Comments | eldritchhobbit: Happy birthday, Edgar Allan Poe!

eldritchhobbit

Happy birthday, Edgar Allan Poe!

Jan 19, 2015 06:59

Happy birthday to Edgar Allan Poe (19 January, 1809 - 7 October, 1849)!

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lizziebelle January 19 2015, 15:53:34 UTC

I have yet to get into Boston to see that statue. I think I'll wait until spring. ;)

eldritchhobbit January 21 2015, 20:39:34 UTC

Oooh, I hope there will be photos! *bounces up and down* I love that statue.

lizziebelle January 21 2015, 22:52:07 UTC

There will definitely be photos!

eldritchhobbit January 22 2015, 16:00:58 UTC

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!

byslantedlight January 19 2015, 16:25:02 UTC

What a great statue (lucky Boston!) And I very much like Alone, which I've not read before - thank you. And happy birthday, Edgar Allen Poe!

eldritchhobbit January 21 2015, 20:40:27 UTC

Isn't the statue amazing? So very rock-n-roll. I love it.

I'm so happy you liked the poem! It's one of my Poe favorites.

gilda_elise January 20 2015, 11:44:12 UTC

I love the statue! What a great homage to such a talented man. So Happy Birthday to the man who has brought me, as well as so many others, hours and hours of spooky pleasure!

eldritchhobbit January 21 2015, 20:43:10 UTC

I agree! It's just fantastic.

sittingduck1313 January 22 2015, 12:44:29 UTC

Fun little piece of trivia. The Japanese mystery writer Taro Hirai took the pen name Edogawa Ranpo because, when spoken by a Japanese person fairly quickly, it sounds kind of like Edgar Allan Poe.

eldritchhobbit January 22 2015, 16:00:18 UTC

Oh, that is fun!!!! :)

By the way, is there any chance I'll see you at ConCarolinas this year? Joel from MST3K will be there. I'm ridiculously excited about that.

sittingduck1313 January 23 2015, 12:09:42 UTC

Afraid not. I did however make it to MarsCon, where I got to meet David Weber of Honor Harrington fame. This gave me an opportunity to ask a burning question. Namely, does Solarian League propaganda portray Baroness Medusa as a snake-themed, leather-clad dominatrix. Because really, it does sound like a name of a snake-themed, leather-clad dominatrix. His answer was no, they haven't stooped quite that low.

eldritchhobbit January 27 2015, 23:33:06 UTC

Aw, you'll be missed!

David Weber and I did a signings table stint together once. (Which of these doesn't fit? I know, I know. I kept getting asked to move aside while people took photos of him! LOL.) Nice guy. Your question cracked me up! You're right: her name is very suggestive. I bet he got a laugh out of that.