Welcome to the Tour de Lovecraft: The Tales. This book is pretty much what that title conveys, a tour through all fifty-one of H.P. Lovecraft's mat...
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Dec 08, 2009
Henrik
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Many good ideas and interesting observations. Unfortunately, only rarely did they extend beyond the sketchy, blunt opinion and idea into actual arguments. That's a real shame, because that subtracts from Hite's (often) non-Joshi stance. This simply remains too amateurish, and not at all even the least scholarly.
That said, it was entertaining, an easy read, and Hite had very good points now and then (like why the witch in "The Dreams in the Witch-House" is afraid of a cross, More...
That said, it was entertaining, an easy read, and Hite had very good points now and then (like why the witch in "The Dreams in the Witch-House" is afraid of a cross, More...
Dec 09, 2008
Bill
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(Originally posted on www.flamesrising.com)
Howard Phillips Lovecraft is one of the few authors of the horror genre who has been dissected rather thoroughly (Edgar Allen Poe being another). Kenneth Hite, who’s made much of his living as both a critic and a Lovecraft enthusiast, has a few things to say on the subject, and they make for very interesting reading. Tour de Lovecraft — the Tales is an engaging breakdown of all 51 of Lovecraft’s mature prose fiction, from 1917’s The Tomb to More...
Howard Phillips Lovecraft is one of the few authors of the horror genre who has been dissected rather thoroughly (Edgar Allen Poe being another). Kenneth Hite, who’s made much of his living as both a critic and a Lovecraft enthusiast, has a few things to say on the subject, and they make for very interesting reading. Tour de Lovecraft — the Tales is an engaging breakdown of all 51 of Lovecraft’s mature prose fiction, from 1917’s The Tomb to More...
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Feb 14, 2010
Peter
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It is a very opinionated and moderately idiosyncratic commentary on Lovecraft's fiction. It avoids most of his collaborations ("Under the Pyramids/Imprisoned with the Pharaohs" and ""Through the Gates of the Silver Key" are the exceptions, and I am not sure whether the former even counts as a collaboration), and focuses on giving a sold sense of the author's reactions to the story, leavened with a bit of history and a glimpse at other critical reactions. There are not pl
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Sep 07, 2010
Ruth
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This book was great for picking up trivia and connections between Lovecraft's stories. It's nice to have on hand as you're reading through Lovecraft (especially in a systematic fashion) and/or listening to the H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast (where I first learned about it).
I gave it 4 stars for being interesting and illuminating. That said, it's not very thorough. These are Hite's observations and bits of information he's dug up, it's not meant to be an annotation and it certainly i More...
I gave it 4 stars for being interesting and illuminating. That said, it's not very thorough. These are Hite's observations and bits of information he's dug up, it's not meant to be an annotation and it certainly i More...
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Mar 12, 2010
Kit
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What have I learned? That it's been too long since I read some Lovecraft. More systematic and rooted in broader knowledge, yet less compellingly written than Houllebecq's study.
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