Averoigne - mini sandbox setting

[arkansan]

May 22, 2017 11:23:13 GMT -6 stevemitchell said:

I just saw a pre-order announcement on Amazon.com for THE AVEROIGNE CHRONICLES, a deluxe, lavishly illustrated hardback edition from Centipede Press containing all of Smith's Averoigne work. Unfortunately, the pre-order price is about $193.00! So there will finally be a complete and authorized Averoigne collection--that no one can reasonably afford.

And I was getting all excited until you mentioned the price. Ouch.

[foxroe]

That's a ridiculous price to pay when the stories are freely available for reading at Eldritch Dark.

I copied all of the stories into a word processor document and converted it to a PDF so I can read them on my Nook. I did the same thing for his Hyperborea and Zothique cycles. If you do this yourself, here's the Averoigne list I followed (from Wikipedia):

Bibliography - Smith based the following stories in the Averoigne setting:

"The End of the Story", by Clark Ashton Smith (Weird Tales, Popular Fiction Publishing Co., May 1930)
"A Rendezvous in Averoigne", by Clark Ashton Smith (Weird Tales, Popular Fiction Publishing Co., April/May 1931)
"The Maker of Gargoyles" (synopsis), by Clark Ashton Smith (Weird Tales, Popular Fiction Publishing Co., August 1932)
"The Mandrakes", by Clark Ashton Smith (Weird Tales, Popular Fiction Publishing Co., February 1933)
"The Beast of Averoigne" (originally published version), by Clark Ashton Smith (Weird Tales, Popular Fiction Publishing Co., May 1933)
"The Holiness of Azédarac", by Clark Ashton Smith (Weird Tales, Popular Fiction Publishing Co., November 1933)
"The Colossus of Ylourgne", by Clark Ashton Smith (Weird Tales, Popular Fiction Publishing Co., June 1934)
"The Disinterment of Venus" (synopsis), by Clark Ashton Smith (Weird Tales, Popular Fiction Publishing Co., July 1934)
"Mother of Toads" (originally published version), by Clark Ashton Smith (Weird Tales, Popular Fiction Publishing Co., July 1938)
"The Enchantress of Sylaire", by Clark Ashton Smith (Weird Tales, Weird Tales, July 1941)
"The Satyr" (alternate ending), by Clark Ashton Smith (Genius Loci, Arkham House, 1948) – Originally written in 1931.
"Averoigne" (poetry), by Clark Ashton Smith (Challenge, Spring 1951)

Fragments - A number of other Averoigne stories exist in outline form, uncompleted at the time of Smith's death. These include:

"The Gargoyle of Vyones"
"The Sorceress of Averoigne/The Tower of Istarelle"
"Queen of the Sabbat"
"The Doom of Azédarac"
"The Oracle of Sadoqua"
"The Werewolf of Averoigne"

Perhaps one day Barnes and Noble will add Mr. Smith to their Collectible Editions line-up. The complete HPL and John Carter versions they did are great... and they're only $20 (less if you have a coupon or order on line).

[kenmeister]

My problem with all-in-one hardbacks is that I never end up bringing them on my daily commute, so they don't get read.

[Starbeard]

May 24, 2017 8:54:10 GMT -6 kenmeister said:

My problem with all-in-one hardbacks is that I never end up bringing them on my daily commute, so they don't get read.

I pine for the days when many-in-one boxed sets were still all the rage.

I remain woefully under read in C.A. Smith, but I've started making up for it during the commute today at the Eldritch site.

[kenmeister]

May 24, 2017 9:58:21 GMT -6 Starbeard said:

May 24, 2017 8:54:10 GMT -6 kenmeister said:

My problem with all-in-one hardbacks is that I never end up bringing them on my daily commute, so they don't get read.

I pine for the days when many-in-one boxed sets were still all the rage.

I remain woefully under read in C.A. Smith, but I've started making up for it during the commute today at the Eldritch site.

In the past year I read Genus Loci and I have to say I loved it. I actually liked the fact that it didn't focus on Averoigne, but rather had a good selection of weird fiction, science fiction, and fantasy all jumbled together.