#fantasy #MervynPeake Der Autor Mervyn Peake wurde am heutigen Tag, dem 9. Juli, im Jahr 1911 geboren.
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#vendredilecture juste avant d’entamer le « Cycle des Contrées » de #JacquesAbeille que je n’ai pas encore sous la main dans son intégralité – les tomes grand format de chez Le Tripode s’épuisent en fur et à mesure de leur passage en livres de poche… Allons voir chez les bouquinistes en ligne pour ce qu’il me reste à trouver de la série originale. En attendant je commence avec « Les jardins statuaires », le premier titre du cycle. Comme le dit la quatrième de couverture, c’est plutôt hors genre littéraire, post-surréaliste-slipstream-weird, comme le « Gormenghast » de #MervynPeake ou les œuvres de #JulienGracq, #GeorgKlein, #AlasdairGray que j’aime tant. 1/3
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When I mentioned outlandish metaphor, I mean this kind of thing. Sentences that take you in gloriously unexpected directions even in gratuitous asides
#books #metaphor #writing #Gormenghast #MervynPeake #literature
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TITUS GROAN luxuriates in baroque description, outlandish metaphor, and flights of fancy; it won't be to all tastes, but it's absolutely hitting the spot for me.
#books #reading #MervynPeake #literature #fantasy #Gothic #fiction
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Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast trilogy feels more like an autumn/winter read, but I didn't want to put it off any longer. By the end of the first paragraph I was all in:
"This tower, patched unevenly with black ivy, arose like a mutilated finger from among the fists of knuckled masonry and pointed blasphemously at heaven. At night the owls made of it an echoing throat; by day it stood voiceless and cast its long shadow."
#books #reading #MervynPeake #literature #fantasy #Gothic #fiction
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I know this isn't weird, but this 'Treasure Island' illustration by Mervyn Peake is so brilliant and so evocative of travelling into adventure, I'm going to tag it #WyrdWednesday anyway. #MervynPeake #illustration #artsky
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I know this isn't weird, but this 'Treasure Island' illustration by Mervyn Peake is so brilliant and so evocative of travelling into adventure, I'm going to tag it #WyrdWednesday anyway. #MervynPeake #illustration #artsky
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Gormenghast Book 1: Titus Groan
It's a book filled with fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, and miracles!
https://chasingdings.com/2025/10/31/gormenghast-book-1-titus-groan/
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“Dorothy K. Haynes’ weird fiction is truly the stuff of nightmares, where horrors cruel and mundane are interwoven with threads of dark fairy folklore and twisted witchcraft to deliver heady supernatural thrills”
In 2024, the British Library published The Weird Tales of Dorothy K. Haynes, with illustrations by Mervyn Peake
4/4
https://shop.bl.uk/products/the-weird-tales-of-dorothy-k-haynes
#Scottish #literature #gothic #horror #20thcentury #womenwriters #weird #weirdtales #supernatural #shortstories #MervynPeake
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Mervyn Peake - Gormenghast : un voyage déroutant et riche d’impressions nouvelles.
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Dollen YT-Kanal entdeckt: Peter Beard präsentiert seit 8 Jahren die unbesungenen HeldInnen der Illustrationskunst, bisher gut Ü100 Folgen, plus eigenen Episoden z.B. zu »Die Jugend«, »Die Muskete« oder »MAD«, Genres und Stile, und viele Portraits einzelner Künstler. Zum Beispiel zu ›meinem‹ klassischen Fantasy-Helden #MervynPeake, der neben Maler und Zeichner halt auch Schriftsteller (»Gormenghast«) und Dichter war.
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Oh look what arrived in the mailbox today! I never expected to see a new #MichaelMoorcock edited large format issue of #NewWorlds again. Particularly with a story by #PamelaZoline, whose "Heat Death of the Universe" completely blew my mind when I first read it. Not to mention a new Moorcock #JerryCornelius story! My copies of the large format New Worlds are pretty much my most treasured possessions, so this is a very exciting acquisition.
