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Robert W. Chambers (2) (1865–1933)

Auteur van De Koning in't Geel

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Robert W. Chambers (2) via een alias veranderd in Robert William Chambers.

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Fotografie: Robert W. Chambers, 1903 [published by L.C. Page and Company, Boston; grabbed from Wikipedia]

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Titels zijn toegeschreven aan Robert William Chambers.

De Koning in't Geel (1895) 1,896 exemplaren
The Yellow Sign and Other Stories (2000) 204 exemplaren
In Search of the Unknown (1904) 53 exemplaren
The Slayer of Souls (1920) 45 exemplaren
The Common Law (1911) 38 exemplaren
The Green Mouse (1910) 35 exemplaren
Cardigan (1901) 32 exemplaren
The Hidden Children (1914) 28 exemplaren
The Maid-at-Arms (1902) 27 exemplaren
The Fighting Chance (1906) 23 exemplaren
The Yellow Sign [short fiction] (1895) 21 exemplaren
The Danger Mark (1909) 20 exemplaren
The Firing Line (1908) 19 exemplaren
The Reckoning (1905) 17 exemplaren
The Dark Star (2011) 17 exemplaren
In Secret (1919) 17 exemplaren
The Flaming Jewel (1922) 16 exemplaren
Ailsa Paige (1910) 16 exemplaren
Police!!! (2002) 16 exemplaren
The Mystery of Choice (2007) 15 exemplaren
The Younger Set (1907) 15 exemplaren
In the Quarter (1901) 15 exemplaren
The Tracer of Lost Persons (1906) 15 exemplaren
The Tree of Heaven (1907) 13 exemplaren
The Little Red Foot (1921) 12 exemplaren
The Gay Rebellion (2011) 12 exemplaren
Blue-Bird Weather (1912) 12 exemplaren
Iole (2011) 11 exemplaren
The Business of Life (1913) 11 exemplaren
The Crimson Tide (1919) 11 exemplaren
Athalie (1900) 11 exemplaren
The Yellow Sign and Other Stories (2022) 11 exemplaren
The Moonlit Way (1919) 11 exemplaren
Japonette (1912) 10 exemplaren
Lorraine (1897) 9 exemplaren
Secret Service Operator 13 (1934) 9 exemplaren
The Shadow Over Innsmouth (2015) 9 exemplaren
Barbarians (2007) 9 exemplaren
The Maids of Paradise (1902) 9 exemplaren
Special Messenger (2007) 9 exemplaren
The Demoiselle D'ys (1895) 8 exemplaren
Who Goes There! (1915) 8 exemplaren
Quick Action (1914) 8 exemplaren
The Adventures of a Modest Man (1911) 8 exemplaren
The Drums of Aulone (1920) 7 exemplaren
The Mask (1895) 7 exemplaren
Ashes of Empire (1898) 7 exemplaren
The Sun Hawk (1930) 6 exemplaren
The Man They Hanged (1926) 6 exemplaren
The Laughing Girl (1918) 6 exemplaren
The Harbor Master (1985) 6 exemplaren
The Red Republic (1895) 5 exemplaren
The Mystery Lady (1925) 5 exemplaren
The Girl Philippa (1916) 5 exemplaren
Between Friends (2012) 4 exemplaren
The happy parrot (1931) 4 exemplaren
Eris (1922) 4 exemplaren
The Rogue's Moon (2005) 4 exemplaren
The Restless Sex 4 exemplaren
The Purple Emperor (2004) 3 exemplaren
The painted minx (1930) 3 exemplaren
The Girl in the Golden Rags (1925) 3 exemplaren
A Pleasant Evening (2004) 3 exemplaren
War paint and rouge (1931) 3 exemplaren
El Rei De Groc (El far) (2015) 2 exemplaren
The gold chase 2 exemplaren
Gitana (1931) 2 exemplaren
The King in Yellow [abridged] (1895) 2 exemplaren
Love and the lieutenant (1935) 2 exemplaren
Spy No. 13 (1935) 2 exemplaren
The Talkers (1925) 2 exemplaren
The Haunts of Men (1920) 2 exemplaren
A King and a Few Dukes (2014) 2 exemplaren
Outsiders: An Outline (1899) 2 exemplaren
Marie Halkett (1925) 2 exemplaren
The Better Man (1977) 1 exemplaar
Anne's Bridge 1 exemplaar
W Mroku I Strachu 1 exemplaar
Whatever love is 1 exemplaar
Fighting Chance (2008) 1 exemplaar
Carcosa 1 exemplaar
Outdoorland (1902) 1 exemplaar
Garden-land (2015) 1 exemplaar
Mountain-land, (1906) 1 exemplaar
River-Land (1904) 1 exemplaar
With the band (1896) 1 exemplaar
The Maker of Moons (Annotated) (2014) 1 exemplaar
The Cambric Mask 1 exemplaar
Beating wings (2010) 1 exemplaar
Dark Chambers 1 exemplaar
A Young Man in a Hurry (2009) 1 exemplaar
Smoke of battle 1 exemplaar
The fifth horseman 1 exemplaar
Cassildas Lied (1895) 1 exemplaar
Strange Visions 1 exemplaar
The Bridal Pair (2010) 1 exemplaar

