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The Maker of Moons
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"I am myself just as much evil as good, and my nation is - And I say there is in fact no evil;
(Or if there is, I say it is just as important to you, to the land, or to me, as anything else.
Each is not for its own sake;
I say the whole earth, and all the stars in the sky, are for Religion's sake.
I say no man has ever yet been half devout enough;
None has ever yet adored or worshipped half enough;
None has begun to think how divine he himself is, and how certain the future is."
Walt Whitman.
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"I am myself just as much evil as good, and my nation is - And I say there is in fact no evil;
(Or if there is, I say it is just as important to you, to the land, or to me, as anything else.
Each is not for its own sake;
I say the whole earth, and all the stars in the sky, are for Religion's sake.
I say no man has ever yet been half devout enough;
None has ever yet adored or worshipped half enough;
None has begun to think how divine he himself is, and how certain the future is."
Walt Whitman.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
422 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1896
About the author
Robert W. Chambers
712 books617 followersRobert William Chambers was an American artist and writer.
Chambers was first educated at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute,and then entered the Art Students' League at around the age of twenty, where the artist Charles Dana Gibson was his fellow student. Chambers studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, and at Académie Julian, in Paris from 1886 to 1893, and his work was displayed at the Salon as early as 1889. On his return to New York, he succeeded in selling his illustrations to Life, Truth, and Vogue magazines. Then, for reasons unclear, he devoted his time to writing, producing his first novel, In the Quarter (written in 1887 in Munich). His most famous, and perhaps most meritorious, effort is The King in Yellow, a collection of weird short stories, connected by the theme of the fictitious drama The King in Yellow, which drives those who read it insane.
Chambers returned to the weird genre in his later short story collections The Maker of Moons and The Tree of Heaven, but neither earned him such success as The King in Yellow.
Chambers later turned to writing romantic fiction to earn a living. According to some estimates, Chambers was one of the most successful literary careers of his period, his later novels selling well and a handful achieving best-seller status. Many of his works were also serialized in magazines.
After 1924 he devoted himself solely to writing historical fiction.
Chambers for several years made Broadalbin his summer home. Some of his novels touch upon colonial life in Broadalbin and Johnstown.
On July 12, 1898, he married Elsa Vaughn Moller (1882-1939). They had a son, Robert Edward Stuart Chambers (later calling himself Robert Husted Chambers) who also gained some fame as an author.
Chambers died at his home in the village of Broadalbin, New York, on December 16th 1933.
Chambers was first educated at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute,and then entered the Art Students' League at around the age of twenty, where the artist Charles Dana Gibson was his fellow student. Chambers studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, and at Académie Julian, in Paris from 1886 to 1893, and his work was displayed at the Salon as early as 1889. On his return to New York, he succeeded in selling his illustrations to Life, Truth, and Vogue magazines. Then, for reasons unclear, he devoted his time to writing, producing his first novel, In the Quarter (written in 1887 in Munich). His most famous, and perhaps most meritorious, effort is The King in Yellow, a collection of weird short stories, connected by the theme of the fictitious drama The King in Yellow, which drives those who read it insane.
Chambers returned to the weird genre in his later short story collections The Maker of Moons and The Tree of Heaven, but neither earned him such success as The King in Yellow.
Chambers later turned to writing romantic fiction to earn a living. According to some estimates, Chambers was one of the most successful literary careers of his period, his later novels selling well and a handful achieving best-seller status. Many of his works were also serialized in magazines.
After 1924 he devoted himself solely to writing historical fiction.
Chambers for several years made Broadalbin his summer home. Some of his novels touch upon colonial life in Broadalbin and Johnstown.
On July 12, 1898, he married Elsa Vaughn Moller (1882-1939). They had a son, Robert Edward Stuart Chambers (later calling himself Robert Husted Chambers) who also gained some fame as an author.
Chambers died at his home in the village of Broadalbin, New York, on December 16th 1933.
