[books 2013] HP Lovecraft
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inulro7. HP Lovecraft Omnibus 1: At the Mountains of Madness and other Novels of Terror
Consisting of Lovecraft's novel-ish length works - At the Mountains of Madness, The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, The Dreams in the Witch-House, and The Dream-quest of Unknown Kadath, with the rest of the Randolph Carter stores thrown in.
I've been making my way through this slowly for months as part of my periodic ongoing re-reading of Lovecraft.
The first three were much better than I remembered. When I don't read Lovecraft for a while, I forget what he's realy about and get the stereotypical "nameless horror" image in my head and think that the stories don't actually go anywhere. This is wrong.
I've never been able to finish The Dream-quest of Unknown Kadath before. And now I have. I see what he's doing there, but it still doesn't work for me. The same goes for the "silver key" stories, but the very short "Statement of Randolph Carter" is a gem.
January reading
7 books, 2 non-fiction. No matter how hard I try, I don't seem to be able to move that ratio. 2 library books, one borrowed from a friend, so 4 from the pile!
Consisting of Lovecraft's novel-ish length works - At the Mountains of Madness, The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, The Dreams in the Witch-House, and The Dream-quest of Unknown Kadath, with the rest of the Randolph Carter stores thrown in.
I've been making my way through this slowly for months as part of my periodic ongoing re-reading of Lovecraft.
The first three were much better than I remembered. When I don't read Lovecraft for a while, I forget what he's realy about and get the stereotypical "nameless horror" image in my head and think that the stories don't actually go anywhere. This is wrong.
I've never been able to finish The Dream-quest of Unknown Kadath before. And now I have. I see what he's doing there, but it still doesn't work for me. The same goes for the "silver key" stories, but the very short "Statement of Randolph Carter" is a gem.
January reading
7 books, 2 non-fiction. No matter how hard I try, I don't seem to be able to move that ratio. 2 library books, one borrowed from a friend, so 4 from the pile!
