OT: Poppy Brite (was Re: OT: Unnatural Exposure)
stevie canuck
TD1SF wrote:
>And, thanks to you sickos (yet again), I picked up Poppy Z. Brite's
>"Drawing Blood."
>Already promising to be a most interesting read.
This is the one of Poppy Brite's novels I haven't read, but I just
ordered the signed limited edition from Bad Moon, 'cause I love her
writing and they were offereing a great sale price on the book. I'm
looking forward to it.
I just finished "Exquisite Corpse" last week, and that is one hell of an
intense book. Written in a very interesting manner with first person
narrative alternating with third person, and two nearly separate stories
running in paralell for the whole novel.
I think Brite is a really interesting and innovative "new" voice and she
is certainly the darling of the awards folks.
Stevie C
to e-mail me change .com to .ca
--
No one told you death was gonna be this way
You took the coke, you croaked
And now you're D.O.A.
Jon R.
stevie canuck wrote:
(snip)
> I just finished "Exquisite Corpse" last week, and that is one hell of an
> intense book. Written in a very interesting manner with first person
> narrative alternating with third person, and two nearly separate stories
> running in paralell for the whole novel.
>
> I think Brite is a really interesting and innovative "new" voice and she
> is certainly the darling of the awards folks.
To no great surprise for anyone, Jon R. informed Stevie that he
owns this book, but haven't read it yet.
Jon R.
Scott Promish
In article <345F12...@nor.uib.noxxx>, Jon.R...@nor.uib.noxxx says...
I'd say: avoid it. I liked Poppy's first novel (LOST SOULS) a lot, but the
two following have been bad. She consistently loses interest in her story and
dwells on her characters' homosexual fantasies till you can't stand it
anymore. Maybe erotica is her true calling.
I finished DRAWING BLOOD and the ending is a huge disappointment that doesn't
explain anything that went on in the rest of the book. Halfway through
EXQUISITE CORPSE I realised I simply didn't care what happened to any of these
people, and fed up with the direction it was going in, I quit.
So much for one of the most promising new voices in horror fiction.
--
"So weary, this straightjacket dreamer
So resigned to continue to suffer
But you've learnt that as you grow weaker
There's less hurt because there's much less to hurt"
- Siouxsie & The Banshees, "Stargazer"
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Bob
Snipped all of the stuff about Poppy. Just wanted to
say: If you want to read a great Poppy Z. Brite short
story, check out "The Sixth Sentinel" (I sure hope
that's what it's called, anyway). It's in one of the
Borderlands anthologies edited by Monteleon (I think
it's in IV, the one with "Fee" by Straub). I think
it might be in Swamp Foetus too, which was re-named
Wormwood in paperback. Great little story. There's
another cool story she wrote too, something about
Calcutta; I forget the name now.
Bob
Barry R. Hunter
stevie canuck wrote:
>
> Vegard wrote:
>
> >According to Purple Proze, Brite's newsletter, her next novel _Framed_
> >will be published some time in 1998.It's a novel of "murder and revenge"
> >set in the the world of The Crow.
>
> Thanks Vegard.
>
> I am beginning to get the sense that Brite will be a diverse author
> after all. After the vampire collections, and Lost Souls, I was
> wondering if she was going to stay narrow, but now it seems not.
>
> Is The Crow, one of her short stories?
>
> Stevie C
>
> to e-mail me change .com to .ca
> --
> filled with flowers in the dark, the beating of the blackbird's wings
> ... I know it was love, 'cause love can set you wandering,
> or keep you in a cage, or make you do most anything.
> Lynn Miles
The Crow is based on the comic of the same name and has had two films
based on it. The first Crow film was the one where Brandon Lee was
killed during filming. The second was subtitled City of Angels. Poppys
latest book is a biography of Courtney Love. Barry
Vegard
stevie canuck wrote:
>> I am beginning to get the sense that Brite will be a diverse author
>> after all. After the vampire collections, and Lost Souls, I was
>> wondering if she was going to stay narrow, but now it seems not.
>>
>> Is The Crow, one of her short stories?
Barry R. Hunter:
>The Crow is based on the comic of the same name and has had two films
>based on it. The first Crow film was the one where Brandon Lee was
>killed during filming. The second was subtitled City of Angels. Poppys
>latest book is a biography of Courtney Love. Barry
Yep, that's right. If you want to subscribe to Poppy's irregular
newsletter Purple Proze send an email with your address to PPr...@aol.com.
It's just three photo-copied pages stapled together, but it's pretty neat,
and it's free.
