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Robert W. Chambers (2) (1865–1933)

Autor(a) de The King in Yellow

Para outros autores com o nome Robert W. Chambers, ver a página de desambiguação.

Robert W. Chambers (2) foi considerado como pseudónimo de Robert William Chambers.

133+ Works 3,725 Membros 103 Críticas 5 Favorited

About the Author

Image credit: Robert W. Chambers, 1903 [published by L.C. Page and Company, Boston; grabbed from Wikipedia]

Séries

Obras por Robert W. Chambers

Foram atribuídas obras ao autor também conhecido como Robert William Chambers.

The King in Yellow (1895) 1,932 exemplares
The Yellow Sign and Other Stories (2000) 204 exemplares
In Search of the Unknown (1904) 53 exemplares
The Slayer of Souls (1920) 45 exemplares
The Common Law (1911) 38 exemplares
The Green Mouse (1910) 35 exemplares
Cardigan (1901) 32 exemplares
The Hidden Children (1914) 28 exemplares
The Maid-at-Arms (1902) 27 exemplares
The Fighting Chance (1906) 25 exemplares
The Yellow Sign [short fiction] (1895) 22 exemplares
The Danger Mark (1909) 20 exemplares
The Firing Line (1908) 19 exemplares
The Dark Star (2011) 17 exemplares
The Reckoning (1905) 17 exemplares
In Secret (1919) 17 exemplares
Ailsa Paige (1910) 16 exemplares
Police!!! (2002) 16 exemplares
The Flaming Jewel (1922) 16 exemplares
The Mystery of Choice (2007) 15 exemplares
In the Quarter (1901) 15 exemplares
The Tracer of Lost Persons (1906) 15 exemplares
The Younger Set (1907) 14 exemplares
The Tree of Heaven (1907) 13 exemplares
The Yellow Sign and Other Stories (2022) 13 exemplares
The Little Red Foot (1921) 12 exemplares
The Gay Rebellion (2011) 12 exemplares
Blue-Bird Weather (1912) 12 exemplares
The Business of Life (1913) 11 exemplares
The Crimson Tide (1919) 11 exemplares
Iole (2011) 11 exemplares
Athalie (1900) 11 exemplares
The Moonlit Way (1919) 11 exemplares
Japonette (1912) 10 exemplares
Lorraine (1897) 9 exemplares
Secret Service Operator 13 (1934) 9 exemplares
The Shadow Over Innsmouth (2015) 9 exemplares
Barbarians (2007) 9 exemplares
The Maids of Paradise (1902) 9 exemplares
Special Messenger (2007) 9 exemplares
The Demoiselle D'ys (1895) 8 exemplares
Quick Action (1914) 8 exemplares
The Adventures of a Modest Man (1911) 8 exemplares
Who Goes There! (1915) 8 exemplares
The Drums of Aulone (1920) 7 exemplares
Ashes of Empire (1898) 7 exemplares
The Mask (1895) 7 exemplares
The Mystery Lady (1925) 6 exemplares
The Sun Hawk (1930) 6 exemplares
The Laughing Girl (1918) 6 exemplares
The Harbor Master (1985) 6 exemplares
The Man They Hanged (1926) 5 exemplares
The Red Republic (1895) 5 exemplares
The Girl Philippa (1916) 5 exemplares
The happy parrot (1931) 4 exemplares
Between Friends (2012) 4 exemplares
The Rogue's Moon (2005) 4 exemplares
The Restless Sex 4 exemplares
Eris (1922) 4 exemplares
The painted minx (1930) 3 exemplares
War paint and rouge (1931) 3 exemplares
A Pleasant Evening (2004) 3 exemplares
The Purple Emperor (2004) 3 exemplares
The Girl in the Golden Rags (1925) 3 exemplares
The gold chase 2 exemplares
El Rei De Groc (El far) (2015) 2 exemplares
The King in Yellow [abridged] (1895) 2 exemplares
Spy No. 13 (1935) 2 exemplares
Gitana (1931) 2 exemplares
The Talkers (1925) 2 exemplares
Marie Halkett (1925) 2 exemplares
A King and a Few Dukes (2014) 2 exemplares
Love and the lieutenant (1935) 2 exemplares
The Haunts of Men (1920) 2 exemplares
Outsiders: An Outline (1899) 2 exemplares
W Mroku I Strachu 1 exemplar
Carcosa 1 exemplar
Strange Visions 1 exemplar
Cassildas Lied (1895) 1 exemplar
With the band (1896) 1 exemplar
Dark Chambers 1 exemplar
Anne's Bridge 1 exemplar
The Better Man (1977) 1 exemplar
Whatever love is 1 exemplar
Beating wings (2010) 1 exemplar
The fifth horseman 1 exemplar
Smoke of battle 1 exemplar
A Young Man in a Hurry (2009) 1 exemplar
The Bridal Pair (2010) 1 exemplar
Outdoorland (1902) 1 exemplar
Garden-land (2015) 1 exemplar
Mountain-land, (1906) 1 exemplar
River-Land (1904) 1 exemplar
The Cambric Mask 1 exemplar

