tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post142065880048754650..comments2023-09-29T05:32:04.308-07:00Comments on StrangePegs: "The Terrible Old Man" (a book review post)Andrew Leonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-30443046962109561772016-01-30T09:28:32.633-08:002016-01-30T09:28:32.633-08:00Trisha: There are definitely some stories worth ch...Trisha: There are definitely some stories worth checking out.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-43177727158567936932016-01-30T04:49:36.362-08:002016-01-30T04:49:36.362-08:00I still haven't read any Lovecraft!! But I sti...I still haven't read any Lovecraft!! But I still definitely want to!Trishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927558937796802496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-58479532392736154872016-01-29T19:37:14.690-08:002016-01-29T19:37:14.690-08:00Briane: I haven't made a final decision about ...Briane: I haven't made a final decision about Lovecraft yet.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-8852792658715852652016-01-29T19:36:34.099-08:002016-01-29T19:36:34.099-08:00TAS: Well, good.TAS: Well, good.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-24595034093796304752016-01-29T19:34:42.637-08:002016-01-29T19:34:42.637-08:00Veronica: Oh, well, that would be telling.Veronica: Oh, well, that would be telling.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-19609005487097137882016-01-29T19:30:55.848-08:002016-01-29T19:30:55.848-08:00Jeanne: There are no descriptions of the robbers o...Jeanne: There are no descriptions of the robbers or any reference to where they're from. You get some last names, and that's it, and that doesn't give me enough to claim racism.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-67856106049197909422016-01-29T19:29:50.965-08:002016-01-29T19:29:50.965-08:00If it IS a racist/antiforeigner story it's a p...If it IS a racist/antiforeigner story it's a pretty grim one -- not just that other races aren't welcome, but they'll be brutalized?<br /><br />I'm not sure I'd like Lovecraft, even without that. I'm not much on old-timey stories.Brianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616494058636881575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-53320267152869085252016-01-29T19:28:49.767-08:002016-01-29T19:28:49.767-08:00Nancy: I hope you like it.Nancy: I hope you like it.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-74628681737262370582016-01-29T19:23:58.645-08:002016-01-29T19:23:58.645-08:00Megan: Oh, they were definitely there for that.Megan: Oh, they were definitely there for that.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-38080159324753828442016-01-29T17:28:33.133-08:002016-01-29T17:28:33.133-08:00I must say your reviews have aroused my curiosity....I must say your reviews have aroused my curiosity.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-33544174412428868872016-01-29T16:26:07.721-08:002016-01-29T16:26:07.721-08:00Hmm... I don't know about it, but that whole x...Hmm... I don't know about it, but that whole xenophobia angle makes it interesting. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing! Hope the Terrible ol' man whooped those thieves' butts! <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18159799725109784001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-6250180313875160002016-01-29T13:13:27.322-08:002016-01-29T13:13:27.322-08:00Right, I remember that one. Very fast for a Lovecr...Right, I remember that one. Very fast for a Lovecraft story. The racism is there because of the fact that the robbers are, what? Italian and Polish and something else. Lovecraft only ever had non-Anglos as thugs and murderers, so...yeah. Racist.J E Oneilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780097298061829471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-26990126322152405692016-01-29T12:49:17.970-08:002016-01-29T12:49:17.970-08:00Ooh, this sounds intriguing! I don't think I h...Ooh, this sounds intriguing! I don't think I have read any Lovecraft. I'll check this one out.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00283263890227102833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-27897029147590535692016-01-29T04:16:36.178-08:002016-01-29T04:16:36.178-08:00I used to read a little Lovecraft eons ago when I ...I used to read a little Lovecraft eons ago when I was in school. I remember his stories to be sufficiently weird and creepy and this one sounds as though it will live up to the creep factor. I don't know about the racism part, but it sounds like it's scarier to think that these out of towners are familiar to no one and there to do harm.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724376903454176135noreply@blogger.com