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February 23, 2021
All these stories, in their own way, were love stories. Each had a piece or a feeling of the fantasy or horror world to them, yet they all had a "slice of life" quality to them as well. It was a unusual and nice blend that made for unique a world. His writer's voice was a large part of what gave it the "slice of life" feeling. They all felt as though they were stories being told to me by an old man, looking back and telling me of a different time. Conversational in a very natural and fluid way. These were lovely stories to listen to.
May 26, 2018
Obviously, it’s impossible for this to be as good as The King in Yellow (well, the first half, anyway). The Ysonde triptych is pretty good, and I even liked the Civil War Story. The remainder is pretty forgettable.
December 17, 2023
A story which should be read as a trilogy with "The Silent Land" and "The Black Water".
March 24, 2026
Full disclaimer: This review is only for the short story “The Maker of Moons,” which is included in this collection among other stories.
I knew Robert W. Chambers (famed weird short story writer and inspiration for H.P Lovecraft himself) wouldn’t disappoint when it came to delivering a weird short story, and I was right. “The Maker of Moons” is the first story in Chambers’ Ysonde triptych, which appears in the short story anthology The Maker of Moons and Other Stories. It’s an intriguingly complex story that incorporates mythology, worldbuilding, and a romantic yet eerie mystery; wistful and spine-chilling, it unfolds at an excellent pace and showcases Chambers’ impressive skills as a writer.
Young Roy Cardenhe is mystified and disgusted by his friend Godfrey’s recent acquisition — a grotesque yellow creature that originated in the Cardinal Woods of upstate New York — but he quickly sets aside his disgust when he is invited on a hunting trip by secret service agent Franklyn Barris, who is on a mission to locate and eliminate an enigmatic group of gold-makers responsible for several current and potential crimes. Roy, Barris, and their friend Billy Pierpont venture into the Cardinal Woods and begin their hunting trip, but when Roy becomes separated from the group, he discovers an otherworldly glade and a beautiful woman named Ysonde with whom he becomes mesmerized. The hunters soon realize that the forest is full of things much stranger than mere alchemists, and their fascination turns to horror as they realize that the mystics in the woods are far older and more dangerous than anything they ever dreamed of.
I discovered “The Maker of Moons” because Lord Huron (the only band to ever exist) used the original illustration from this story on some of their merchandise, which led me to believe that the story’s themes were probably connected to some of Lord Huron’s worldbuilding. The similarities are obvious — a strange supernatural force in the woods, a fascination with a mystical woman, a string of fate tying you to an inexorable destiny, etc. “The Maker of Moons” is framed like a short story divided into eight chapters, but it reads more like a brief novella. Chambers includes references to Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” as well as some connections to his own most famous work, The King in Yellow. I was extremely impressed with Chambers’ very natural writing skills — building scenes, creating an atmosphere, providing vivid descriptions, developing characters through dialogue, injecting notes of unsettling detail, and moving the story at a well-paced speed.
We begin our story in 1896 New York City (Tiffany’s, to be exact), but Chambers quickly moves us to the more fantastical setting of the endless Cardinal Woods by the Lake of Stars. This forest setting will recur throughout the Ysonde triptych, and it is particularly disorienting and unsettling in “The Maker of Moons.” The woodlands grow more and more strange, hostile, and unreal, a seemingly endless stretch of forest that could be hiding anything and could swallow anyone up. Chambers builds the anticipation very early; in addition to the mysterious murder of a government scientist and the shocking revelation of alchemists, the atmosphere benefits from strange disturbances in the natural environment of the forest. Oddly lurking strangers, glades displaced in time and space, and dread-inspiring yellow creatures all add to the spookiness as well, and the ominous tone culminates in a mildly horrific climax that is a tad bit of a letdown but intriguing nonetheless.
Chambers incorporates a lot of the elements that appear in stories of his time: a fascination with the secret service, alchemy, secrets in the woods, a clash between urban government and primitive weirdness, etc.
