false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170507667m/58374.jpg 58374 12 <div>In this prescient work, Michel Houellebecq focuses his considerable analytical skills on H. P. Lovecraft, the seminal, enigmatic horror writer of the early 20th century. Houellebecq&#8217;s insights into the craft of writing illuminate both Lovecraft and Houellebecq&#8217;s own work. The two are kindred spirits, sharing a uniquely dark worldview. But even as he outlines Lovecraft&#8217;s rejection of this loathsome world, it is Houellebecq&#8217;s adulation for the author that drives this work and makes it a love song, infusing the writing with an energy and passion not seen in Houellebecq&#8217;s novels to date. This book is indispensable reading for anyone interested in Lovecraft, Houellebecq, or the past and future of horror.</div> 3196799 1991 H. P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life total:226|5:62|4:77|3:71|2:14|1:2| 226 861 377 26 5 2 false false Thu Jul 26 14:04:49 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 07 14:54:51 -0700 2009
Update: A great remix of the Mountain Goats' "Lovecraft in Brooklyn" : http://youtube.com/watch?v=PvkMEoqmbBA]]> 5 1 false false Thu May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 17:14:58 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 09:28:38 -0700 2008
In H.P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life Michel Houellebecq, the bitterly cynical, oft-misunderstood French misanthrope and ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 22 13:42:29 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 22 13:43:01 -0700 2007
For Americans who don't know -- there's this French dude named Michel Houellebecq who a lot of Europeans are super pissed at. And that's because he's a writer, see, a brilliant one, who also...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 09:27:16 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 09:32:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 15:30:33 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 13:10:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 21:17:50 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 21:27:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 18 14:36:43 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 07:03:57 -0700 2008 Michel Houellebecq you'll find this fascinating. Howard Phillips Lovecraft is an underrated tale teller and misanthrope with an amazing imagination, the influence of which can be felt in Houellebecq's works especially the last, The Possibility of an Island. And even tho, at times, Houe...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 13:38:32 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 13:48:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Mar 11 17:57:06 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 17:59:10 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Aug 10 20:15:03 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 20:24:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 05:22:41 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 07:21:44 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 07 11:15:07 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 07 11:15:07 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 11 14:49:49 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 14:53:12 -0800 2008
Also, it is fascinating to read something which is on one hand scholarly-like and on the other fiction (he ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Aug 09 08:21:13 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 03:32:01 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Apr 05 12:05:43 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 25 20:03:54 -0700 2007
We would actually do our best to quote passages out of it to one another. How could you not with lines like, "Attack the story like a radiant suicide, utter the great NO to life without weakness..." and "...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Apr 05 14:35:32 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 05 14:41:08 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 11 14:35:52 -0700 2007 Fri May 11 15:04:31 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Tue May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 10:31:23 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 15:40:24 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Thu Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 11 01:05:40 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 13 09:34:57 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Nov 27 13:20:35 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 28 09:05:56 -0800 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=58374