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American Fantastic Tales: Boxed Set (2009) — Medewerker — 92 exemplaren
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Fighters of Fear: Occult Detective Stories (2020) — Medewerker — 48 exemplaren
Masters of Horror (1968) — Medewerker — 46 exemplaren
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream...Nightmare: 30 Terrifying Tales (1993) — Medewerker — 45 exemplaren
The Space Magicians (1971) — Medewerker — 38 exemplaren
Hauntings and Horrors: Ten Grisly Tales (1969) — Introductie — 36 exemplaren
Angels of Darkness: Tales of Troubled and Troubling Women (1995) — Medewerker — 27 exemplaren
Great Untold Stories of Fantasy and Horror (1969) — Medewerker — 26 exemplaren
Sporting Blood: The Great Sports Detective Stories (1942) — Medewerker — 25 exemplaren
Bound for Evil: Curious Tales of Books Gone Bad (2008) — Medewerker — 24 exemplaren
Short Story Classics [American], Volume 4 (1905) — Medewerker — 17 exemplaren
Gaslit Nightmares: No. 2 (1991) — Medewerker — 16 exemplaren
A wave of fear: A classic horror anthology (1973) — Medewerker — 11 exemplaren
Forgotten Tales of Terror (1978) — Medewerker — 9 exemplaren
Rainbow Fantasia: 35 Spectrumatic Tales of Wonder (2001) — Medewerker — 7 exemplaren
Great American Suspense: Five Unabridged Classics (2000) — Medewerker — 6 exemplaren
Kings of Horror — Auteur — 5 exemplaren
Weird Tales Volume 12 Number 2, August 1928 — Medewerker — 3 exemplaren

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Gangbare naam
Chambers, Robert W.
Officiële naam
Chambers, Robert William
Geboortedatum
1865-05-26
Overlijdensdatum
1933-12-16
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
USA
Geboorteplaats
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Plaats van overlijden
New York, New York, USA
Woonplaatsen
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Broadalbin, New York, USA
Opleiding
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
Art Students' League
École des Beaux-Arts
Académie Julian
Beroepen
artist
writer
novelist
short story writer
Relaties
Chambers, Robert E. S. (son)
Korte biografie
Robert W. Chambers begann seine Karriere als Maler. Der Amerikaner reiste nach Paris, um dort Kunst zu studieren, und brachte es 1889 sogar zu einer Ausstellung. Aber sein eigentlicher Ruhm begann erst nach seiner Rückkehr nach Amerika. Zunächst arbeitete er als Illustrator für Magazine und Zeitschriften, schrieb dann aber bald auch selber Geschichten. 1895 erschien THE KING IN YELLOW. Das Buch wurde zu einem Bestseller und erlaubte Chambers sich ganz auf das Schreiben zu verlegen. In den darauffolgenden Jahren folgte eine Vielzahl von Romanen und Erzählungen, meist unheimlich-phantastischer Art. Später verlegte Chambers sich auf historische und Gesellschaftsromane, die zu seinen Lebzeiten viel Leser fanden, heute jedoch vergessen sind. In Erinnerung blieb sein KING IN YELLOW, in dessen lose miteinander verknüpften Geschichten ein Buch mit dem Titel "Der König in Gelb" den Protagonisten Tod und Wahnsinn bringt. H. P. Lovecraft lieh sich die Idee später für sein legendäres "Necronomicon" aus und bedankte sich, indem er in vielen seiner Geschichten Referenzen an Chambers einbaute. Die Geschichten um den "König in Gelb" gelten als Klassiker der amerikanischen Phantastik. (aus "Der gelbe Tod")