I was very impressed with Chambers’ characters, each of whom are memorable, unique, and important. Our narrator Roy is observant and practical, but he quickly realizes that the forest holds things far stranger than he could have imagined. Pierpont feels a bit superfluous to this story — he mainly provides comic relief and vies with Roy for Barris’ attention — but Chambers will use his character type (along with his valet Howlett) to great effect in the later stories of the triptych. Ysonde, who appears in each story of the triptych as a mystical maiden who attracts animals and remains innocent among treachery, is distinctly unearthly and ethereal, dangerous without being menacing, romantic without being substantial. Here, it is Ysonde who is the skilled artist, though in later stories it is her romantic counterpart who is a writer or painter. Ysonde is the sole link between the three stories of Chambers’ trio, and she always has the vibe of an Arthurian sorceress, a Greek goddess, or a fantastical mystic.
“The Maker of Moons” is the only story in the Ysonde triptych to feature a double frame narrative: we begin and end the story with a narrator who is convinced that writing his experiences with Yue-Laou and the Xin is of great political and scientific importance, if only to potentially save people’s lives.
There were lots of elements I wish Chambers had revisited, reincorporated, or even mentioned
“The Maker of Moons” is a truly haunting, ethereal story that alternates between the whimsical and the horrific. Though the story lacks a moral theme, Chambers seems more interested in exercising his imagination, creativity, and taste for the weird. Though the other two stories in the Ysonde triptych will reveal more (and also less?) about Chambers’ overarching story, “The Maker of Moons” is more than capable of standing on its own.
Link to “The Maker of Moons” on Internet Archive
I knew Robert W. Chambers (famed weird short story writer and inspiration for H.P Lovecraft himself) wouldn’t disappoint when it came to delivering a weird short story, and I was right. “The Maker of Moons” is the first story in Chambers’ Ysonde triptych, which appears in the short story anthology The Maker of Moons and Other Stories. It’s an intriguingly complex story that incorporates mythology, worldbuilding, and a romantic yet eerie mystery; wistful and spine-chilling, it unfolds at an excellent pace and showcases Chambers’ impressive skills as a writer.
Young Roy Cardenhe is mystified and disgusted by his friend Godfrey’s recent acquisition — a grotesque yellow creature that originated in the Cardinal Woods of upstate New York — but he quickly sets aside his disgust when he is invited on a hunting trip by secret service agent Franklyn Barris, who is on a mission to locate and eliminate an enigmatic group of gold-makers responsible for several current and potential crimes. Roy, Barris, and their friend Billy Pierpont venture into the Cardinal Woods and begin their hunting trip, but when Roy becomes separated from the group, he discovers an otherworldly glade and a beautiful woman named Ysonde with whom he becomes mesmerized. The hunters soon realize that the forest is full of things much stranger than mere alchemists, and their fascination turns to horror as they realize that the mystics in the woods are far older and more dangerous than anything they ever dreamed of.
I discovered “The Maker of Moons” because Lord Huron (the only band to ever exist) used the original illustration from this story on some of their merchandise, which led me to believe that the story’s themes were probably connected to some of Lord Huron’s worldbuilding. The similarities are obvious — a strange supernatural force in the woods, a fascination with a mystical woman, a string of fate tying you to an inexorable destiny, etc. “The Maker of Moons” is framed like a short story divided into eight chapters, but it reads more like a brief novella. Chambers includes references to Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” as well as some connections to his own most famous work, The King in Yellow. I was extremely impressed with Chambers’ very natural writing skills — building scenes, creating an atmosphere, providing vivid descriptions, developing characters through dialogue, injecting notes of unsettling detail, and moving the story at a well-paced speed.
We begin our story in 1896 New York City (Tiffany’s, to be exact), but Chambers quickly moves us to the more fantastical setting of the endless Cardinal Woods by the Lake of Stars. This forest setting will recur throughout the Ysonde triptych, and it is particularly disorienting and unsettling in “The Maker of Moons.” The woodlands grow more and more strange, hostile, and unreal, a seemingly endless stretch of forest that could be hiding anything and could swallow anyone up. Chambers builds the anticipation very early; in addition to the mysterious murder of a government scientist and the shocking revelation of alchemists, the atmosphere benefits from strange disturbances in the natural environment of the forest. Oddly lurking strangers, glades displaced in time and space, and dread-inspiring yellow creatures all add to the spookiness as well, and the ominous tone culminates in a mildly horrific climax that is a tad bit of a letdown but intriguing nonetheless.