Vegard
Vegard
Some more info on Brite's next book from an interview which can be
found at
http://www.freedomrings.com/pzbrite/media/barcelonareview/
"It is a tale of love and revenge set in the world of The Crow (comics
and film). It concerns an S/M photographer, a gay cop, a paranoid
serial killer, and the politically and physically corrupt world of
New Orleans. Harper Prism will be publishing it in '98, and then I
owe a second novel to Simon & Schuster."
Incidentally, I have this nagging suspicion that I've been "dissed" by
another one of my favorite writers . . . although it's not as bad as
the Gentle Readers-post by SK. I posted something on
alt.books.poppy-z-brite about the similarities between the
cop-sequence in EC and what happened to Dahmer in real life, and now
Brite brings up "people who complain about the cop sequence in EC"
in this new interview. Shucks!
Vegard
Jared Head
Vegard (veg...@kjemi.uio.no) wrote:
: Incidentally, I have this nagging suspicion that I've been "dissed" by
: another one of my favorite writers . . . although it's not as bad as
: the Gentle Readers-post by SK. I posted something on
: alt.books.poppy-z-brite about the similarities between the
: cop-sequence in EC and what happened to Dahmer in real life, and now
: Brite brings up "people who complain about the cop sequence in EC"
: in this new interview. Shucks!
Kewl! Did she single out Norwegians?
If you like I'll go to her ng and moan about her being a dreadful, drippy
goth.
Jared
--
Jared Head at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Bristol
"A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human
history - with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila."
Mitch Ratliffe
Vegard
In article <EJ85s...@fsa.bris.ac.uk>, bi...@zeus.bris.ac.uk
(Jared Head) writes:
>Kewl! Did she single out Norwegians?
>
>If you like I'll go to her ng and moan about her being a dreadful, drippy
>goth.
Better not, but thanks anyway. I don't even know if she reads the group;
she certainly hasn't posted there as long as I've lurked, so she *could*
be referring to somebody else. She swore off all Usenet postings after
getting fed up with unconstructive criticism--culminating when someone
said her books would make great made-for-TV movies--in alt.horror a
couple of years ago.
Vegard
Web Master
Vegard (veg...@kjemi.uio.no) wrote:
: I don't even know if she reads the group;
: she certainly hasn't posted there as long as I've lurked, so she *could*
: be referring to somebody else. She swore off all Usenet postings after
: getting fed up with unconstructive criticism--culminating when someone
: said her books would make great made-for-TV movies--in alt.horror a
: couple of years ago.
Well, they would be cheap to make for TV. Once the censors got done chopping
out the objectionable material for TV, all that would be left would be the
opening and closing credits.
--
Bev Vincent
Houston, TX
Jared Head
Vegard (veg...@kjemi.uio.no) wrote:
: >If you like I'll go to her ng and moan about her being a dreadful, drippy
: >goth.
:
: Better not, but thanks anyway.
Aw, go on, please can I?
: ...She swore off all Usenet postings after
: getting fed up with unconstructive criticism--
Typical drippy goth!
: ...culminating when someone
: said her books would make great made-for-TV movies--in alt.horror a
: couple of years ago.
Can I just mention my kewl story about made-for-TV horror movies, when,
asking whether anybody thought a certain TVM seemed like a Christopher
Fowler story I was answered (in the affirmative) by the great man himself?
No, OK, I won't then.
stevie canuck
Vegard wrote:
> Some more info on Brite's next book from an interview which can be
> found at
>
> http://www.freedomrings.com/pzbrite/media/barcelonareview/
Thanks for all the info Vegard. I went web surfing last night and found
the site you mention above. Tons of info, including the full text of the
news letter, but I subscribed anyway, just to see what the hardcopy from
Brite actually looks like <G>
Stevie C
to e-mail me change .com to .ca
--
Scott Promish
In article <346100...@ix.netcom.com>, the...@ix.netcom.com says...
"Calcutta, Lord of Nerves"...I have that in a year-end anthology but haven't
read it yet. I actually liked "The Sixth Sentinel" - not an angsty goth teen
in sight and a good story too. Hated "His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood."
BTW the Straub story was "Horror Story". Interesting concept, but very poorly
written.
Scott Promish
In article <3464E1...@ix.netcom.com>, the...@ix.netcom.com says...
>The Straub story in Borderlands 4 is "Fee." I don't think
>Straub has ever written a story called "Horror Story." If
>he has, I'd sure appreciate it if someone would tell me
>where it's published!
D'oh! That was Whitley Streiber. Sorry...I was confused. Somehow I must
have the two linked in my mind from years ago.
>By the way, "The Sixth Sentinel" is in Borderlands 3, not
>4. Sorry. How can one person be wrong so often?
That's what threw me off...I have 4 but I haven't read it yet.