Andy in Sig
Vice President in Exile
- Location
- Sigmaringen, Germany
I've just finished a paperback collection of the ghost stories of M.R. James and what a delight they were.
For those of you who have not read them, their greatness lies in James' powers of suggestion. There is no graphic horror or blood and guts. I found myself having to read more attentively and even more slowly than usual and let my imagination take flight. This might add up to a requirement to take on a Victorian writer on his own terms. I suppose that ideally one would read them by the light of a candle.
Anyway, for anybody with a taste for a chilled thrill running down the spine, I heartily recommend these stories.
I'm sure that somebody else on here will have read them and will be able to provide a more eloquent recommendation than I.
For those of you who have not read them, their greatness lies in James' powers of suggestion. There is no graphic horror or blood and guts. I found myself having to read more attentively and even more slowly than usual and let my imagination take flight. This might add up to a requirement to take on a Victorian writer on his own terms. I suppose that ideally one would read them by the light of a candle.
Anyway, for anybody with a taste for a chilled thrill running down the spine, I heartily recommend these stories.
I'm sure that somebody else on here will have read them and will be able to provide a more eloquent recommendation than I.
