NIGHTLANDS Volume 2!

 Velika mi je čast što se moji radovi nalaze i u drugom tomu časopisa knjiškog formata NIGHTLANDS. Ovaj časopis izdaje moj američki izdavač Chiroptera Press (koji je objavio moju studiju SPECTRAL LIGHTS).

 Posvećen je klasičnim i savremenim majstorima lavkraftovske weird priče u najširem smislu. Časopis sadrži priče, poeziju, intervjue, eseje i članke.

                O tome šta sam pisao za prvi broj, kao i čega sve u njemu ima, možete pogledati u mojoj najavi OVDE.

                U drugom broju imam dva priloga koji, sabrani zajedno, zauzimaju oko 1/5 ovog broja, odnosno 37 strana od ukupno 174.

                1) Tu je moj opsežan naučni rad pod naslovom „Thomas Ligotti and 'Lovecraft’s Dry Husk'“ („Tomas Ligoti i 'Lavkraftova sparušena ljuska'“) u kojem se, kao što možete naslutiti, bavim time šta je HPL značio Ligotiju, te kako je i čime sve uticao na njega. Fraza „Lavkraftova sparušena ljuska“ je iz fusnote predgovora Džefa Vandermera za Ligotijev omnibus kod Pingvina, SONGS OF A DEAD DREAMER + GRIMSCRIBE, gde on maltene odriče taj uticaj, ili ga totalno minimizira. Ja, naravno, s time polemišem, i argumentujem zbog čega je i kako i gde tačno Lavkraft za Ligotija bio i OSTAO vitalni uticaj.

                Ovaj esej u broju zauzima 30 strana i upadljivo je najobimniji od svih priloga.

                Ko prati ovaj blog, može (sasvim ispravno) naslutiti da je ovaj esej zapravo poglavlje iz moje studije o Ligotiju koju trenutno pišem. Dobro, ne baš trenutno, jer trenutno radim na Orfelinkama koje se spremaju za septembar-oktobar – ali pišem i tu knjigu, kad stignem, tokom ovih dana, nedelja, meseci...

                Dodatna poslastica: vi znate da ja volim, gde god i kad god mogu, da sa sobom „povučem“ još nekog ovdašnjeg. Ovog puta, moj esej ukrasio je svojim umetninama veliki naš ilustrator i stripadžija, Boris Stanić: dve njegove originalne, ligotijevske ilustracije krase moj prilog u ovom broju.

                2) A to nije sve, jer u ovom izdanju je i moj intervju sa živom legendom horor književnosti, Remzijem Kembelom. Pošto je povod za njega Kiropterino dopunjeno, de luxe izdanje njegove zbirke COLD PRINT, pitanja se pretežno tiču Lavkraftovog uticaja na njega.

                Konkretno, evo šta sam ga pitao:

-How would you respond to the oft-repeated notion that “Lovecraft is an adolescent phase one goes through”?

- In your essay “Chasing the Unknown“, you wrote: „I find his best work more rewarding now than I did then.” Could you please elaborate on this? What are the rewards that you find re-reading HPL today?

- How do you see your earliest Lovecraftian tales from The Inhabitant of the Lake from today’s perspective?

- What has Lovecraft been to you, over the course of your career? Did you feel “the anxiety of influence” and the need to escape it?

- How did you come up with the idea of merging pornographic and occult arcana in your story “Cold Print”? And, in general, how are sex (which HPL shunned) and cosmic horror linked in your fiction?

- Tell me about your meta-fictional dialogues with the genre’s past, e.g. in “The Voice of the Beach”, which can be seen as an indirect re-imagination of some concepts from “The Colour out of Space”…?

- Dreams and oneiric/nightmarish imagery are prominent in your work, e.g. in “The Tugging”: how much of this story was inspired by actual dreams? And how big a role do dreams have in inspiring your fiction in general?

- Lovecraft couldn’t have cared less about the layered psychology of his characters, preferring „phenomena“ and atmosphere. You, on the other hand, without neglecting the latter, often merged the supernatural and cosmic with very realistic, psychologically motivated characters. Can you discuss your preference?

Šta mi je Kembel na ovo odgovorio – čitajte u 2. tomu NOĆNIH ZEMALJA, ako do njega dođete. Ako ne, jednog dana, ko zna kad, ko zna gde, objaviću i na srpskom moje intervjue s majstorima filmskog i književnog horora. Da smo živi i zdravi.

 

Evo kako izdavač najavljuje ovo izdanje:

 

Thursday at noon eastern time HERE we're offering our annual installment of NIGHTLANDS. This is immensely packed with incredible talent.

Ligotti's "The Unholy City" is a print version of the audio he performed years ago with Durtro.

Bartlett, Padgett, and German's work is all new.

All non-fiction is new aside from Cardin's, which is reprinted for an out-of-print Cadabra Records LP which will be new for most of you.

The Necronomicon Press feature is worth the price of admission alone.

Ognjanović's essay "Thomas Ligotti and "Lovecraft's Dry Husk" is a masterwork in itself, which won't surprise readers of his SPECTRAL LIGHTS. It is also a preview for his forthcoming study of Ligotti's fiction.

The total print run is 600x.

200x hardcovers will be available at $70 each and 200x soft at $36 each (remaining numbers are reserved for wholesale).

The hardcovers include a dust jacket this time around. 

Nightlands is not only a study of classic and modern weird fiction, but a celebration and nod to some of the greatest weird fiction zines out there: 

Nyctalops, Whispers, Necronomicon Press, Weirdbook, Borderland, Dagon, and so many more. Many of us grew up on these wonderful zines and this is a way that Chiroptera Press can give back, as well as break new ground. 

 

Šta sve ima u ovom časopisu? Evo:

 

The Unholy City

Thomas Ligotti

(poezija)

 

A Formless Shade of Divinity

Matt Cardin

(esej o Ligotiju)

 

The Chair by the Side of the Road

Matthew M. Bartlett

(priča)

 

We Who Devour Your Dreams

Wade German

(pesma)

 

The Travelers

Wade German

(pesma)

 

The Shadow Over Britain:

An Interview with Ramsey Campbell

Dejan Ognjanović

(intervju)

 

On Helen Adam’s “Ghosts and Grinning Shadows”

Julia Bozzone

(esej)

 

1, 5 and 11

Jon Pagett

(priča)

 

Necronomicon Press Retrospective:

Looking Back

(članak)

 

My Years with Necronomicon Press

S. T. Joshi

(članak)

 

Visual Virtuoso of Darkness: A Profile on Jason C. Eckhardt

Chad Hensley

(članak)

 

Dark Art Oddity: A Profile on Robert H. Knox

Chad Hensley

(članak)

 

Dreamer from the Darkside: A Profile on Allen Koszowski

Chad Hensley

(članak)

 

High Priest of Cthulhu: A Profile on Robert M. Price

Chad Hensley

(članak)

 

Thomas Ligotti and “Lovecraft’s Dry Husk”

Dejan Ognjanović

(esej)

 

What Happened to Ambrose Bierce?

S. T. Joshi

(članak)

 

 

Tehnikalije:

Hardcover specs:
* 6"x 9"
* 174 pages
* Smyth-sewn binding with head and tail bands
* Cloth bound with black stamping 
* Cover art by Harry O. Morris
* Offset printed on acid-free archival paper

 

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