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Reading Group #14 ('The Repairer of Reputations') in Gothic Literature (februari 2020)
THE KING IN YELLOW Discussion Thread in TBR Challenge (oktober 2016)
Robert W Chambers in The Chapel of the Abyss (mei 2013)
THE DEEP ONES: "The Yellow Sign" by Robert Chambers in The Weird Tradition (februari 2012)
I just bought The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce in Thing(amabrarian)s That Go Bump in the Night (januari 2012)

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This is adaptation of famous horror stories centered around mysterious play "The King in Yellow". This play (book) is a center piece around which we follow the megalomaniac aiming for control of America, obsessed sculptor that goes crazy and young artist that seems to be constantly pushed to that final step toward the final mystery of this King in Yellow. While at the same time something weird is happening with the society at large as very disturbing lethal chambers are popping out across cites and depression and suicide seem to be rampant.

I have to admit I did not read the original novel and came across character's name in W40K novel and a story arc called Providence based on Lovecraft's works. While former is set to the far future where terrors unlike those from Lovecraft mythos roam the space and prey on Humanity, latter aimed only at the pure shock, nothing else, they had this mysterious creature as a common element - King in Yellow, destroying the minds of man and condemning them to terror and lunacy. So imagine my surprise when I found out that King in Yellow was a book on itself.

Art is excellent (as seems to be the trademark of Cullbard's books) and it depicts in very interesting way psychological state of the characters and ever present, almost palpable, doom and mystery of this horrific book that destroys the mind of anyone who reads it.

Highly recommended to all fans of horror.
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Zare | 2 andere besprekingen | Jan 23, 2024 |
A classic of weird and horror fiction. I really enjoyed this edition that was clean and had more info about the author and explantions of the work from the people who published it. I guess there are lots of editions. I read the one from Horror Writers Association by Sourcebooks with book introduction by Nic Pizzolatto.
 
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Vivian_Metzger | 52 andere besprekingen | Jan 14, 2024 |
The Yellow Sign ***
The Repairer of Reputations *****
The Demoiselle d'Ys ***
The Mask ***
In the Court of the Dragon ****
The Maker of Moons **
A Pleasant Evening **
The Messenger **
The Key to Grief **
The Harbor-Master *
In Quest of the Dingue *
Is the Ux Extinct? *
 
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audient_void | 22 andere besprekingen | Jan 6, 2024 |
I've heard Chambers described as "hysterical romanticism," and it's an accurate phrase for a couple of reasons. First it's implied periodization makes sense; Chambers' fiction fits neatly in between that of the nineteenth century romantics and twentieth century pulp, whose writers like Lovecraft or Howard cited Chambers as an influence. The phrase is also applicable to his writing. His stories deal with the idea that you can feel emotions so powerfully or that art can affect you so profoundly that it influences reality.
Only about half of the short stories in this collection are horror, there's also handful of poems, a short medieval time travel story, and vignettes about young artists in Paris. The connecting line between them, other than the play that drives everyone insane, is this overwrought emotionality. It's sometimes just too much. Lovecraft bolstered his hysterical romanticism by tying it with his own bleak neuroses and the uncompromising enormity of science. Howard created a character who delightfully spits in the face of hysteria. Without these tricks Chambers' prose comes across as a little silly.
I'll end on some positives. The Repairer of Reputations is the best of these, the only story where Chambers isn't afraid to develop a frightening and bizarre premise. Also the little snippets of the play The King in Yellow that we get are wonderfully creepy.
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ethorwitz | 22 andere besprekingen | Jan 3, 2024 |

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Leden
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Populariteit
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