Edgar Allan Poe

[WinterSoul]

A great author!
One of my all time favorite.
His ability to create and explain in details is shocking. Beyond any comparison. A genius....
Anybody into him?

[Catz]

Poe...now theres a classic author......i like his poems actually...but the cthulu mythos (is that spelt right???) is rather stunning....real flesh creeping stuff.....and my fave lines in a poem.....which of course i cant remember at the moment but goes something like...
"but oh, if they would make some sound,
or carry eyes, where eyes should be found"
cool stuff:cool:
:catz:

[WinterSoul]

wow can't remeber than one
you got me here.
Yes the poems are great
i don't know about the spelling i think it's "ctulu" maybe .
My fav poem is "THE RAVEN"
Not all stories are " Flesh creeping stuff" man. there are some quite innocent ones. If you want titles i have to check my book for i cant remember. It's been a while since i last read Poe.

[Catz]

well....i cant pronounce it either, so not spelling it is par for the course i guess lol
Mmmm i know not all of his stuff was chilling.......but that particular one, or series, was...all slime and teeth....heheh...kinda cute :o ;) and ive always liked his horror work...hes always reminded me of Algernon Blackwood, who i doubt anyone has heard of.....very deft touch of chill, with a strong flavour of his time.
:catz:

[RingWench]

Poe's great. "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Black Cat" (I believe that's what it's called) are two of my favorite short stories. Ah! And "The Gold Bug."

[WinterSoul]

Yeah ! THE BLACK CAT ooooooooooooooh i get the creeps, shivers
are going down my spine...:)

What i like in poe is the variety of his works.
And the gold Bug - yes aonther good one

i like all the short stories to be honest ...:)
Actually i love all his works :) though i find some a little difficult to read [in english that is]
Also some are confusing
he uses french and though i partially know it it's still hard for me to understand

BUT HE IS GREAT !!!

[Arveleg]

The Raven was great! And I have to say the Haloween season is definitly Poe's season!

[Mánalinya]

I love Poe! A year ago I bought a huge black volume "The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe". It's awsome! I love all his works. Some of my favs include: Poems: The Raven, A Dream Within A Dream, and Annabelle Lee
Stories: The Fall of the House Of Usher, The Pit and the Pendulum, the Imp of the Perverse, and The Black Cat.

[Caligula]

I love Edgar Allen Poe!! I have a collection of his works, but I haven't found the time to actually read all of them yet.

My favorites so far are The Pit and the Pendulum, The Red Death/Plague (I can't remember which one it is), and one of his poems, which I can't remember the name right now (it's about an angel).

[Mánalinya]

I think you meant the Masque of the Red Death, and yes, that is a good one. It's also one my favorites.

[Vixen]

Can you refresh my menory? Which one is this from;

'and screams rend the afrighted skies'

sorry it is not much, it is a memory from high school, we were reading that poem the day the Challenger blew up.

[Caligula]

Thanks Mánalinya! I have no idea why I forgot the title....

Wow, Vixen.... I have no idea what poem that is, but it was oddly appropriate.... If I ever come across that line somewhere, I'll post.

[Vixen]

I took three lines from that peom for that day and I have it written on some small piece of paper somewhere, of course I do not remember the other 2 lines.

[Mánalinya]

I also, do not know where this line is from, but if I ever find it I will let you know.

[Gwaihir]

I like Edgar Alan Poe, too! I love to read his works when I feel like being creeped out. The creepiest that I've read so far was The Black Cat. It sends shiver up my spine!

[Melain]

One of my earliest memoryies if of Poe if you can believe it. Every Halloween my dad would read us a tale. I must say that The Black Cat left somewhat of a permanant impression, but I always like The Cask of Amontilliado (probably spelled wrong) and the Tell Tale Heart as well. Like Manalinya I now have a complete collection.

[Galawen]

It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea;
But we loved with a love that was more than love-
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and me-
Yes!- that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we-
Of many far wiser than we-
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.

For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride,
In the sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea

_
Dark but very beautiful

[Caligula]

Alright, since someone brought up 'Annabel Lee', I must say this....

I have no idea if this is true or not, but I heard that the woman who inspired Poe to write 'Annabel Lee' had three nipples.... :elfeek:

Oh, the trivia you learn..... ;)

[Galawen]

Originally posted by Caligula
Alright, since someone brought up 'Annabel Lee', I must say this....

I have no idea if this is true or not, but I heard that the woman who inspired Poe to write 'Annabel Lee' had three nipples.... :elfeek:

Oh, the trivia you learn..... ;) That would make an unusual english lessonlol

[Caligula]

Yes, it would, but the English teachers I know wouldn't touch that rumor with a ten-foot pole. ;)

[Aragorn]

Has anyone seen the Poe movies that starred Vincent Price? Those were great I feel. I totally loved them as a kid, and I've not seen them in many years now.

Poe was brilliant, and his stories are wonderful.

[Caligula]

Hmm.... the only Poe movie that I remember watching was Cask of Amontillado. I can't remember if Vincent PRice was in it, but I could be wrong. The last time I watched it was 4 years ago....

I also watched the first 5 minutes of The Fall of the House of Usher, so I don't know who was in it.

[Gwaihir]

I didn't know there was a movie of the Cask of Amontillado.
I do know of a music album that's all about Edgar Allan Poe, though. It's called Tales of Mystery and Imagination, and the songs are creepy!

