Born to Fear: Interviews with Thomas Ligotti
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (761 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1596066210 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The interviews in this volume belong to the latter type. Ligotti is particularly opinionated and paradoxically droll when prompted to expound on philosophical views that to say the least are adrift from the mainstream. The process of interviewing varies. While the running themes in this volume are not unlike those proffered by most authors--including compositional practices, sources of inspiration, and biographical revelations--Ligotti manages for the most part to reveal how idiosyncratic he is as an interview subject and as a writer of supernatural or weird horror tales. Both the queries and responses were intended to result in more thoughtful and not infrequently more entertaining documents than otherwise might have resulted. Most commonly it takes the form of conversations that result in off-the-cuff remarks between two or more persons. In short, reticence is not this writer's strong suit, especially when probed on matters that simply do not arise in more normative literary conversations. On other occasions the proceeding is more formal, with questions submitted in writing and answered in kind. At the same time they are indicative of someone who has truly been born to fear, or at least deserves the benefit of the doubt on this question. In both genres, the very title Born to Fear condenses the provenance of Ligotti's personal experiences and insights.Though often seen as a figure
A must If you are interested in Thomas Ligotti, this book is a must.. Born into this.to Fear Keene Born to fearbecause we are born into this.and born to die. Tom Ligotti has dealt with this fear probably all of his life and it really hit him hard just before adulthood. He's had some physical, emotional and mental obstacles in his way but somehow he was able to take the horror of life and the terror of death and fashion some of the finest weird ta