Hi,

Several days ago I came across Jean Ray, a name I had never heard of before. After reading several of his stories I must say he is a marvelous writer, chiefly "The Shadowy Street" is great. I enjoyed his tales so much I bought his novel "Malterpuis" today so I am looking forward to read it. What do you think of him?



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Ray's work is incredibly uneven, and friends who have read him in French claim that even his best stories have clumsy passages in the original language. I like several of his stories, notably "The Shadowy Street", "The Mainz Psalter", "The Last Traveller", "The Inn of Specters", and MALPERTUIS.

I just finished reading "Malpertuis" and yes, you are right, Jean Ray is sometimes uneven. The book is very confused, almost chaotic here and there; a long tedious passage about nothing is followed by a sentence reading of which makes you split your sides with laughter only for you to get to a column that makes a huge impression on the reader´s imagination. Now I have been able to get five or six stories he published under the nickname John Flanders in Weird Tales so I am curious what they will be like.

A new collection of short stories by Jean Ray is going to be published in Jaunary 2019.

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Thanks!

This will be a new author to look forward to reading in the new year.

--Sawfish

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Do any of Rey's stories feature unusual creatures or beings?