Associated Works

Foram atribuídas obras ao autor também conhecido como Robert William Chambers.

H.P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror (1993) — Contribuidor — 309 exemplares
American Fantastic Tales: Boxed Set (2009) — Contribuidor — 92 exemplares
Supernatural Horror Short Stories (2017) — Contribuidor — 78 exemplares
Swords & Steam Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2016) — Contribuidor — 63 exemplares
Fighters of Fear: Occult Detective Stories (2020) — Contribuidor — 47 exemplares
Masters of Horror (1968) — Contribuidor — 46 exemplares
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream...Nightmare: 30 Terrifying Tales (1993) — Contribuidor — 45 exemplares
Hauntings and Horrors: Ten Grisly Tales (1969) — Introdução — 39 exemplares
The Space Magicians (1971) — Contribuidor — 38 exemplares
Angels of Darkness: Tales of Troubled and Troubling Women (1995) — Contribuidor — 27 exemplares
Great Untold Stories of Fantasy and Horror (1969) — Contribuidor — 27 exemplares
Sporting Blood: The Great Sports Detective Stories (1942) — Contribuidor — 25 exemplares
Bound for Evil: Curious Tales of Books Gone Bad (2008) — Contribuidor — 24 exemplares
Gaslit Nightmares: No. 2 (1991) — Contribuidor — 17 exemplares
Short Story Classics [American], Volume 4 (1905) — Contribuidor — 17 exemplares
A wave of fear: A classic horror anthology (1973) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares
Forgotten Tales of Terror (1978) — Contribuidor — 9 exemplares
Rainbow Fantasia: 35 Spectrumatic Tales of Wonder (2001) — Contribuidor — 7 exemplares
Great American Suspense: Five Unabridged Classics (2000) — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares
Kings of Horror — Autor — 5 exemplares
Weird Tales Volume 12 Number 2, August 1928 — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Chambers, Robert W.
Nome legal
Chambers, Robert William
Data de nascimento
1865-05-26
Data de falecimento
1933-12-16
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Local de falecimento
New York, New York, USA
Locais de residência
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Broadalbin, New York, USA
Educação
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
Art Students' League
École des Beaux-Arts
Académie Julian
Ocupações
artist
writer
novelist
short story writer
Relações
Chambers, Robert E. S. (son)

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Robert W. Chambers begann seine Karriere als Maler. Der Amerikaner reiste nach Paris, um dort Kunst zu studieren, und brachte es 1889 sogar zu einer Ausstellung. Aber sein eigentlicher Ruhm begann erst nach seiner Rückkehr nach Amerika. Zunächst arbeitete er als Illustrator für Magazine und Zeitschriften, schrieb dann aber bald auch selber Geschichten. 1895 erschien THE KING IN YELLOW. Das Buch wurde zu einem Bestseller und erlaubte Chambers sich ganz auf das Schreiben zu verlegen. In den darauffolgenden Jahren folgte eine Vielzahl von Romanen und Erzählungen, meist unheimlich-phantastischer Art. Später verlegte Chambers sich auf historische und Gesellschaftsromane, die zu seinen Lebzeiten viel Leser fanden, heute jedoch vergessen sind. In Erinnerung blieb sein KING IN YELLOW, in dessen lose miteinander verknüpften Geschichten ein Buch mit dem Titel "Der König in Gelb" den Protagonisten Tod und Wahnsinn bringt. H. P. Lovecraft lieh sich die Idee später für sein legendäres "Necronomicon" aus und bedankte sich, indem er in vielen seiner Geschichten Referenzen an Chambers einbaute. Die Geschichten um den "König in Gelb" gelten als Klassiker der amerikanischen Phantastik. (aus "Der gelbe Tod")

