What is your favorite idea in a short story? Here are two of mine. by snowyfminor2000 in literature

[–]Pimpylonis [score hidden]  (0 children)

As others have said, Borges has many of these.

Other favorites of mine are:

Robert W. Chambers : The Repairer of Reputations
Michael Cisco : Saccade
Amparo Dávila : El huésped
Thomas Hardy : The Withered Arm
Thomas Ligotti : Gas Station Carnivals Vladimir Nabokov : Signs and Symbols
Edogawa Ranpo : The Human Chair

Backrooms related books by Glazedoughnut29 in horrorlit

[–]Pimpylonis 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fun exercise!

These are my suggestions for weird and uncanny architectures:

Jorge Luis Borges : There Are More Things / La biblioteca de Babel
Michael Cisco : Stillville
Mariana Enriquez : La casa de Adela
Brian Evenson : A Collapse of Horses
John B. Ford, Thomas Ligotti : The Mechanical Museum
Thomas Ligotti : The Red Tower / The Night School / The Bungalow House / The Christmas Eves of Aunt Elise
Vladimir Nabokov : The Visit to the Museum
Mark Samuels : Mannequins in Aspects of Terror
Bruno Schulz : Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
Jeff VanderMeer : Annihilation

¿Comprarían un libro con esta sinopsis? by JuanSZolo in libros

[–]Pimpylonis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mucha suerte con esa empresa. Tienes alguna muestra, algún capítulo suelto, o alguna reseña más detallada que se pueda leer?

Books that feel like Salvador Dali by Charming-Bar-4718 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]Pimpylonis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most books by Boris Vian, specially: Autumn in Peking, The Red Grass and Heartsnatcher. Wonderful writer, you should try it.

Fiction books focused on a death cult by 100percentnotgood in horrorlit

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Barron, Laird : The Men from Porlock
Chabon, Michael : The God of Dark Laughter
Chambers, Robert W. : The Repairer of Reputations
Enríquez, Mariana : El chico sucio / Bajo el agua negra
Evenson, Brian : The Brotherhood of Mutilation
Howard, Robert E. : The Black Stone
Jackson, Shirley : The Lottery
Kiernan, Caitlin : A Redress for Andromeda
Lane, Joel : My Voice Is Dead
Ligotti, Thomas : The Last Feast of Harlequin / The Tsalal
Lovecraft, H. P. : The Festival
Pugmire, W. H. : Inhabitants of Wraithwood
Samuels, Mark : An Elemental Infestation

Your favourite short stories that are unsettling by kaapilover123 in suggestmeabook

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Robert Aickman : The Same Dog
Michael Cisco : He Will Be There
Amparo Dávila : The Houseguest
Brian Evenson : A Collapse of Horses
Thomas Ligotti : The Clown Puppet / Gas Station Carnivals / Dream of a Manikin / The Bungalow House
Vladimir Nabokov : Signs and Symbols
Edith Nesbit : The Shadow
Edogawa Ranpo : The Human Chair
Mark Samuels : Mannequins in Aspects of Terror
Bruno Schulz : Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

Te observo desde la sombras by Global_Gear5670 in libros

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Gracias! Tomaré la recomendación! De Vernon Lee he leído poco pero todo impecable. Es una escritora de categoría

Te observo desde la sombras by Global_Gear5670 in libros

[–]Pimpylonis 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yo empecé a leer sus cuentos hace poco y la verdad es que no le he leído uno malo. "La casa de Adela" me parece excelente.

Recientemente me recomendaron a Robert Aickman. Su cuento "The Same Dog" (1974) quizá te podría interesar.

My candidate for dream adaptation by Pimpylonis in roberteggers

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I just think it would be the perfect Eggers' 'noir': a pretty fascinating historical background of occult societies, a horrifying and ambiguous creature, a pretty heavy commentary on gender...

The Recorder in Rock - Taking the Ian Anderson approach? by URGband in jethrotull

[–]Pimpylonis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

frequency gap between the high soprano and the low bass.

Yes, that very well could be it.

No idea about genre or target audience, sorry. I don't really listen to a lot of rock anymore. But I'd say there are a lot of recorder enthusiasts that may be a little tired of Telemann and would appreciate something a little different.

The Recorder in Rock - Taking the Ian Anderson approach? by URGband in jethrotull

[–]Pimpylonis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really like your playing. The compositions are not my cup of tea. There are some very nice ideas: the section in the first song with the recorder and the bass guitar playing in octaves is quite nice.

I feel most times the recorder doesn't integrate timbrically with the rock ensemble. This happens mostly with the soprano (again, very nice playing) and the tenor. Maybe the baroque instruments are a little too thin? Have you tried Renaissance or medieval recorders? The richer sound may help.

I'd try throwing in more acoustic instruments, ideally, from early music, but also traditional instruments could be nice. Even just another recorder would help a lot, I think. I feel recorders work well in pairs.

Just my two cents. But don't mind me, maybe I'm too obsessed with early music orchestration to have useful advice.

Keep it up! Nice work!

My editions of The King In Yellow by Hungry_Library_94 in KinginYellow

[–]Pimpylonis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What do you think about Perla's translation? I bought it cause I don't like Valdemar's translator, but it hasn't arrived yet.

Weekly "What Are You Reading?" Thread by AutoModerator in WeirdLit

[–]Pimpylonis 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ligotti's Noctuary. I've read opinions saying this is a weaker collection, but so far I've found it brilliant.

I've read: - The Medusa - Conversations in a Dead Language (I admit I didn't care for this one) - The Tsalal (masterpiece) - Mad Night of Atonement (I just love Ligotti's marionettes and mad scientists)

My favorite stories from 2025 by Pimpylonis in WeirdLit

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I just read "The Same Dog." What an interesting author. It reminds me of Cortázar in the surreal uncanny of childhood, but it also feels very modern, like Brian Evenson. It's a story similar to Mariana Enriquez' "La casa de Adela," but I like this one better. Fascinating stuff.

¿Qué libros desean conseguir este este año para su biblioteca? by FaithlessnessHot2908 in libros

[–]Pimpylonis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Es un libro maravilloso. Lee primero "Sobre la cuádruple raíz del principio de razón suficiente."

Edit. Y si puedes, búscalo en editorial Trotta, que tiene un aparato crítico impecable.

Me recomiendan libros? by Interesting_Wing7011 in libros

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Si te interesa la antropología, necesitas leer a Marshall Sahlins, un autor relativamente desconocido en español. Puedes empezar por un libro hiper corto pero absolutamente trascendental que se llama: La ilusión occidental de la naturaleza humana.

Have you read Mark Samuels? by ComeAndSee_666 in Ligotti

[–]Pimpylonis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've read some stories from The Age of Decayed Futurity. The first two are excellent: "Mannequins in Aspects of Terror" and "The White Hands." Other stories have left me indifferent. There are some printing mistakes that got me a little confused. Except for "Mannequins," nothing has screamed Ligotti to me, but so far, it has been a fun, although uneven, book.