tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post4707586776617044167..comments2024-03-18T11:01:42.459-05:00Comments on Pretty Sinister Books: Friday's Forgotten Books: A Hive of Glass - P.M. HubbardJ F Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-22531292301370381842011-05-17T10:52:50.429-05:002011-05-17T10:52:50.429-05:00Excellent review -- and a splendid blog all round....Excellent review -- and a splendid blog all round. I've just posted a review of A Hive of Glass myself if you're interested: http://existentialennui.blogspot.com/2011/05/curse-of-collector-hive-of-glass-by-p-m.htmlNick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17716508525331235684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-40821888068331112492011-03-18T23:03:07.829-05:002011-03-18T23:03:07.829-05:00David here
I'm a great admirer of Hubbard, wh...David here<br /><br />I'm a great admirer of Hubbard, whose books have rare power. They aren't horror, but like this one the are sometimes more disturbing and truly frightning than all the ghouls and vampires you can conjure up out of the ether.<br /><br />Hubbard was an original, though to some extent many of his works remind me of the Geoffrey Household of THE SENDING, THE COURTESY OF DEATH, and DANCE OF THE DWARFS.<br /><br />KILL CLAUDIO, FLUSH AS MAY, and THE DANCING MAN all have the same nightmarish quality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-59420660257524013632011-03-18T10:58:29.414-05:002011-03-18T10:58:29.414-05:00I checked to see if there was an AA counterpart ca...I checked to see if there was an AA counterpart called "Collectors Anonymous," but alas there is none, nor is there a single crime-related club listed with the Association of Collecting Clubs. After reading your review, perhaps we should start one. Actually, I was intrigued to read a quotation from Hubbard that "The place is generally, in fact, the central character of the book. I start with one or two characters necessary to carry the theme, and then I just start writing and see what happens." As a rabid outliner, I'm always amazed when an author can successfully pull this off, as Hubbard did so well.BV Lawsonhttp://inreferencetomurder.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.com