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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best Christmas story since the original,
This review is from: Roads (Textbook Binding)
_Roads_ is the best Christmas story since the original one. Had I been the first reviewer, I would have only given clues toward the ending, where Klaus the Barbarian becomes Claus the good, because it is meant as a surprise ending. But this is a book I wish I could read in a church Christmas festival to show doubters how "Santa" - St Nicholas, who even if he wasn't real, should have been - is a symbol of Christ, and good; loving, giving and caring, not an anagram of "Satan".Even if you cannot afford the Arkham edition, it was republished in a paperback collection of the _Best of Weird Tales_, and may be again someday. This story deserves the same kind of wide renown and affection as Richard Paul Evans' _The Christmas Box_ and O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi". Rankin-Bass's animation is cute, but this is the kind of fiction that ought to be true.... Santa SHOULD be real, and this SHOULD be his story.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
the best christmas story since dickens's "carol",
By A Customer
This review is from: Roads (Textbook Binding)
I first met Seabury Quinn through "Weird Tales" in the early 1930s and was lucky enough to meet and to know both him and his wife when I was stationed at the Pentagon during the Korean War. We stayed in touch and every year or so we got together at his apartment near Dupont Circle or in downtown Washington for drinks, good food and great conversation. I valued his friendship. We were both in the intelligence business, Seabury with the Air Force and I with the Army. I was saddened when the hostess at the Dupont Plaza where we often met for dinner called to tell me of my friend's death. I cherish his memory as I do the signed copy of "Roads" he gave my mother for Christmas when it was published. Many Christmas eves have come and gone since I first opened "Roads' and savored the tale and its completely fresh look at an old and well loved Yuletide legend. Dickens set the scene and Seabury Quinn came along to tell a story with a cast of characters to touch hearts young and old. Ebenezer Scrooge shows how we can keep Christmas well. Klaus, the man from the Northland who once saw a child in Egypt and years later watched the death of a mon on a hill called Golgotha shows why we keep it in our hearts today. From Amahl and his Night Visitors to that Other Wise Man the simple yet powerful story of "Roads" has already taken its place up there with the best.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A facsimile reproduction of the 1948 first edition,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Roads (Hardcover)
Roads is a facsimile reproduction of the 1948 first edition, Roads is a fantasy novel by pulp fiction pioneer Seabury Quinn. First published in the January 1938 issue of "Weird Tales", Roads is an "adult Christmas story" that offers a daring re-interpretation of the legend and tradition of Santa Claus, drawn heavily from the inspiration of original Christian legends. Renowned fantasy artist Virgil Finlay illustrated the 1948 edition, in this gorgeous reproduction that is the next best thing to owning the original. "Roads" comes packaged in a stiff cardboard box, and retains its classic and timeless charm, as well as a sense of wonder and imagination to look beyond boundaries. Highly recommended.
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