Membros

Discussions

Reading Group #14 ('The Repairer of Reputations') em Gothic Literature (Fevereiro 2020)
THE KING IN YELLOW Discussion Thread em TBR Challenge (Outubro 2016)
Robert W Chambers em The Chapel of the Abyss (Maio 2013)
THE DEEP ONES: "The Yellow Sign" by Robert Chambers em The Weird Tradition (Fevereiro 2012)
I just bought The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce em Thing(amabrarian)s That Go Bump in the Night (Janeiro 2012)

Críticas

This is adaptation of famous horror stories centered around mysterious play "The King in Yellow". This play (book) is a center piece around which we follow the megalomaniac aiming for control of America, obsessed sculptor that goes crazy and young artist that seems to be constantly pushed to that final step toward the final mystery of this King in Yellow. While at the same time something weird is happening with the society at large as very disturbing lethal chambers are popping out across cites and depression and suicide seem to be rampant.

I have to admit I did not read the original novel and came across character's name in W40K novel and a story arc called Providence based on Lovecraft's works. While former is set to the far future where terrors unlike those from Lovecraft mythos roam the space and prey on Humanity, latter aimed only at the pure shock, nothing else, they had this mysterious creature as a common element - King in Yellow, destroying the minds of man and condemning them to terror and lunacy. So imagine my surprise when I found out that King in Yellow was a book on itself.

Art is excellent (as seems to be the trademark of Cullbard's books) and it depicts in very interesting way psychological state of the characters and ever present, almost palpable, doom and mystery of this horrific book that destroys the mind of anyone who reads it.

Highly recommended to all fans of horror.
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Zare | 2 outras críticas | Jan 23, 2024 |
A classic of weird and horror fiction. I really enjoyed this edition that was clean and had more info about the author and explantions of the work from the people who published it. I guess there are lots of editions. I read the one from Horror Writers Association by Sourcebooks with book introduction by Nic Pizzolatto.
 
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Vivian_Metzger | 52 outras críticas | Jan 14, 2024 |
The Yellow Sign ***
The Repairer of Reputations *****
The Demoiselle d'Ys ***
The Mask ***
In the Court of the Dragon ****
The Maker of Moons **
A Pleasant Evening **
The Messenger **
The Key to Grief **
The Harbor-Master *
In Quest of the Dingue *
Is the Ux Extinct? *
 
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audient_void | 22 outras críticas | Jan 6, 2024 |
I've heard Chambers described as "hysterical romanticism," and it's an accurate phrase for a couple of reasons. First it's implied periodization makes sense; Chambers' fiction fits neatly in between that of the nineteenth century romantics and twentieth century pulp, whose writers like Lovecraft or Howard cited Chambers as an influence. The phrase is also applicable to his writing. His stories deal with the idea that you can feel emotions so powerfully or that art can affect you so profoundly that it influences reality.
Only about half of the short stories in this collection are horror, there's also handful of poems, a short medieval time travel story, and vignettes about young artists in Paris. The connecting line between them, other than the play that drives everyone insane, is this overwrought emotionality. It's sometimes just too much. Lovecraft bolstered his hysterical romanticism by tying it with his own bleak neuroses and the uncompromising enormity of science. Howard created a character who delightfully spits in the face of hysteria. Without these tricks Chambers' prose comes across as a little silly.
I'll end on some positives. The Repairer of Reputations is the best of these, the only story where Chambers isn't afraid to develop a frightening and bizarre premise. Also the little snippets of the play The King in Yellow that we get are wonderfully creepy.
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ethorwitz | 22 outras críticas | Jan 3, 2024 |

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Obras
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Also by
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Membros
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Popularidade
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Avaliação
½ 3.6
Críticas
103
ISBN
674
Línguas
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Marcado como favorito
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