For those who are unaware, New Worlds was Britain's first professional #ScienceFiction magazine, originally edited by Ted Carnell from 1936 until 1964. When Mike Moorcock took over in 1964, it became the foremost publisher of #NewWave #SF #experimental #fiction - people such as #JGBallard #MervynPeake #BrianAldiss etc etc. I don't believe boundaries have been pushed anywhere as much since then. Amazing, mind-blowing stuff. -
Apparently it is #MadHatterDay , so a good excuse to remind folks that Gormenghast creator Mervyn Peake also did some splendid Alice in Wonderland illustrations
#books #livres #AliceInWonderland #MadHatter #MervynPeake #Illustrator #illustration #LewisCarroll #fantasy #Gormenghast #bookstodon
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#649 Christina Hole - Witchcraft in Britain. Paladin, Grafton Books, a division of the Collins Publishing Group, London, 1986, 1st edition, reprint. #ChristinaHole #MervynPeake #GraftonBooks #Witchcraft #BookOfTheDay
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OMG. Wenn ihr unbedingt zusammenlegen wollt, um mir die #DaveMcKean #FolioSociety-Ausgabe von #MervynPeake|s »Titus«-Bücher (auch bekannt als »#Gormenghast«) zu schenken, will ich Euch nicht abhalten.
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More JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis from @eleanormorton
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BTW beside #BernieTaupin rightfully trashing #JannWenner last night (and not even having to mention his name! perfect shade), major kudos for him saluting among his many influences #RayBradbury, #MervynPeake and #UrsulaKLeGuin-- now that's next level. (Clip should start around 2:25) #music #rrhof https://youtu.be/irR737kY6JA?si=tJiy42NdA6UfXFi9&t=145
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@aadams6363 @MaJ1 @PaulNickson @ravensrod Of course, all cake warriors in good standing should be ready to recite the official poem upon request: https://merripestin.tumblr.com/post/54097223984/a-freckled-and-frivolous-cake-there-was-that
Around the shores of the Elegant Isles
Where the cat-fish bask and purr
And lick their paws with adhesive smiles
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Retreated to nearby cafe to escape anti-social swine upstairs, who is alternating between periods of peace then blasting music, then back to quiet. Treating self to very chilled berry drink and read
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Errands run, time to relax. Nice pint of Jarl and a read in the local.
#AmReading #books #livres #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #TitusGroan #MervynPeake #Diggers #DiggersPub #pub #bar #ale #biere #beer #RealAle
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Today's travelling companions: Mervyn Peake, with the god-like John Coltrane playing Crescent on my headphones.
Finding my revisit to Gormenghast & its stultifying rituals particularly interesting in light of our own recent royal ceremonial nonsense.
#books #AmReading #livres #Gormenghast #TitusGroan #MervynPeake
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A little al-fresco reading break before heading home. Forecast for thunder and rain tomorrow, may as well enjoy the fine weather while it lasts, read in sunlight, with breeze by the water & sound of birdsong.
#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #AmReading #books #livres #TitusGroan #MervynPeake #bookstodon
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"Over their irregular roofs would fall throughout the seasons, the shadows of time-eaten buttresses..."
#LunchtimeReading : Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake, choice for the #Edinburgh SF Book Group for July.
Haven't revisited this since my teens...
#books #livres #AmReading #EdinburghSFBookGroup #BookGroup #MervynPeake #TitusGroan #Gornrnghast #fantasy #bookstodon -
“Do you know, I always thought #unicorns were fabulous #monsters, too? I never saw one alive before!"
"Well, now that we have seen each other," said the unicorn, "if you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you.”
— #LewisCarroll , Through the Looking-Glass: And What Alice Found There
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Lining up our next weekend rewatch, with an episode a week. Next is the #BBC version of #Gormenghast from 2000. I’ve been keen to rewatch this for a while. And while I know #NeilGaiman is developing a new version I’d like to see this one again now. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0197154/ #MervynPeake #Television #00sTV #Fantasy #Horror #Weird #JonathanRhysMeyers #TVadaptations #books #TV
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The peculiar pictures of Mervyn Peake, complete with an #EricSatie soundtrack. I know his drawings from the #Gormenghast trilogy, which are surely the finest Gothic fantasy novels ever written. I also have Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass with his illustrations.
#Drawing #MervynPeake