Karl Edward Wagner

[NickMiddleton]

Hm, so one to watch the second hand book shops for then...

Thanks everyone.

Cheers,

Nick Middleton

[Jason Durall]

Originally Posted by NickMiddleton

OK, so assuming that I really know virtually nothing about KEW, but happened to read Bloodstone assuming it was an early pulp S&S novel from a contemporary of Howard's or Leiber's and thoroughly enjoyed it - what KEW would people recommend next?

Cheers,

Nick Middleton

Three things:

Bloodstone was just about the worst of the Kane novels.

Night Winds, a collection of shorter stories and a novella, is the best.

Here's a nice resource page about Kane.

[Aycorn]

Originally Posted by Simlasa

I really like his horror fiction... he's got some great stuff that centers on The King In Yellow... kinda reminds me of Thomas Ligotti... or vica versa.

Wasn't KEW a doctor? I thought I'd read that somewhere...

Oh, and what characterizes 'pulpy combat'? Just curious...

He was - there's a pretty fascinating memoir about him which you can track down on karledwardwagner.org - a very worthwhile site.

[Puck]

I found a couple of of his short stories on tape a couple of years back. Nightwinds and one other. I think they were read by Zelazny. They had sound effects in the background and were kind of cool.
The three paperbacks I have, Nightwinds, Darkness Weaves and Dark Crusade are definately on my top shelf. Great Stuff!