Immagine dell'autore.

Robert W. Chambers (2) (1865–1933)

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Robert W. Chambers (2) ha come alias Robert William Chambers.

139+ opere 3,696 membri 103 recensioni 5 preferito

Sull'Autore

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

Serie

Opere di Robert W. Chambers

Opere a cui è stato assegnato l'alias Robert William Chambers.

Il re giallo (1895) 1,902 copie
In Search of the Unknown (1904) 53 copie
The Slayer of Souls (1920) 45 copie
The Common Law (1911) 38 copie
The Green Mouse (1910) 35 copie
Cardigan (1901) 32 copie
The Hidden Children (1914) 28 copie
The Maid-at-Arms (1902) 27 copie
The Fighting Chance (1906) 23 copie
The Danger Mark (1909) 20 copie
The Firing Line (1908) 19 copie
The Reckoning (1905) 17 copie
The Dark Star (2011) 17 copie
In Secret (1919) 17 copie
The Flaming Jewel (1922) 16 copie
Ailsa Paige (1910) 16 copie
Police!!! (2002) 16 copie
The Mystery of Choice (2007) 15 copie
The Younger Set (1907) 15 copie
In the Quarter (1901) 15 copie
The Tree of Heaven (1907) 13 copie
The Little Red Foot (1921) 12 copie
The Gay Rebellion (2011) 12 copie
Blue-Bird Weather (1912) 12 copie
Iole (2011) 11 copie
The Business of Life (1913) 11 copie
The Crimson Tide (1919) 11 copie
Athalie (1900) 11 copie
The Moonlit Way (1919) 11 copie
Japonette (1912) 10 copie
Lorraine (1897) 9 copie
Barbarians (2007) 9 copie
The Maids of Paradise (1902) 9 copie
Special Messenger (2007) 9 copie
The Demoiselle D'ys (1895) 8 copie
Who Goes There! (1915) 8 copie
Quick Action (1914) 8 copie
The Drums of Aulone (1920) 7 copie
The Mask (1895) 7 copie
Ashes of Empire (1898) 7 copie
The Mystery Lady (1925) 6 copie
The Sun Hawk (1930) 6 copie
The Man They Hanged (1926) 6 copie
The Harbor Master (1985) 6 copie
The Laughing Girl (1918) 6 copie
The Red Republic (1895) 5 copie
The Girl Philippa (1916) 5 copie
Between Friends (2012) 4 copie
The happy parrot (1931) 4 copie
Eris (1922) 4 copie
The Rogue's Moon (2005) 4 copie
The Purple Emperor (2004) 3 copie
The painted minx (1930) 3 copie
A Pleasant Evening (2004) 3 copie
War paint and rouge (1931) 3 copie
El Rei De Groc (El far) (2015) 2 copie
Gitana (1931) 2 copie
Love and the lieutenant (1935) 2 copie
Spy No. 13 (1935) 2 copie
The Talkers (1925) 2 copie
The Haunts of Men (1920) 2 copie
A King and a Few Dukes (2014) 2 copie
Outsiders: An Outline (1899) 2 copie
Marie Halkett (1925) 2 copie
The Better Man (1977) 1 copia
Anne's Bridge 1 copia
Fighting Chance (2008) 1 copia
Carcosa 1 copia
Outdoorland (1902) 1 copia
Garden-land (2015) 1 copia
Mountain-land, (1906) 1 copia
River-Land (1904) 1 copia
With the band (1896) 1 copia
Beating wings (2010) 1 copia
Dark Chambers 1 copia
A Young Man in a Hurry (2009) 1 copia
Cassildas Lied (1895) 1 copia
The Bridal Pair (2010) 1 copia

Opere correlate

Opere a cui è stato assegnato l'alias Robert William Chambers.

H.P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror (1993) — Collaboratore — 307 copie
American Fantastic Tales: Boxed Set (2009) — Collaboratore — 92 copie
Supernatural Horror Short Stories (2017) — Collaboratore — 75 copie
Swords & Steam Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2016) — Collaboratore — 61 copie
Fighters of Fear: Occult Detective Stories (2020) — Collaboratore — 48 copie
Masters of Horror (1968) — Collaboratore — 46 copie
The Space Magicians (1971) — Collaboratore — 38 copie
Hauntings and Horrors: Ten Grisly Tales (1969) — Introduzione — 36 copie
Angels of Darkness: Tales of Troubled and Troubling Women (1995) — Collaboratore — 27 copie
Great Untold Stories of Fantasy and Horror (1969) — Collaboratore — 27 copie
Sporting Blood: The Great Sports Detective Stories (1942) — Collaboratore — 25 copie
Bound for Evil: Curious Tales of Books Gone Bad (2008) — Collaboratore — 24 copie
Short Story Classics [American], Volume 4 (1905) — Collaboratore — 17 copie
Gaslit Nightmares: No. 2 (1991) — Collaboratore — 16 copie
A wave of fear: A classic horror anthology (1973) — Collaboratore — 11 copie
Forgotten Tales of Terror (1978) — Collaboratore — 9 copie
Rainbow Fantasia: 35 Spectrumatic Tales of Wonder (2001) — Collaboratore — 7 copie
Great American Suspense: Five Unabridged Classics (2000) — Collaboratore — 6 copie
Kings of Horror — Autore — 5 copie
Weird Tales Volume 12 Number 2, August 1928 — Collaboratore — 3 copie

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Informazioni generali

Nome canonico
Chambers, Robert W.
Nome legale
Chambers, Robert William
Data di nascita
1865-05-26
Data di morte
1933-12-16
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
USA
Luogo di nascita
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Luogo di morte
New York, New York, USA
Luogo di residenza
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Broadalbin, New York, USA
Istruzione
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
Art Students' League
École des Beaux-Arts
Académie Julian
Attività lavorative
artist
writer
novelist
short story writer
Relazioni
Chambers, Robert E. S. (son)
Breve biografia
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")

Utenti

Discussioni

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

Recensioni

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 altre recensioni | 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 altre recensioni | 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 altre recensioni | 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 altre recensioni | Jan 3, 2024 |

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Voto
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ISBN
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Lingue
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