tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21414373.post113894057608778829..comments2007-04-15T02:38:21.474-05:00HPnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21414373.post-1139612093292349102006-02-10T17:54:00.000-05:002006-02-10T17:54:00.000-05:00Thomas, if you click the links on Poe's name, they go to his reviews of Twice Told Tales and Mosses from an Old Manse. <BR/><BR/>I'm actually kind of new to Hawthorne -- I'd read "House of the Seven Gables" as a kid, but for some reason the short stories eluded me.HPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705350707356877946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21414373.post-1139502142748326742006-02-09T11:22:00.000-05:002006-02-09T11:22:00.000-05:00Welcome back Howard! :)<BR/>I have to say thanks to Curt for points to here. Time to update the blogroll.Bibihttp://www.bibi.org/box/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21414373.post-1139349506448278922006-02-07T16:58:00.000-05:002006-02-07T16:58:00.000-05:00Actually, Poe was a huge fan of Hawthorne's. I just recently read a review by Poe about a Hawthorne novel he wrote for a newspaper and, yes, it was very enthusiastic on Hawthorne.<BR/><BR/>Greetings<BR/>thomasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21414373.post-1139265340096978722006-02-06T17:35:00.000-05:002006-02-06T17:35:00.000-05:00Ever read any of Hawthorne's notebooks? I personally haven't, but I've read about them - evidently one of his story ideas (never written) was for a demonically-posessed 'steam engine'.<BR/><BR/>He could have been the ur-daddy of a whole slew of horror conventions...protected statichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01866630885332901223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21414373.post-1138997983663202722006-02-03T15:19:00.000-05:002006-02-03T15:19:00.000-05:00I love that story. Starts off slow and normal, but creepy. Then it builds to that insane climax. Stephen King, eat your heart out!<BR/><BR/>(found you via Skippy)mikenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01370027981749850862noreply@blogger.com