| Author | Message | ||
     Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.179.197.176 |
Now I know the above literary master is on this board nowadays, but I feel it would be unfair to ask him what I should read of his next, but I just finished reading "Stains" and thought it was very good indeed, and I want to read more of the man's stuff, but I don't know what (or, indeed, what there is of his out there). Any recommendations? I bought "Stains" by accident ("we've come on holiday by mistake"!) as a couple of years ago I ordered the same book from GF twice, and Gary asked if I wanted my cash back, or to try a book instead; I plumped for Mr Finch's collection, but forgot about it until recently. Good stuff though, and highly recommended. | ||
| Gcw (Gcw) Username: Gcw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.155.105.158 |
I don't think I have had the pleasure of Mr.Finch yet..... Have to rectify that! gcw | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.179.197.176 |
Got a copy of "Stains" you can borrow if you like!  | ||
| Michael_kelly (Michael_kelly) Username: Michael_kelly Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 174.88.55.175 |
Typically great Finchy tale, Men of Old, in a recent anthology called Apparitions. Bunch of other great stuff in that one, too, by the likes of McMahon, Lane, Bestwick, and Duffy. Oh, the Duffy! | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.202.210.68 |
Mick - I can vouch for Paul giving you your money's worth with any and all of his collections. Most recentlt I've read Groaning Shadows - four novellas from Gray Friar Press, and Ghost Realm - his new collection from Ash Tree, and those are both excellent. His first Ash-Tree collection, After Shocks, is what turned me onto him in the first place and is great. Then there's Cape Wrath from Telos, Darker Ages from Sarob... Can you tell I'm a fan? | ||
| Karim Ghahwagi (Karim) Username: Karim Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 193.89.189.24 |
I recently read the excellent 'Bethany's Wood' from the anthology 'Inferno'. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.106.220.19 |
Looks like I'm going to have to start at one end and keep going 'til I reach the other! Thanks for the suggestions, folks... | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.106.220.19 |
Ok, just ordered Groaning Shadows, Cape Wrath & Ghost Realm. Mr Finch, you will be having turkey this Christmas! Cold Tonnage doesn't currently have After Shocks in stock so I may order direct from Ash Tree. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.219.8.243 |
Cape Wrath is truly brilliant - one of my favourite novellas. | ||
| Mark West (Mark_west) Username: Mark_west Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.39.177.173 |
Mr Finch appears in "We Fade To Grey" but for my money, "Cape Wrath" is probably one of the best things he's ever done. | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.47.125.246 |
Adore his work and the man. | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.56 |
If he was a chav he'd be a chaffinch I'm bored | ||
| Paul_finch (Paul_finch) Username: Paul_finch Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
Shucks fellas, I'm speechless. What can I add other than: "You're all absolutely right!"  | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.204.111.246 |
I thought his novella in the BFS anthology, Houses on the Borderland, was superb too. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.181.11.80 |
A flock of Finches arrived today!  | ||
| Gcw (Gcw) Username: Gcw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.155.105.158 |
Mick..You gotta read some before you buy more! gcw | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.181.11.80 |
Read? Huh? Aren't they just for looking at on a shelf? | ||
| Paul_finch (Paul_finch) Username: Paul_finch Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
Hope you enjoy them, Mick. Thanks for buying. | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 218.168.178.68 |
I don't have Groaning Shadows yet, but Stains, After Shocks and Ghost Realm are all definitely worth buying. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.106.220.83 |
Mr Finch, sir - I don't suppose you still have a spare contributor's copy of "After Shocks" that you could sell me? Despite what it says (or said) on Ash Tree's site, it's actually oop now, and I would like to get hold of a copy. | ||
| Paul_finch (Paul_finch) Username: Paul_finch Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
Sorry Mick, I only have my own. Have you tried the usual suspects - Amazon, Ebay, etc? | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.106.220.83 |
No problem - I'd only tried Andy Richards and he found out from Chris Roden that it's out of print. I'll take a look around... | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 193.109.254.19 |
Whoo-hoo - my copy of After Shocks arrived yesterday, bought from an American dealer via Abebooks. It's second hand but in superb condition, and including p&p cost me around £27, which is a lot less than the £45 everyone else on Abebooks is asking for it. Hurrah for me! |