#sarban

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Artwork by Bob Blanchard.

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Midnight Pals: The Bear

Caitlin Marceau: so that's where we talk things out, eh? Marceau: oh sorry i meant to say Marceau: this is where we talk things oot, eh? King: wow caitlin that sure is Canadian! King: this might be the most canadian thing i've ever heard Marian Engel: not so fast!

Marian Engel: did i hear someone say that's the most canadian thing they'd ever heard King: yeah i Engel: maybe you don't know Engel: about my bear fucking story King: King: uh

Engel: i have a story about a woman fucking a bear King: Poe: Barker: Lovecraft: Koontz: Engel: CBC radio called it the most quintessential canadian story

King: is King: is bear fucking a quintessential canadian thing? Engel: oh yeah absolutely Engel: would CBC lie? King:   Engel: would the 1976 Governor General's Literary Award be wrong?

King: no it's just King: that is not a stereotype i had heard before Engel: oh i see Engel: you're one of those americans who thinks we all just fuck moose King: no i Engel: for your information we have more than just moose King: Engel: there's a wide variety of sexy wildlife

Engel: there's bears, wolverines King: you really don't need to list them Engel: beavers Edward Lee: haha beavers yeah boi Engel: no not like that gross Engel: i'm talking about fucking giant aquatic rodents like a normal person

Engel: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the sexy bear Poe: is this really appropriate? Barker: shut up edgar Barker: let the woman talk Barker: i think we all want to hear this

Poe: i mean, is this story scary? this seems like more of a taboo romance Sarban: yeah edgar SHUT UP Sarban: this is the good shit

[visitafghanistan]

Rarely seen photo of Sarban and Nainawaz.

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Interior book work for The Sound of His Horn by Sarban. By Centipede Press.

[mudwerks]

Sarban, Ringstones. Ballantine, 1961. Cover by Bob Blanchard.

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Finished: 31/10/2020

The Sound of his Horn by Sarban

Rating: ★★★☆☆

Summary:

After escaping from a POW camp in Germany during WWII, Alan Querdilion is transported to an alternate dimension where the Germans have won the war and non-Aryans are slaves to the ‘master race’. In this alternate dimension Alan is injured and taken care of on a remote estate held by Count Hans von Hackelnberg whose passion is hunting, but the Count does not bore himself by hunting animals, he hunts people…

Review:

The premise was exciting, it was weird and like nothing I’d ever read before but unfortunately it fell a bit flat for me. There was a lot of attention and detail paid to the beginning of the story compared with the ending which felt very rushed. Also, on account of the size, I never really cared about Alan or any of the other characters as most of the novella was just descriptions of the terrain. Interesting idea, poor execution.

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Coberta d'una de les edicions de The Sound of His Horn ("El so del seu corn"), de Sarban (àlies de John William Wall). L'original fou publicat el 1952; aquesta edició, en rústica, és de 1960.