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FBowdern,
You make a valid point. There will always be a ‘tremendous amount of charlatans’, but to be fair, that’s in every profession. Such is life, unfortunately. It all comes down to a mixture of faith, naturally, and personal research. I’ve come across many cases of false possessions, but some (I believe) are the real deal.
Cheers & God Bless
Benjamin Szumskyj
Editor, AMERICAN EXORCISTBowden,
Not sure about the signed copies. Might see if I have a spare copy… lol. As for submitting something, I’d love that. It all depends on sales of AMERICAN EXORCIST. If they are good, I’ll be doing a sequel…
🙂Cheers & God Bless
Benjamin Szumskyj
Editor, AMERICAN EXORCISTRyan,
The article by my good friend S.T. Joshi in THE MODERN WEIRD TALE is not at all positive. It’s interesting, but not necessary to read.
Cheers & God Bless
Benjamin Szumskyj
Editor, AMERICAN EXORCISTpazrags,
Well, in addition to my forthcoming book, you have BFI Modern Classics book by Kermode. There are a few others, but not much on LEGION sadly.
Cheers & God Bless
Benjamin Szumskyj
Editor, AMERICAN EXORCISTHatter76,
To be honest, I didn’t enjoy it that much. It was interesting, but I believe it will only interest a minority.
Cheers & God Bless
Benjamin Szumskyj
Editor, AMERICAN EXORCISTFriends,
I absolutely believe in possession. As a Christian, it exists in my worldview and I have done a great deal of study to reaffirm this.
Cheers & God Bless
Benjamin Szumskyj
Editor, AMERICAN EXORCISTFriends,
I must confess: this is the book I am most proud of. I’ve published a lot, but this would have to be my favorite!
🙂Cheers & God Bless
Benjamin Szumskyj
Editor, AMERICAN EXORCISTFriends,
Let me be the first to say that, I hate the idea of an Exorcist remake. Unless Blatty supports and is directly involved with it (which could be interesting, I suppose, but the movie is truly perfect…) then I am against it and gladly added my name to the petition on this website. My hat goes of to Captain Howdy for supporting this move…
Cheers & God Bless
Benjamin Szumskyj
(editor of the forthcoming ‘American Exorcist: Critical Essays on William Peter Blatty’)Mike,
We need to prod Ryan a little more… seems he has something in the work…
😉Cheers & God Bless
Benjamin Szumskyj
(editor of the forthcoming ‘American Exorcist: Critical Essays on William Peter Blatty’)granville1,
Like this short article a great deal… could be used as a part of an essay one might want to write for my book…
😛Cheers & God Bless
Benjamin Szumskyj
(editor of the forthcoming ‘American Exorcist: Critical Essays on William Peter Blatty’)Lunuso,
Perhaps you are right. I am re-reading The Exorcist as we speak and there are slight similarities. In saying that, Blatty is a far more interesting author than Levin…
😛Cheers & God Bless
Benjamin Szumskyj
(editor of the forthcoming ‘American Exorcist: Critical Essays on William Peter Blatty’)Friends,
My of Fritz Leiber essays is available for purchase at http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?isbn=0-7864-2972-0. McFarland are a publisher of reference and scholarly books (I am doing the Blatty book through them). The table of contents are as follows:
Preface
Introduction
Foreword by John Pelan“The Word and the Wild: The Problem of Civilization in the Works of Fritz Leiber†by Robert Waugh
“Story-telling Wonder-Questing, Mortal Meâ€: Some Thoughts on the Transformations of “The Pale Brown Thing†into Our Lady of Darkness†by John Howard
“But Time and Chance Happeneth to Them All: The Genesis and Applications of Fritz Leiber’s Theory of Time†by Justin Leiber
“Death, Rebirth, and Existentialism in Fritz Leiber†by Gary William Crawford
“Thank God They’re On Our Side (I Think): The Cat as Alien in Fritz Leiber’s Fiction†by Davide Mana
“Feed Me, Baby, Feed Meâ€: Beyond the Pleasure Principle in Fritz Leiber’s “Girl With the Hungry Eyes†by John Langan
“Science and Superstition: Fritz Leiber’s Modernization of Gothic†by S.T. Joshi
“The Allure of the Eccentric in the Poetry and Fiction of Fritz Leiber†by Bruce Byfield
“Power Plays: Explorations of Social Power in Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Adventures†by S. C. Bryce
“A Specter is Haunting Chicago: The Lovecraft-Leiberian Connexion†by Henrik Harksen
“He Wrote in the Valley of the Shadow of Death: Deconstructing Gather, Darkness!†by Benjamin Szumskyj
Author, Subject and Title Index
About the Contributors
AcknowledgementsCheers & God Bless
Benjamin Szumskyj
(editor of the forthcoming ‘American Exorcist: Critical Essays on William Peter Blatty’)Friends,
No, I’d say the connection is weak. After all, Blatty once cited RB as a comical take on a serious theological issue and can’t imagine him being influenced.
Cheers & God Bless
Benjamin Szumskyj
(editor of the forthcoming ‘American Exorcist: Critical Essays on William Peter Blatty’)Friends,
There is no indication that Burke molested Regan. His reason for going into the room, may have been as simple as checking on her to see if she was sleeping or feeling better. Why must we make it worse? While I am sure feminist theorists would love to assume otherwise, as the old saying goes, to assume makes an ‘ass’ out of ‘u’ and ‘me’. I like your logic hench85 and appreciate that you have cleared the air regarding such an odd claim.
Cheers & God Bless
Benjamin Szumskyj
(editor of the forthcoming ‘American Exorcist: Critical Essays on William Peter Blatty’)
