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Amphigorey Too
by
Edward Gorey
15 works of unnerving nonsense, first published between 1953 and 1965, collected in one place--a follow-up volume to Amphigorey
Library Binding, 0 pages
Published
May 28th 1980
by Turtleback Books
(first published 1975)
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Amphigorey Too is the second collection of Edward Gorey graphic novel shorts. It includes 20 stories. While I didn’t enjoy Amphigorey Too as much as Amphigorey (the first collection), it did have some memorable stories in it. I’m going to focus my review on those four that I liked best.
The Evil Garden
How elegant! how choice! how gay!
To think one doesn’t have to pay.
In The Evil Garden, a family visits a free garden where each of them slowly meet a horrific fate,...more
The Evil Garden
How elegant! how choice! how gay!
To think one doesn’t have to pay.
In The Evil Garden, a family visits a free garden where each of them slowly meet a horrific fate,...more
Somehow, while I've been aware of Edward Gorey for years, I've never been much bothered to sit down and read some of his work. And, having finally had the chance, I'm glad that I have.
In all honestly, not all of his work really grabs me, but the stuff that does grab me is pretty amazing. His dark tales of evil infants, turtle-necked youth and fur coat-clad business men are wicked and witty, and appeals to my recently infatuation with Edwardian aesthetics. I'm not sure how this volum...more
In all honestly, not all of his work really grabs me, but the stuff that does grab me is pretty amazing. His dark tales of evil infants, turtle-necked youth and fur coat-clad business men are wicked and witty, and appeals to my recently infatuation with Edwardian aesthetics. I'm not sure how this volum...more
Less satisfying than its predecessor, this collection of 20 (mostly) grim tales still manages to entertain. Gorey's drawings are less complex in this volume and the stories slightly less clever, but they are carried along delightfully by his love of language (and apparent dislike for children). Recommended for Gorey completists.
some really weird and wonderful stuff. found this book for $9 at the strand - hurrah!!
from "the beastly baby": Dangerous objects were left about in the hope that it would do itself an injury, preferably fatal.
But it never did, and instead, hacked up the carpets with knives."
from "the beastly baby": Dangerous objects were left about in the hope that it would do itself an injury, preferably fatal.
But it never did, and instead, hacked up the carpets with knives."
My parents gave this and Amphigorey to my dorm as a "hostess" gift when they came for Parent's Weekend. When the dorm converted back to a regular dorm, I inherited both.
Jessica
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Edward Gorey's work is one of those rare things that consistently renews my faith in the awesome potential of human creativity.
Is that corny enough of a review for ya? Yeah, I know it sounds really gross, but it's true. Looking at his pictures makes me want to try harder to resuscitate the numbed 98% of my brain I never use for anything at all. Edward Gorey made all this stuff, and he's a human being just like me! Or maybe he isn't. Maybe he's some weird spidery creature with dark f...more
Is that corny enough of a review for ya? Yeah, I know it sounds really gross, but it's true. Looking at his pictures makes me want to try harder to resuscitate the numbed 98% of my brain I never use for anything at all. Edward Gorey made all this stuff, and he's a human being just like me! Or maybe he isn't. Maybe he's some weird spidery creature with dark f...more
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Perfect, as always. Personal highlights were The Inanimate Tragedy and The Osbrick Bird. So quirky, so funny.
My favorite illustrator. Essential to won if you're a Gorey fan!
Splendid. Too bad there are only four of these anthologies. I want forty.
Also amazing. Almost as Amazing as Amphigorey Also.
Edward Gorey's dark and tragic Edwardian characters, his absurdities and evil abecedarians never fail to lift my spirits.
Amphigorey Too by Edward Gorey (1980)
The Beastly Baby by Ogdred Weary, The Pious Infant by Mrs. Regera Dowdy, The Evil Garden by Eduard Blutig, The Eleventh Episode by Raddory Gewe, and then my personal favorite, The Inanimate Tragedy by Edward Gorey himself. In reading his stories of pure genius, part of my mind questions if I am even worthy of my keyboard, while the other cries to write.
Stephen King recommended book. Noted as "important to the genre we have been discussing" from Danse Macabre, published in 1981.
Gorey's victorian black and white style is the shit. Surreal, frightening, hilarious just awesome. I have the PBS mystery theatre intro which is a short animation he did forever burned in my memory it's just awesome.
Needleroozer
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I found a bunch of books by Edward Gorey where I was staying and gorged myself on them one afternoon. I read Amphigorey, Amphigorey Too, and Amphigorey Also all in one sitting.
Gorey's brilliance cannot be explained, follow this link to read "The Gashlycrumb Tinies" and have your mind blown apart.
I love me some Edward Gorey, and I read this one twice through. I find myself going too fast sometimes and not slowing down to appreciate the images.
My favorites were The Evil Garden, The Gilded Bat, The Iron Tonic, the first version of the Chinese Obelisks, and Leaves from a Mislaid Album.
I really love Edward Gorey's illustrations, and quirky nonsensical stories.
Edward Gorey, the grand daddy of mysterious illustrated fiction...
Edward Gorey is the most charmingly morbid artist ever. I love him.
Gorey is so much fun, we needed another anthology.
I can't believe that Edward Gorey is not a pseudonym.
none of these umbrellas will do!
Maybe better than the first one.
it never gets old...
Mine is hardcover...
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Born in Chicago, Gorey came from a colorful family; his parents, Helen Dunham Garvey and Edward Lee Gorey, divorced in 1936 when he was 11, then remarried in 1952 when he was 27. One of his step-mothers was Corinna Mura, a cabaret singer who had a brief role in the classic film Casablanca. His father was briefly a journalist. Gorey's maternal great-grandmother, Helen St. John Garvey, was a popular...more
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