Robert W. Chambers (2) (1865–1933)
Author of The King in Yellow
For other authors named Robert W. Chambers, see the disambiguation page.
Robert W. Chambers (2) has been aliased into Robert William Chambers.
About the Author
Image credit: Robert W. Chambers, 1903 [published by L.C. Page and Company, Boston; grabbed from Wikipedia]
Series
Works by Robert W. Chambers
Works have been aliased into Robert William Chambers.
The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. (1912) 12 copies
The rake and the hussy 4 copies
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Robert W. Chambers: Volume 1-Including One Novel 'The Slayer of… (2010) 4 copies
The Restless Sex 4 copies
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Robert W. Chambers: Volume 4-Including One Novel 'The Hidden… (2010) 3 copies
The King in Yellow and Other Horrors: The Best Weird Fiction & Ghost Stories of Robert W. Chambers, Annotated &… (2016) 2 copies
The gold chase 2 copies
Japonette (1912). By: Robert W. Chambers, illustrated By: Charles Dana Gibson: Novel (illustrated) (2016) 2 copies
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Robert W. Chambers: Volume 2-Including Two Novels 'The Search of… (2010) 2 copies
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Robert W. Chambers: Volume 3-Including One Novel 'The Tracer of… (2010) 2 copies
The King in Yellow By Robert W. Chambers 'The Annotated Classic Edition' Horror, Supernatural Fiction Stories (2020) 1 copy
Alla corte del drago 1 copy
Carcosa 1 copy
Strange Visions 1 copy
W Mroku I Strachu 1 copy
Dark Chambers 1 copy
Anne's Bridge 1 copy
Whatever love is 1 copy
The fifth horseman 1 copy
Smoke of battle 1 copy
The young man's girl 1 copy
Complete Works of Robert W. Chambers "American Artist and Fiction Writer"! 44 Complete Works (King in Yellow, Mystery… (2015) 1 copy
The Cambric Mask 1 copy
Associated Works
Works have been aliased into Robert William Chambers.
The Weiser Book of Horror and the Occult: Hidden Magic, Occult Truths, and the Stories That Started It All (2014) — Contributor — 37 copies
The Necronomicon: Tales of Eldritch Horror from the Masters of the Genre (2021) — Contributor — 18 copies
The Dead Valley And Others H.P. Lovecraft's Favorite Horror Stories Volume 2 (2016) — Contributor — 15 copies
Penny Dreadful Multipack Volume 7 – The Americans: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, Mosses… (2015) — Contributor — 7 copies
Kings of Horror — Author — 5 copies
Weird Tales Volume 12 Number 2, August 1928 — Contributor — 3 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Chambers, Robert W.
- Legal name
- Chambers, Robert William
- Birthdate
- 1865-05-26
- Date of death
- 1933-12-16
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Place of death
- New York, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
Broadalbin, New York, USA - Education
- Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
Art Students' League
École des Beaux-Arts
Académie Julian - Occupations
- artist
writer
novelist
short story writer - Relationships
- Chambers, Robert E. S. (son)
- Short biography
- Robert W. Chambers begann seine Karriere als Maler. Der Amerikaner reiste nach Paris, um dort Kunst zu studieren, und brachte es 1889 sogar zu einer Ausstellung. Aber sein eigentlicher Ruhm begann erst nach seiner Rückkehr nach Amerika. Zunächst arbeitete er als Illustrator für Magazine und Zeitschriften, schrieb dann aber bald auch selber Geschichten. 1895 erschien THE KING IN YELLOW. Das Buch wurde zu einem Bestseller und erlaubte Chambers sich ganz auf das Schreiben zu verlegen. In den darauffolgenden Jahren folgte eine Vielzahl von Romanen und Erzählungen, meist unheimlich-phantastischer Art. Später verlegte Chambers sich auf historische und Gesellschaftsromane, die zu seinen Lebzeiten viel Leser fanden, heute jedoch vergessen sind. In Erinnerung blieb sein KING IN YELLOW, in dessen lose miteinander verknüpften Geschichten ein Buch mit dem Titel "Der König in Gelb" den Protagonisten Tod und Wahnsinn bringt. H. P. Lovecraft lieh sich die Idee später für sein legendäres "Necronomicon" aus und bedankte sich, indem er in vielen seiner Geschichten Referenzen an Chambers einbaute. Die Geschichten um den "König in Gelb" gelten als Klassiker der amerikanischen Phantastik. (aus "Der gelbe Tod")
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Discussions
Reading Group #14 ('The Repairer of Reputations') in Gothic Literature (February 2020)
THE DEEP ONES: "The Repairer of Reputations" by Robert W. Chambers in The Weird Tradition (April 2019)
THE KING IN YELLOW Discussion Thread in TBR Challenge (October 2016)
Robert W Chambers in The Chapel of the Abyss (May 2013)
THE DEEP ONES: "The Yellow Sign" by Robert Chambers in The Weird Tradition (February 2012)
I just bought The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce in Thing(amabrarian)s That Go Bump in the Night (January 2012)
Reviews
A classic of weird and horror fiction. I really enjoyed this edition that was clean and had more info about the author and explantions of the work from the people who published it. I guess there are lots of editions. I read the one from Horror Writers Association by Sourcebooks with book introduction by Nic Pizzolatto.
