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Delightfully cultivated and delicate treatments of the fantastic and ambiguous found in the midst of our daily rounds, but I feel that the stories are almost too short to properly convey the right feeling.
“‘A person does not so much exist as embody a resonance of creation.’ This last phrase is striking and I link it to the proposal that ideas themselves — and images — have an independent existence and come to us rather than we to them:”That, and the rest of the sentence I only quote above up to its colon, seems to be a ‘found’ ready-made for this whole book’s gestalt.The detailed review of this book posted elsewhere under my name is too long or impractical to post here.Above is one of my observat...
Obscure volumes and obscure records… leading those who quest for them into mystery (or Mystery) and transformation. Obscure films whose stars might be spokespersons for Planetary Intelligences (or simply for genuine Humanity – something that is, in this age, no less fantastic). Theatre directors who bring their plays to life… quite literally so. Fabulous beasts and forgotten gods. Hidden patches of landscape that retain their transparency, showing, to those who know where to look, a glimpse of h...
Mark Valentine captures the true essence of mystery and imagination in his tales, and a delightful sense of wonder at the hidden secrecies he is writing about. He delves into bibliophiles collecting rare and hidden volumes, religious mysticism, Cockatrices and a hymn singing vagrant. All the tales in this collection were excellent and has a certain uncanny uneasiness over the narratives as they peer beyond the veil of everyday experiences. The final part of the book is unpublished notes, dealing...
