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     Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.47 |
Sourgrapes'r'us.com is at it again, this time whining about Tartarus press winning an award. Reading back over all the blogs on the site there's only one writer/publisher they've mentioned in a positive light... I wonder who that might be. | ||
| Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey) Username: Ramsey Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
You will not be surprised to learn that someone we won't name had a difference with Ray Russell years ago. | ||
| Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey) Username: Ramsey Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
I was amused to see that the poster had to misquote the Guardian comment about Wharton and Wells in order to make his spurious point. He hasn't changed. | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.47.23.139 |
The list of people he has differences with is very, very long now. | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.47 |
Hey, my name just appeared on that sad little site. Someone's posted a fake comment under my name. I've posted a reply which I doubt they will ever approve being the cowards that they are, so here is my response The REAL WEBER Judging by the usual "Mummy mummy, his is bigger than mine" tone of desperation that pervades this den of mediocrity it was safe to assume that you were attempting to satirize an existing award granted to another publisher who is doing better than you. As for avid reader of this blog, I hardly think that a cursory glance every now and then to see which respected writers whose boots you are not worthy to lick the shit from the soles of you're trying to denigrate today counts as avid readership. You claim to not be politicking but you clearly are, as only certain people face any criticism on this blog. If you were truly an antidote to the politicking then there might actually be some point to this site. I very much doubt this comment will be displayed here as you are too much of a coward to face any criticism, instead preferring to sit at your sad and lonely little desk, spewing your anonymous bile and venom across the net in a pathetic attempt at self-aggrandisement. | ||
| Ian Alexander Martin (Iam) Username: Iam Registered: 10-2009 Posted From: 99.199.107.118 |
One looks forward to the day when one is doing so well that others hate me for my superiority. I hear it's lonely at the top, Ramsey. Any truth to that, or do you feel our love? | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
Not the Ray Russell! Author of the quite superb 'Sardonicus' (1960) - 4th Pan Horror (1962)!! I remember seeing the barking mad and strangely enjoyable film of that too by William Castle (1961). | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.4.244.55 |
To get me up to speed - is that blog run by a former poster here? Who is it? | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.47 |
Just emailed you Craig | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.5.9.17 |
Ah.... Envy is so unattractive. | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.5.12.40 |
Weber just forwarded me some old discussions from the RCMB from long before I joined, that had featured the "perp" and his work and its fall-out... wow. There are some disturbed people in the world with WAAAAAAAAAAAY to much free time. | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.5.12.40 |
Er - "too." Oh, how the poetic justice of the Universe doth sorely burn....  | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85 |
I feel a bit left out of this discusion since I haven't a clue who you're all talking about. Or is this the same person who was ranting about Ally's award, and everything else for that matter? I'd completely forgotten about him! Is he still blogging? I thought that was just a one-off!  | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.47 |
After a good night's sleep I do feel I need to apologise to Mr Barker for suggesting he was was showiing sour grapes over another small press receiving an award. It's clear that his green eyed drooling envy is obviously down to the fact that the small press received a good review in a newspaper and had the sheer temerity to (gasp shock horror) post the good review on his small press' website. Fuck me what an evil twat that guy at tartarus must be! ACTUALLY POSTING A GOOD REVIEW OF HIS PRESS ON HIS OWN SITE!!!! What a cunt. He really deserved a column slating him for getting a good review. Well done Mr Barker, you showed him. | ||
| Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey) Username: Ramsey Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
You couldn't make Mr Horrorwatch up, could you? I see he's now suggesting that discussion of his comments is disproportionate in terms of world events, whereas his own comments aren't. I do think the world might be a duller place without him. | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85 |
Surely this guy, if he's a writer himself, is just shooting himself in the foot? I mean, if he wants to find a publisher, but he's slagged off all the likely contenders, well then they're highly unlikely to want to publish him, are they? I just can't figure his motivation for all this. | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.47 |
He runs a small press of his own - assuming that we're right on his not so secret identity - which when you consider that there is a plug for a Chris Barker story on that blog there somewhere is a safe bet - so he'll always find at least one person who'll publish his work. As Zed once said, I wonder how hard Chris Barker the writer needs to work to meet the stringent standards of Chris Barker the publisher. | ||
| Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey) Username: Ramsey Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
To be fair, Mr Barker has a book due from Ex Occidente Press. | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
