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Minerva the Bookwyrm Captain
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 Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 1:08 pm
My favourite piece by him is Annabel Lee; it's such a beautiful poem, and not quite as sad as many of his works. At least, I personally see an uplifting note in it even though it involves death.
A Tell Tale Heart is the short story that I liked best of his because it's delightfully creepy, and I can practically feel the man's tension as I'm reading it!
I don't like The Raven at all, and I can't understand what the obsession over that one is about.
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Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 1:31 pm
A Tell Tale Heart is my favorite also. I loved Annabel Lee.
The Bells got kinda annoying after I read it and I can't stand The Raven. The Black Cat was good, but I think I might've been scarred from it for life. I don't usually do well with gore and all that.
The Cask of Amontillado made me laugh. I was slighly disturbed, but I enjoyed it! (: I did not like The Pit and the Pendulum. It freaked me out. Hehe.
I think I hit on every story or poem I have read by him.
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Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 3:07 pm
The Fall of the House of Usher is another good one. Its a short ghost story. I like Edgar Allen Poe and HP Lovecraft alot, considering that Lovecraft looked up to Poe and came soon after, it makes sense.
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Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 8:18 pm
SuzelovesJamesPotter A Tell Tale Heart is my favorite also. I loved Annabel Lee.
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The Pit and the Pendulum. It freaked me out. Hehe.
That one is pretty freaky, but I don't dislike it. That one and A Tell Tale Heart are my mum's faves.
I've never heard of Lovecraft, Showren, but his name is very cool, and that's very interesting to know about him. I'll look him up later.
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Minerva the Bookwyrm Captain
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Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 1:16 pm
Poe is my homeboy! Seriously, I'm from the Baltimore area, I know where his grave is. I love his writing style - it practically draws pictures in the air while you're reading. His creepy stuff is brilliant, but there's this one story that I particularly like to read that isn't actually creepy at all - it's a description of a perfect garden kept by a crazy bazillionaire who doesn't want any reminder of death around him - including fading blossoms or withered leaves. I have to look up the name of the story, because I'm blanking. But essentially it's just a boat ride with glowing golden descriptions of the perfect idyll. It's like a mini-vacation!
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Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 10:09 pm
blaugh That's such a funny thing to say! It's cool that you've seen his grave. Does he have anything interesting written on his epitath?
That poem sounds pretty; let me know what it's called!
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Minerva the Bookwyrm Captain
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Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 8:23 am
The tell-tale heart is deffinetly my favorite work of his.
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Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:45 pm
like omg omg omg!!!!!
he's one of my favs ever!!!
well, just don't get me started!! without him, murder & mystery wouldn't be what is today without him being all cool and dark & just down right crazy!
Well...... please, please, when you get the chance... check out some of these!! Poe was just beyond his dark years!! He was just TOO dark for the world then!!
this is a handful of his work ...... he is well worth more than a 2nd book!!!
he was ..... well, AWESOME!! smile
The Assignation
Berenice
The Black Cat
The Cask of Amontillado
A Descent into the Maelstrom
The Devil in the Belfry
The Domain of Arnheim
Eleonora
The Fall of the House of Usher- 1st mystery like ever!!
The Imp of the Perverse
The Island of the Fay
The Masque of the Red Death
Mesmeric Revelation
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Pit and the Pendulum--- LOVE it!!
The Premature Burial-- totally awesome!!!
The Purloined Letter
Silence -- a Fable
The Tell-Tale Heart-- way awesome!!
Von Kempelen and his Discovery
the Ragged Mountains
The Angel of the Odd
Lionizing
A Predicament
Mystification
Loss of Breath
The Power of Words
Shadow
The Sphinx
Never Bet the Devil Your Head
Thou Art the Man
Some Words with a Mummy
A Dream Within A Dream
Annabel Lee
Dreams
Evening Star
For Annie
Imitation
Spirits of the Dead
The Bells
City in the Sea
The Happiest Day
Haunted Palace
The Lake
The Raven-- happy endings suck lmao
The Sleeper
The Valley of Unrest
To Helen
To My Mother
By the way..... I only like him.... a little smile
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:06 pm
NannyOgg Poe is my homeboy! Seriously, I'm from the Baltimore area, I know where his grave is. Really Nanny? I live around there (well here) too. I've never seen his grave though.
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:20 pm
I love Edgar Allan Poe, and actually his story, The Tell-Tale Heart was the first thing I ever read thanks to my older brother reading it for school. My brother used to then read to me and with me from his collection of Poe stories and poems. It's sort of our bonding thing and the reason why I enjoy reading and writing so much.
My favorite stories are The Fall of the House of Usher and The Cask of Amontillado (which I have made into a graphic novel interpretation for a school project before).
As for his poems, the first one that jumps to mind is of course The Haunted Place, Sonnet - to Science and then The City in the Sea. I also enjoy The Bells, mainly because I got to sing a version of that poem in choir once and since I'm a soprano I had some really high and fun parts ^_^ so now I can't help but hear that song everytime I read it.
And yes, I enjoy the Raven, though I can't say it's one of my all time favorites.
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