[Caligula]

Yeah.... I distinctly remember the movie.... We watched it in English, then had to think of songs that described different scenes of the movie. The teacher brought in some songs that she thought would fit, and one was 'Under Pressure.' Quite clever, really. She played the movie on mute, and cranked up the song. It was really funny though, because most of the class thought at first that she was playing 'Ice Ice Baby'..... Ah, the memories.... ;)

[Tar-Vanimelde]

I don't know about three nipples, but I'm pretty sure Annabel Lee was written to his cousin. I love that poem!

I've never read The Black Cat, but I loved Fall of the House of Usher. My favorite Poe work is "the Bells"

#Vani

[Mánalinya]

I didn't know there were any movies made about Poe's stories. But then I shouldn't be surprised. I'll have to watch them now.
Hmm, that music album sounds good. I love creepy music! And, of course, anything to do with Poe...

[Laurelin]

OMG, I've just now found this thread. I love Poe! The Telltale Heart, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Black Cat... good creepy stuff! :thumbs:

[Cassandria]

One of my most vivid childhood memories...my Mom took us to the drive in to see a Poe marathon...six movies to include The Raven and Pit in the Pendulum (my favs)! We took pizza and KFC and I ended up having nightmares and got sick! lol But I 've always loved his stories.

And...When I was in High School I had a really cool poster with the words "All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream". lol I love that poem.

[Laurelin]

The Raven and Pit in the Pendulum! Geez, I forgot about those two. Love them! lol Sorry to hear you had nightmares over it. Poor thing! *hugs Cass* I love that poem too. Way cool.

I think Black cat unnerved me most, because at the time I read it I had a black cat and I felt sorry for what happened to the cat in the book. lol

[Charmander]

I really loved The Pit and the Pendulm - that and the Fall of the House of Usher - there's another one I'm thinking of, oh - The Cask of Amontillado (thanks Gwaihir!) That one always gave me the creeps! Never will I follow anyone into their wine cellar alone! Though I don't like wine, so I can't imagine this becoming an issue - plus I live in DC, people would probably just shot - if it came to that - my train of thought just got onto a whole nother track :mmmm:

Some of Poe's stuff is a little hard to get through, I love the poems, but some short stories, I'm thinking of one with a treasure map and a murder, something Rue...my mind is a sieve. I sometimes wonder why I ever bothered studying - oh that's right, I've pushed all that info out so I can fit LOTR - that makes more sense!

[Gwaihir]

I think Black cat unnerved me most, because at the time I read it I had a black cat and I felt sorry for what happened to the cat in the book. lol
That one gives me the shivers! The part where the image of the cat with a noose around its neck is imprinted on the burnt wall!
The Pit and the Pendulum... yes that's a really good one too! I couldn't get my eyes off the pages until I found out the outcome, which was a big mysterious.

[Mánalinya]

Yes, those are very good ones.
Charmander, I think your talking about The Murders in the Rue Morgue (and treasure map = The Gold Bug?). Those did require a lot of concentration to get through, I found. But they're really good anyway.

The Cask of Amontillado. I love that story. Seriously, I hear/read the first line and I get shivers ("The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best I could. But when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge"). As well as being a creepy story, though, it's really rather funny. I'm serious, the irony of it all amuses me to no end.

Anyway...

[Charmander]

Manalinya - thanks for the titles! The Gold Bug I remember being really good - but it took me a while to totally get it - although I was like ten when I read it - and I think it was abridged...which takes some value out.

Was there ever a movie made for the Cask? I think a Hitchcock approach would be really awesome. You're right - when he swears revenge it is kinda creepy. From a human stand point though I can't imagine anyone wronging me so severly that I need to cement them into a wall - I think I saw it on an episode of the Simpsons too, which immediately makes it comical!

[Laurelin]

Ya know... I almost remember something being made for TV for the Cask. I love that one too. Poe was just dark, creepy and intriging wasn't he? Love his stories.

Gwaihir - I'd forgotten about the burns on the wall. *shivers* Now I remember though. lol

[Mánalinya]

Yes, there's a movie for the Cask of Amontillado. I watched in it English once, because we had studied the story. I can't remember who made it, though. It was pretty good, but I think it could be done a lot better.

Then again, I'm not sure how anything on the screen could be creepier than reading the story itself. Poe has such an amazing way of describing things that it totally captures the imagination. His mastery of language, and gift with words, I think, is able to play with my emotions better than anything a movie of it could do. But that's just me :).

[Charmander]

Then again, I'm not sure how anything on the screen could be creepier than reading the story itself. Poe has such an amazing way of describing things that it totally captures the imagination. His mastery of language, and gift with words, I think, is able to play with my emotions better than anything a movie of it could do. But that's just me :).

I totally agree with you, curl up with EAP with some hot chocolate and sit in a not overly lighted room and you'll be scared out of your wits!! Although, as I've noted in the scary movie thread, I get scared pretty easily ;) !

[King Elessar]

I think The Pit And The Pendalum (sorry if my spelling is off) is creepy. "shudder". I also like The Masque Of Red Death, The Cask Of Amontilliado (Sorry if my spelling is off) and The Fall Of The House Of Usher.

[Laurelin]

I totally agree with you Mánalinya. Some people just have a gift at painting a mental picture with words. Our imaginations were his canvas'.

[Charmander]

Whenever I read Poe I think of the contrast to today's "horro" writers, like King and I think that he doesn't hold a candle to Poe! I mean, yes I get scared, but I'm often scared - after reading or watching scary things - but I feel like Poe sticks with you - even though the books aren't illustrated for the most part I can still picture the cellar from Cask or the man with the weird eye in Tell Tale - Poe is always very riveting.