The Yellow Sign ***
The Repairer of Reputations *****
The Demoiselle d'Ys ***
The Mask ***
In the Court of the Dragon ****
The Maker of Moons **
A Pleasant Evening **
The Messenger **
The Key to Grief **
The Harbor-Master *
In Quest of the Dingue *
Is the Ux Extinct? *
The Repairer of Reputations *****
The Demoiselle d'Ys ***
The Mask ***
In the Court of the Dragon ****
The Maker of Moons **
A Pleasant Evening **
The Messenger **
The Key to Grief **
The Harbor-Master *
In Quest of the Dingue *
Is the Ux Extinct? *
I've heard Chambers described as "hysterical romanticism," and it's an accurate phrase for a couple of reasons. First it's implied periodization makes sense; Chambers' fiction fits neatly in between that of the nineteenth century romantics and twentieth century pulp, whose writers like Lovecraft or Howard cited Chambers as an influence. The phrase is also applicable to his writing. His stories deal with the idea that you can feel emotions so powerfully or that art can affect you so profoundly that it influences reality.
Only about half of the short stories in this collection are horror, there's also handful of poems, a short medieval time travel story, and vignettes about young artists in Paris. The connecting line between them, other than the play that drives everyone insane, is this overwrought emotionality. It's sometimes just too much. Lovecraft bolstered his hysterical romanticism by tying it with his own bleak neuroses and the uncompromising enormity of science. Howard created a character who delightfully spits in the face of hysteria. Without these tricks Chambers' prose comes across as a little silly.
I'll end on some positives. The Repairer of Reputations is the best of these, the only story where Chambers isn't afraid to develop a frightening and bizarre premise. Also the little snippets of the play The King in Yellow that we get are wonderfully creepy.… (more)
Only about half of the short stories in this collection are horror, there's also handful of poems, a short medieval time travel story, and vignettes about young artists in Paris. The connecting line between them, other than the play that drives everyone insane, is this overwrought emotionality. It's sometimes just too much. Lovecraft bolstered his hysterical romanticism by tying it with his own bleak neuroses and the uncompromising enormity of science. Howard created a character who delightfully spits in the face of hysteria. Without these tricks Chambers' prose comes across as a little silly.
I'll end on some positives. The Repairer of Reputations is the best of these, the only story where Chambers isn't afraid to develop a frightening and bizarre premise. Also the little snippets of the play The King in Yellow that we get are wonderfully creepy.… (more)
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I have to admit I did not read the original novel and came across character's name in W40K novel and a story arc called Providence based on Lovecraft's works. While former is set to the far future where terrors unlike those from Lovecraft mythos roam the space and prey on Humanity, latter aimed only at the pure shock, nothing else, they had this mysterious creature as a common element - King in Yellow, destroying the minds of man and condemning them to terror and lunacy. So imagine my surprise when I found out that King in Yellow was a book on itself.
Art is excellent (as seems to be the trademark of Cullbard's books) and it depicts in very interesting way psychological state of the characters and ever present, almost palpable, doom and mystery of this horrific book that destroys the mind of anyone who reads it.
Highly recommended to all fans of horror.… (more)