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A very effective little monster tale by Conan Doyle.Related content
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Why does everyone think of that monster as some giant blind albino bear? Not a criticism, that's how I 'saw' it, but as I recall it never gets visually described in the story.
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I think the narrator at one point speculates that it could be a mutant offshoot from the cave bear. So I gave it a similar look.
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I'll have to re-read it to find that. Thanks for the reminder.
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Did I never comment on this one?Β Great!Β Especially with the bear's great, round, white sightless eyes.
I was in the public library at Stillwater, Oklahoma -- I lived there in order to go to Oklahoma State U. -- and idly picked up a book called "Tales of Terror and Mystery."Β I knew Doyle had written Sherlock Holmes and The Lost World, but "Blue John Gap," "Lot no. 247," and "Horror of the Heights" caught me napping.
That was in 1977.Β Meanwhile, I can't remember what I had for lunch yesterday.
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Glad you like my interpretation of the beastie
Yes, Doyle wrote some scary stuff too. i think all of the above cited short stories are great.
And memory is what it is. It hangs on to the things that made an impression; that's all
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I've read this story, too; and I'd say this is a goo representation that super cave bear Doyle imagined. Β
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Thanks! I read this story in an anthology as a kid, and it's stuck with me. I think it's a pretty cool monster.
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I believe there's an actual prehistoric bear that would fit Doyle's vision pretty well. Dubbed the "god bear," it roamed the northern regions thousands of years ago. It was big as a horse and might have impeded human migration from Siberia to North America.
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I jusr read the tale a couple of hour ago... Nice work!
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Thanks! It's a pretty perfect monster tale
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This is brilliant! I have this as an audio drama and it's proper scary. Great work with the scene.
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Thanks! I think I've heard that drama too. I do have an excellent audio book version of the story.
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Hm, mine's a version from a German audio drama label but extremely well done. They made a very good cover art too but I definitely prefer yours.
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I really fell in love with your work. Terrific designs and very creative, plus you really go out all the way with your themes and your references to classic novels and movies (or trash movies) *laugh* I found you by a Facebook share of your image of Romana I during "Androids of Tara" (big fan)
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That is very nice cover art. Looks like an old RPG module!Β
Thanks for your kind words about my work. I do this art to relax and have a bit of fun. Every piece is a sort of contemplation on the subject, and I focus on what I like about the film or story I'm making an image of.
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Thank god wikipedia lol. I always have to find myself to look up the subjects of which you have done illustrations for.
It sounds like a pretty good story. Pretty much in the same vain as Lost World was......at least the end of the story with the dino egg and trying to convince people of their wild adventures.
I love the perspective on this thing a lot. Reminds me a lot of the old EC comic covers you might see in the 60's and 70's. That or the old Scifi magazine covers.
Pretty good work
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It's a short, quick read -a robust and simple (in a good way) monster story. It does hint on something Doyle didn't expand on, as far as I know; the prehistoric hollow Earth tale. Though other authors sure explored that venue more than once.
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I have a very good audiobook version of this story, if you'd like to listen to it instead of reading it.
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I think this story is part of an anthology somewhere on my Kindle.
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GUH!
Thank you for introducing me to a number of these old horror stories; just in time for Halloween!
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THIS IS EPIC..... My favorite Conan Doyle story!!!!!
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Great illustration! Heard a lot about the story.
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My all-time FAVORITE!!!!!!!!!!
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Out of every horror story you've read?
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Out of every story by Arthur Conan Doyle--yes, including the Sherlock Holmes stories!!!Β "Blue John Gap" is his masterpiece...I even had a dream once inspired by it!
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Ooh, what kind of dream?
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It was about thirty years ago, yet I still recall it vividly: It was night, and I glanced out a window and a squirrel jumped onto the screen, as if it desperately wanted to come inside!Β I got the feeling that packs of strange and terrible beasts were roaming out there, frightening the other wildlife--so I started going upstairs to the front door, when it burst open and a parade of Ice Age mammals started lumbering into the house and up the stairs, singing their names in a mournful chant:
Β "O, Megatherium, O, Eohippus..."
I shouted, "I thought you were extinct!Β Where have you been all this time?"--and they chanted:
"In the caves, in the caves..."
Coolest dream ever.
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