5 min
Excerpt from the "Illustrations of Thiago" (1949) Charnel Bells
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- Science fiction
Keen-eared listeners will note that Van Guarrault refers to the show as "The Black Catacomb", not just his studio. This may have been recorded before Guarrault had settled on a name for the show, or it may imply that he had other shows on the drawing board. It is something of a forbidden fruit, too, to hear a segment from his "Illustrations" translation. In 1951 Hoover's FBI raided the Golden Goblin Press offices on the pretext of "printing literature detrimental to the moral sanctity of America". Nearly the entire print run of Guarrault's "Illustrations" was confiscated and destroyed, along with the works of Justin Geoffrey, Fletcher Grey and Hassan bin Zaiid. Ah, the McCarthy years...
Keen-eared listeners will note that Van Guarrault refers to the show as "The Black Catacomb", not just his studio. This may have been recorded before Guarrault had settled on a name for the show, or it may imply that he had other shows on the drawing board. It is something of a forbidden fruit, too, to hear a segment from his "Illustrations" translation. In 1951 Hoover's FBI raided the Golden Goblin Press offices on the pretext of "printing literature detrimental to the moral sanctity of America". Nearly the entire print run of Guarrault's "Illustrations" was confiscated and destroyed, along with the works of Justin Geoffrey, Fletcher Grey and Hassan bin Zaiid. Ah, the McCarthy years...
5 min