Anonymous) wrote:
Jan. 6th, 2009 11:17 am (UTC)
Congratulations on the novella Laird. I'm looking forward to picking this up as soon as it is out.

Allyson Bird.
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[info]imago1 wrote:
Jan. 7th, 2009 08:32 am (UTC)
Thanks, Ally.
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