As of October 22nd 2013 audible.com will
be releasing two audio adaptations of what looks to
be the NightShade Books collections of Wellman stories.
Volumes 1 & 2 will be THIRD
CRY TO LEGBA AND OTHER INVOCATIONS and THE
DEVIL IS NOT MOCKED AND OTHER WARNINGS. The
producers seem to promise that all five of the NightShade
collections will be adapted. Special thanks to Bill
Ekhardt for the heads up!
THIRD CRY TO LEGBA is described thus: "This audiobook collects Wellman’s John Thunstone and Lee Corbet stories, written between 1943 and 1979. These stories combine the mystical and horrific with traditional Southern folk tales and legends. These stories also reveal a post-World War II modernism that make them much more then pulp romanticism. The paranoia and cynicism of modern weird icons, such as The X-files, may well have had their genesis in the pulp musings of Manly Wade Wellman. Indeed the intensely driven, idealistic occult investigator, John Thunstone, could be a pulp/noir stand-in for Fox Mulder. ©2000 Frances Wellman (P)2013 Audible, Inc."
And
THE DEVIL IS NOT MOCKED as: "Wellman’s
work will be remembered, and should be preserved because
it combines the dark gothic tradition of the American
pulps with a detailed snapshot of regional history and
culture. This mixture is shown through the lens of the
American modernist tradition, revealing something that
is larger than the sum of its parts. Volume two of a
five volume set collecting all of Wellman's Appalachian
fantasy stories. ©2001 The Estate of Manly Wade
Wellman (P)2013 Audible, Inc."
THIRD CRY TO LEGBA is described thus: "This audiobook collects Wellman’s John Thunstone and Lee Corbet stories, written between 1943 and 1979. These stories combine the mystical and horrific with traditional Southern folk tales and legends. These stories also reveal a post-World War II modernism that make them much more then pulp romanticism. The paranoia and cynicism of modern weird icons, such as The X-files, may well have had their genesis in the pulp musings of Manly Wade Wellman. Indeed the intensely driven, idealistic occult investigator, John Thunstone, could be a pulp/noir stand-in for Fox Mulder. ©2000 Frances Wellman (P)2013 Audible, Inc."
And
THE DEVIL IS NOT MOCKED as: "Wellman’s
work will be remembered, and should be preserved because
it combines the dark gothic tradition of the American
pulps with a detailed snapshot of regional history and
culture. This mixture is shown through the lens of the
American modernist tradition, revealing something that
is larger than the sum of its parts. Volume two of a
five volume set collecting all of Wellman's Appalachian
fantasy stories. ©2001 The Estate of Manly Wade
Wellman (P)2013 Audible, Inc."
Also available now are GIANTS
FROM ETERNITY in the audio collection A
GALAXY TRILOGY Vol 3 and an audiobook adaptation
of the single Wellman adaptation to THE
TWILIGHT ZONE, Still Valley.
This article is re-posted from manlywadewellman.com
This article is re-posted from manlywadewellman.com
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