tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post289557865764781150..comments2024-03-28T14:02:00.871-07:00Comments on RAWIllumination.net: Jack Williamson and Jack ParsonsCleveland Okie (Tom Jackson)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07810736442596736041noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-72990521013086682552016-11-18T07:02:34.693-08:002016-11-18T07:02:34.693-08:00I have not yet read "Rocket to the Morgue&quo...I have not yet read "Rocket to the Morgue" but it now goes on my radar screen. Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07810736442596736041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-70732732657502687912016-11-14T20:36:07.771-08:002016-11-14T20:36:07.771-08:00I've had Darker Than You Think on my bookshelf...I've had Darker Than You Think on my bookshelf since I first started studying the occult/magic/Parsons and finally read it this past summer. It took me one sitting so I was pretty riveted by it, the scene towards the end where he turns into a pterodactyl after his rather visceral death was amazingly entertaining to read. Perhaps the Whore of Babalon is a more ubiquitous character in art than Parsons would have like to believe but the scene where he is ridden in the form of a saber-tooth tiger beast by the witch is visually striking. Erotic and atmospheric, the novel reminded me of the Val Lewton Cat People films. <br /><br />So I've read Stranger in a Strange Land, Darker Than You Think, the final of the big three sci-fi novels associated with Parsons would be Anthony Boucher's "Rocket to the Morgue." Have you ever checked it out?Rarebit Fiendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09650603980195179414noreply@blogger.com