The Cormorant - Stephen Gregory BOOK REVIEW

[@Whiteoak1330]

In John Milton's Paradise Lost, Satan took the form of a cormorant while spying on adam and eve when he entered the garden of eden. Scary bird.

[@BetterThanFoodBookReviews]

You’re kidding me - I did not remember that. Haven’t read it in over a decade. I’m mentioning that very scene briefly in the latest Paglia review on Patreon, as she was discussing it having been influenced by Spenser’s “The Faerie Queene”. Wish I would’ve caught that in time, thank you very much.

[@cecethompson914]

One of the best book tubers on KZbin!

[@BetterThanFoodBookReviews]

Thank you very much

[@pelodelperro]

THE best.

[@AlienBigCat23]

Oh you think so, huh? (Myself too)

[@gretamarin234]

He reads the best books so yeah, he is!

[@joshuajames2181]

Just finished The Cormorant. Thanks so much for the brilliant recommendation. I had to check this one out, being from Snowdonia myself. The vivid descriptions of the oppressive weather and landscapes were so beautifully written. All the descriptions in the book, from the cosy cottage to the repulsive bird, are all so vivid and tactile. Great read! Thanks Cliff

[@samhaleyeah]

"Corvus" is also Latin for "raven" or "crow", and was a boarding device the Roman Republic deployed in the First Punic War. (To great effect.) The device was a sort of beak at the end of a boarding plank that punched into and held a rival galley in place, thereby allowing Rome to leverage its superior heavy infantry at sea.

[@AlienBigCat23]

@@samhaleyeah & Corvidae is the family name for crows & ravens.. (Why not have a listen to Corvidae Cabal on Crionic Mind @ bandcamp?)

[@emilioamaro2790]

Was interested in finding a horror book with Fall approaching, and I come across this video. Thank you!

[@filmdirectingclass6959]

I was privileged to direct the film of this novel and to know Stephen, whom we sadly lost last December.

[@BetterThanFoodBookReviews]

Woah! Thanks for stopping by Peter, I'd love to see your adaptation some time, do you know where we can find it? Looks mysterious, great casting choice with Ralph Fiennes. Yes it's a tragic loss - Rest in Peace Stephen Gregory.

[@filmdirectingclass6959]

@@BetterThanFoodBookReviews It used to be on KZbin but no longer, it seems. I have it on archaic tape formats so should see if I can get it transferred to something current. Stephen appears in it briefly. So saddened by his loss. He was kindness personified. I worked with Ralph Fiennes again on The English Patient, on which I directed 2nd Unit. I like to think that I have in some modest way passed on something of Stephen’s penchant for distinctive, unsettling horror. My former student Ari Aster has put his own singular vision up on the screen with Hereditary and Midsommar.

[@BetterThanFoodBookReviews]

​@@filmdirectingclass6959 Nice!! Well Aster's work is certainly a testament to your successful tutelage, and job well done. I thought "Beau is Afraid" was oustanding as well. Would love to see your adaptation should you ever get a chance to transfer it, if so please do let me know! My email is [e-mail] Wishing you the best

[@filmdirectingclass6959]

@@BetterThanFoodBookReviews Loved Beau,, yes! And he's something new in post production for us!

[@BetterThanFoodBookReviews]

@@filmdirectingclass6959 Terrific, looking forward to it!

[@Liisa3139]

This is becoming my "what not to read" warning channel as I don't like horror. But I still like to listen to reviews.

[@timkjazz]

Read this book about 20 years ago, loved it, a superb short horror novel. Cliff always picks that rare gem that should be more well known. Excellent choice, excellent choice.

[@RasmusKarlJensen]

You’ve pointed me in the direction of a lot of good novels, from His Name was Death to Leaving Las Vegas. This book sounds great, too. I’ll check it out!

[@NullSet-e2h]

Much love to Stephen's family, he was always an absolute gentleman.

[@anthero8396]

Big fan of your videos ❤ From Wales. I'll definitely check this one out.

[@alexmacdonald9182]

the hooks to these videos are 🔥

[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

Have you reviewed The Bell Jar? I can't find the video, and I'd love to hear your thoughts on Sylvia Plath's poetic prose.