Is it that Ray Russell? Or have I made another Clive Barker sized faux-pas? | ||
| Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey) Username: Ramsey Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
No, it's another Ray Russell - the British writer and publisher. The American died ten years ago. | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.4.243.249 |
Would all you horror writers out there please ask your parents to stop naming you after other horror writers? It would greatly reduce confusion. | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.171.129.68 |
Of course, Ramsey's first name could have him confused with John (W) Campbell... | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.5.5.217 |
Or Ramsey Aickman. | ||
| Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey) Username: Ramsey Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
Oh dear! Someone has posted on Horror Watch as "Errol Undercliffe". It was not me. I wonder who it was? | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.47 |
Apparently gary Fry has also posted on there. And me. It does make you wonder how much time HW has on his hands. | ||
| Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey) Username: Ramsey Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
I do wonder whether Mr Watch genuinely believed "Errol Undercliffe" was me or simply used the posting as an excuse to revive his same old tired rant (which, curiously, he toned down very considerably on Tom Ligotti's discussion board, where he appears to be straining to stay on his best behaviour). | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.27.133.134 |
Yes, 'Gary Fry' has made a comment on there, I see. Remarkable given that at the time of the posting he was in Sweden with absiolutely no Internet access at all. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.27.133.134 |
For the record, I have never contributed nor ever will contribute to Horror Watch World or whatever it's called. | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.47 |
Dopn't lie. It's your alter ego isn't it. A bit like Bruce banner and the hulk. When you get angry you turn into HorrorWatch!!! and post tedious drivel all over the net... | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.47 |
Oh for an edit button!!! Don't lie. It's your alter ego isn't it? | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.47 |
Apparently Jenny has posted on there as well... | ||
| Simon Bestwick (Simon_b) Username: Simon_b Registered: 10-2008 Posted From: 86.24.165.182 |
Possibly the best tack is just to avoid this nasty little sore of a site? No-one is going to give the slightest credence to anything the person responsible says- and does anyone read it other than the members of this board? | ||
| Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey) Username: Ramsey Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
Well, who knows who reads it? I was amused to see that shortly after my pointing out that the Horrorwatch rant contradicted the same person's comments on the Ligotti site, the rant has been deleted. | ||
| Tom_alaerts (Tom_alaerts) Username: Tom_alaerts Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.240.94.18 |
Sooooo.... where is that blog ? | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.171.129.70 |
My guess is MyFaceTubeBook thingy, Tom. I don't go on that, but I'd imagine it to be so. | ||
| Tom_alaerts (Tom_alaerts) Username: Tom_alaerts Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.178.145.158 |
Meanwhile I found the blog and had a quick glance. I wish in vain that CB would instead focus his energy again on publishing, he had a promising start with the two Reggie Oliver books. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 213.158.199.85 |
Tom - I can't remember where I read a couple of CB' stories, but to give him credit I was very impressed. An excellent writer, in fact. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 213.158.199.85 |
Which is a shame considering the whirlwind of controversy he generates whenever he's about. They say any publicity is good publicity, but in this case I'm inclined to disagree. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.219.8.243 |
I read one of his stories once: it was shit. About a haunted train. | ||
| Hubert (Hubert) Username: Hubert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 78.21.233.246 |
"Under Your Thumb" by Godley and Creme revisited?  | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 213.158.199.87 |
Zed - do you mean the writing, the story, the plot or the characterization, or all of it? I mean if it's the story I say there's room for all types of fiction. I'm not defending him for his 'accomplishments' outside of writing, just pointing out that we can dislike a writer, but can also like/admire their work regardless. Can't we? | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.171.167.11 |
Frank has the nenmonymous ethos.  | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.171.167.11 |
Even a nemonymous one. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.240.106 |
Fran - why are you even asking that? I said I didn't like a story, not the author. Am I not allowed? I'll be all faux-liberal and pretend to like it if you like? | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 213.158.199.79 |
Zed - I was asking a question, not attacking you. Chill out. You can be Ronald Fucking McDonald if it makes you happy. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.240.106 |
I didn't think you were attacking me. I have no idea what you're on about. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 213.158.199.79 |
I wasn't at all saying you couldn't like a story. I was genuinely asking what you didn't like? Crossed wires. Apologies. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.240.106 |
Chill out. I thought the story was dull, flat and lifeless. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 213.158.199.79 |
Zed - that's all I meant. |