[HN Gopher] Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Myster...
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Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of
Edward Gorey
Author : prismatic
Score : 59 points
Date : 2021-05-27 21:10 UTC (4 days ago)
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| bsenftner wrote:
| I was a curiously depressed child. A natural reader, I was
| exposed to and fell in love with "the classics" during mid
| elementary school - about 3rd grade. Reading material far to
| mature for my age, "great literature" is typically a deep
| evaluation of tragedy, failure and betrayal. By the tail end of
| 4th grade I has in a sophisticated depression that drove away
| adults, school councilors, therapists and local clergy. I would
| debate them as they tried to advise me, and I would lead them
| into my depression and they'd be captured too. But one girl two
| grades beneath me thought I was hilarious. It first I thought she
| was insane, as no matter what I said or did she had some type of
| hilarious reaction. In anger on day I asked her what her problem
| was, and she (confused) thought I was a huge Edward Gorey fan and
| was playing his characters. I'd not heard of Edward Gorey before,
| so she takes me to the children's library and shows me his books.
| It was like meeting a mirror of my attitude. Reading those and
| finding the satire side of literature saved my life.
| spentrent wrote:
| I would like to see Wes Anderson, Charlie Kaufmann, and Tim
| Burton collaborate on an adaptation of this comment.
| Flex247A wrote:
| How to laugh?
| ncmncm wrote:
| As much as he disliked Henry James, he seems not to have minded
| making cover art for HJ's books. O is for Olive
| run through with an awl. P is for Prue trampled flat in a
| brawl.
| jeffwass wrote:
| There's just _something_ about Gorey 's macabre artwork and his
| grim Victorian-styled pen-and-ink drawings.
|
| This page shows the full set of his Gashleycrumb Tinies that
| you quoted : https://www.brainpickings.org/2011/01/19/edward-
| gorey-the-ga...
| belatw wrote:
| The Edwardian Ball in San Francisco is a fantastic Gorey themed
| ball started by the denizens of the larper/renaissance
| faire/gamer/goth/hacker scene of the early '00s.
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| It's one of those special costumed events which makes San
| Francisco magical.
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| https://www.edwardianball.com/
| ghc wrote:
| This article really opened my eyes to Gorey's work! When I was
| growing up I knew Gorey as an older, somewhat eccentric local
| author who was something like a family friend. Until now I ever
| realized he was famous.
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| I never really understood his books as a 6-12 year old, but
| whenever he released a new book or edition I would receive a copy
| with some macabre note/illustration on the inside. My mother
| somehow managed to keep them safe so I held onto the books into
| adulthood, but I've never revisited them. Maybe I can appreciate
| them more now.
| woleium wrote:
| https://archive.is/nDoiS
| perl4ever wrote:
| I used to have (was given) The Epiplectic Bicycle, not sure where
| it's gotten to.
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| But I mostly associate (and probably first encountered) Gorey
| with John Bellairs' books.
| baxrob wrote:
| "This is probably not where you left it" but it's here:
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| https://goreystore.com/products/edward-gorey-the-epiplectic-...
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| and here:
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| https://goreystore.com/collections/edward-gorey-books/produc...
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| and this is not the same but rather nicely done:
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| https://vimeo.com/11171863
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| and this is an interesting copyleft/reframing:
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTcF61mhLsU
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