It was Lovecraft's inspiration for the Necronomicon.
Actually, Blish's "More Light" was my introduction to Chambers. I'd never even heard of the play or stories up to that point, but Blish's take was interesting enough to make me go looking for it.
ETA: I've just read the first couple of pages of the play itself—the language seems suspiciously modern for something that was supposedly written by a sublime/blasphemous French playwright over a century ago. It's too early to judge for sure, but I think Blish did a better job of capturing the elegance of speech and sense of portent that the play should possess.
Note to self: watch Matt for unexplained psychotic breaks and odd chanting.
Pfft! As if I needed a cursed play to drive me to that.
Book 4 in the Thursday Next series is being released...thursday, August 5.
Dude! It's like
Ringu
in print form, yes?
Book 4 in the Thursday Next series is being released...thursday, August 5.
Heh.
The title is Something Rotten. I may get it from the library and skim, but the last one wore my patience pretty thin. And The New York Times Book Review (as quoted on the Amazon page) is calling the series Harry Potter Just For Adults? Uh, I don't think so.
I lost patience with Thursday Next halfway through the first book. Too cutesy for me by half.
Just opened my birthday package from my mom (as soon as I got it instead of waiting for the actual day, as is tradition in my family). She sent me "Devil in the White City," "The Island in the Center of The World," and "Dress Your Child in Corduroy and Denim." All books I really wanted. Yahoo!