tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post8972061553380489648..comments2024-03-22T19:13:05.266-04:00Comments on The Dusty Bookcase: Dedicated to the One I LoveBrian Busbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-11480582721634452282009-09-03T09:27:50.110-04:002009-09-03T09:27:50.110-04:00I'd always meant to include Allen in the blog ...I'd always meant to include Allen in the blog at some point, but you've convinced to do so sooner rather than later. And so, I've just placed an order for a fine first edition of <i>Michael's Crag</i> (1893), which the Allen site tells me concerns 'Michael Trevennack, a public servant of proud Cornish ancestry, [who] suffers from an intermittent belief that he is the Archangel Michael.' Who can resist?Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-51585292668524526102009-09-01T21:02:15.057-04:002009-09-01T21:02:15.057-04:00Re the Allen site: I love some of the one-line sum...Re the Allen site: I love some of the one-line summaries of his short stories...<br /><br />"Joe kicks his wife to death for selling his prized lilies."<br /><br />"A naturalist in Africa secures a rare orchid in the jungle but has it taken from him and eaten by a gorilla."<br /><br />"Murderous doctor is haunted by the apparition of the feet of his dead wife."<br /><br />"An African chief is converted to Christianity, and finds it necessary to murder his latest 'wife' to meet the missionary's requirements."JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-60045504820967293942009-09-01T18:27:45.943-04:002009-09-01T18:27:45.943-04:00That Allen site looks great--he produced so much i...That Allen site looks great--he produced so much it's hard to know what to read next, so this will be most useful.<br /><br />That Tutis book... bloody hell. Is that He-Man of the Masters of the Universe?JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-71877256062420212012009-09-01T12:51:34.792-04:002009-09-01T12:51:34.792-04:00Strange, I live in the province in which Allen was...Strange, I live in the province in which Allen was born and raised, yet the only people I've encountered who know his work are Australian. Added to this, <a href="http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dfj62zqb_20cfsvg4" rel="nofollow">the best website I've found on the man</a> comes courtesy of an associate professor at Flinders University.<br /><br />Can't let this opportunity pass without drawing your attention to <br /><a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Great-Taboo/Grant-Allen/e/9788132010913/?itm=1&usri=1" rel="nofollow">the Tutis cover for <i>The Great Taboo</i></a>, which Allen set in Polynesia.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-91148285758643599682009-08-31T18:50:55.037-04:002009-08-31T18:50:55.037-04:00This looks intriguingly peculiar. I have to admit ...This looks intriguingly peculiar. I have to admit to being a bit of a Grant Allen fan, though my cheapo copy of 'The Woman Who Did' doesn't include the dedication. I especially enjoyed 'The Typewriter Girl' and 'The Thames Valley Catastrophe', and have his 'The British Barbarians' on the way in the post.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.com