Nancy's review
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Nancy's review
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Nancy's review
rating:
We picked this up at a used bookstore because we had played a board game based on Lovecraft's creepy stories. It may be the way that this collection is organized (it's short stories) but they are beginning to feel increasingly the same.
Interesting themes:
--"Heart of Darkness"-y stuff, like ancient cannibalistic rites being mysteriously practiced by rural New England-ers.
--His apparent overarching fascination with things from beyond this world--all of which are apparently BAD and EVIL. Seriously. I don't think there's yet been a mention of any possibility of a GOOD (or at least benevolent) force acting on the world.
Things I'm finding a little repetitive:
--The whole Cthulhu theme. Tentacle-headed god of some prehistoric time that now lives in the deepest sea chasms and uses his evil influence on the lives of men (and, presumably, women). The first couple of stories were interesting, but now they seem the same.
In fairness--most of these stories were pu...more
Interesting themes:
--"Heart of Darkness"-y stuff, like ancient cannibalistic rites being mysteriously practiced by rural New England-ers.
--His apparent overarching fascination with things from beyond this world--all of which are apparently BAD and EVIL. Seriously. I don't think there's yet been a mention of any possibility of a GOOD (or at least benevolent) force acting on the world.
Things I'm finding a little repetitive:
--The whole Cthulhu theme. Tentacle-headed god of some prehistoric time that now lives in the deepest sea chasms and uses his evil influence on the lives of men (and, presumably, women). The first couple of stories were interesting, but now they seem the same.
In fairness--most of these stories were pu...more