[@little1wing]

@@TheLinguistsLibrary What brutally painful words she crafted

[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

@@little1wing Her gilded pen cuts through the soul like it's ripe peach. Brutal indeed

[@Yatukih_001]

All Satan did was he wanted to know what its like to see the most beautiful colours in the world so he changed into a cormorant and everybody has to go mad over it? Thanks for your video man!! Excellent narration! Best wishes to you from Iceland!!

[@kuningaskolassas4720]

Video starts at 1:01

[@leom9729]

Video starts at 0:01

[@little1wing]

Love your beautiful reading voice! These authors were sick with artistry!

[@BetterThanFoodBookReviews]

Thank you very much!

[@robertopena6621]

Im here because of the duck photo, really cool duck. I like his vibe

[@shoresofpatmos]

Thanks for the recommendation!!

[@danielprice6387]

If you liked this, I think you'd love "The Hill of Dreams" by Arthur Machen (also a Welshman)

[@KDbooks]

Did someone say… Welsh?

[@antherthalmhersser7239]

Wonton violence was the name of my power violence band

[@gusinfante]

Have you come across 'Pestilence' by Wiliam Owen Roberts? (Also Welsh; original title in Welsh 'Y Pla') Quite something too!

[@AlienBigCat23]

More than interesting. Thanks, Clifford 👌 you (thankfully) bizarre literary freak

[@knl654]

man i love your review of horror books, keep up the work. is the a horror book someone can recommend that is filled with dread and with eerie atmosphere, I am tired of vampire and monsters and disgust kind of thing, no stephen king books please, need something unknown and dark and that will make me sleep with light on.

[@muhammadsamiul7182]

Will you review Marjan Kamalis' books?

[@TheJoaquinzim]

Hey, new subscriber here. I suggest you review a Portuguese novelist named António Lobo Antunes. He is translated and published in the USA. I suggest "What Can I Do When Everything´s On Fire". Very Faulknerian, influenced by Conrad, Céline, Tchekhov.

[@astralflight6151]

You should read and review Raymond Radiguets “Devil in the Flesh.” Not sure how else to get a message to you. I have been watching your show for years, I know for certain you will love it. And if you’ve not read or reviewed Paris Spleen, I am certain you will also love that. I think it’s Baudelaire at his best

[@NoSoulNoToll]

Hi, how can I send a book to you?

[@BetterThanFoodBookReviews]

Hi there, thanks very much for your kind offer. Please shoot me an email at [e-mail] - Thanks!

[@dpflower_08]

I also create my own KZbin channel inspired by you. Anyway, this vid is amazingg 💓🌷

[@Liisa3139]

This bird is an environmental pain in the archipelago of the Baltic Sea. Their colonies are a total destruction of trees and other vegetation on the little rocky islands they like for nesting. As their habitat deteriorates they have started to spread to the mainland, inland even. If you have a property on the coast near cormorant colonies, you will be deeply worried. It is a returning species in the Baltic Sea region. It vanished by the early 1900s because of hunting and has been coming back since the 1980s. The excrement of the bird is what kills trees, causes smell that spreads with the wind and overall makes their environment damaged for people, but also for other birds and animals. I wish somebody wrote a story like this about a dog.

[@dumoulin11]

I think people project maybe a little too much onto animals. I can understand in the case of cormorants though, with their black oily plumage and their mean looking eyes, but to be honest they aren't particularly intelligent. Dumb as posts when compared to a raven.

[@KarlaEmmerson]

Immediate dislike. Projecting any vile attribute rooted in human nature onto an animal is an immediate no

[@rvt_h3d]

@@KarlaEmmerson cringe

[@smogre5143]

Have you read Infinite Jest? I'm almost done it and I'd love your style of review on it

[@bobcabot]

...bad hair-day?!

[@ludwig327]

First! First I say!

[@danweber395]

I'm 2nd. Yay!

[@KarlaEmmerson]

Sorry will be unsubscribing for dissing an animal 😢

[@rvt_h3d]

you wont be missed