Shinywen's review
The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre
by Howard Phillips Lovecraft, August Derleth (editor)
Shinywen's review
The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre by Howard Phillips Lovecraft, August Derleth (editor)
Shinywen's review
rating:
Lovecraft has an annoying habit of not actually revealing his climactic moments in great detail a lot of the time. He does the "it could not be named...it could not be described...it drove men mad to look upon it!" thing. But that said, it kind of makes sense when you consider the time period he was writing in and the fact that his irrational, illogical, and supposedly incomprehensible storyscapes and monsters are a rebellion against the rational, scientific trend that was going on at the time. He's worth reading because like the best science fiction writers, he comes up with ideas that are mind-blowing.
The weird thing is, Lovecraft is classified as a horror writer but I find him soothing. I read the Cthulhu mythos at times when I'm stressed or distressed. I think it's because it reminds me that even if they're not giant sea monsters of incomprehensible evil, there are still more things in heaven and earth that are dreamt of in our philosophies. It puts me in my place.
The weird thing is, Lovecraft is classified as a horror writer but I find him soothing. I read the Cthulhu mythos at times when I'm stressed or distressed. I think it's because it reminds me that even if they're not giant sea monsters of incomprehensible evil, there are still more things in heaven and earth that are dreamt of in our philosophies. It puts me in my place.