Chambers incorporates a lot of the elements that appear in stories of his time: a fascination with the secret service, alchemy, secrets in the woods, a clash between urban government and primitive weirdness, etc.
I was very impressed with Chambers’ characters, each of whom are memorable, unique, and important. Our narrator Roy is observant and practical, but he quickly realizes that the forest holds things far stranger than he could have imagined. Pierpont feels a bit superfluous to this story — he mainly provides comic relief and vies with Roy for Barris’ attention — but Chambers will use his character type (along with his valet Howlett) to great effect in the later stories of the triptych. Ysonde, who appears in each story of the triptych as a mystical maiden who attracts animals and remains innocent among treachery, is distinctly unearthly and ethereal, dangerous without being menacing, romantic without being substantial. Here, it is Ysonde who is the skilled artist, though in later stories it is her romantic counterpart who is a writer or painter. Ysonde is the sole link between the three stories of Chambers’ trio, and she always has the vibe of an Arthurian sorceress, a Greek goddess, or a fantastical mystic.
“The Maker of Moons” is the only story in the Ysonde triptych to feature a double frame narrative: we begin and end the story with a narrator who is convinced that writing his experiences with Yue-Laou and the Xin is of great political and scientific importance, if only to potentially save people’s lives.
There were lots of elements I wish Chambers had revisited, reincorporated, or even mentioned
“The Maker of Moons” is a truly haunting, ethereal story that alternates between the whimsical and the horrific. Though the story lacks a moral theme, Chambers seems more interested in exercising his imagination, creativity, and taste for the weird. Though the other two stories in the Ysonde triptych will reveal more (and also less?) about Chambers’ overarching story, “The Maker of Moons” is more than capable of standing on its own.
Link to “The Maker of Moons” on Internet Archive
June 13, 2023
This is a strong collection of strange stories from Chambers. I like how the first three ("The Maker of Moons," "The Silent Land," and "The Dark Water") hang together in subtle and weird ways reminiscent of the stories from The King in Yellow. (Speaking of which, I was surprised to see two references to Carcosa in "The Silent Land"). "The Crime" is a fun and comedic story with several turns that had me laughing out loud. It includes many of the things Chambers writes a lot about trout, butterflies, and romance. "A Pleasant Evening" is a chilling little tale that reminded me of an M.R. James tale--I liked it quite a bit! "The Man at the Next Table" is the most bizarre story of the collection, with the "The Maker of Moons" being a close second, just in terms of weirdness.
* = stories I particularly enjoyed.
The Maker of Moons (8 Chapters) *
The Silent Land (7 Chapters) *
The Dark Water (6 Chapters) *
In the Name of the Most High (4 Chapters)
The Boy's Sister (4 Chapters)
The Crime (3 Chapters) *
A Pleasant Evening (4 Chapters) *
The Man at the Next Table (4 Chapters) *
* = stories I particularly enjoyed.
The Maker of Moons (8 Chapters) *
The Silent Land (7 Chapters) *
The Dark Water (6 Chapters) *
In the Name of the Most High (4 Chapters)
The Boy's Sister (4 Chapters)
The Crime (3 Chapters) *
A Pleasant Evening (4 Chapters) *
The Man at the Next Table (4 Chapters) *
August 19, 2014
Καλό αλλά δεν έχει γεράσει καλά και κουβαλάει μαζί του όλες εκείνες τις "παθογένειες" του 19ου αιώνα - πολύ περιληπτικό, σύντομο, με μπόλικο exposition και μεγάλο μέρος της δράσης εκτυλίσσεται στα παρασκήνια. Παρόλα αυτά, αν μιλάμε για τα δεδομένα της εποχής που βγήκε, θα του έδινα άνετα άλλο ένα αστέρι.
July 1, 2009
I read this because I think Robert Chambers collection, "The King in Yellow," is a masterpiece. This wasn't nearly as good and didn't do much for me. It is relatively short, a novella really. I read this in a collection years ago that included another Chambers novella.
September 18, 2024
Μην ακούτε τον κυριο απο κάτω. Φοβερή ιστορία. Ο Chambers ξέρει να κανει ενα ουράνιο τοξο τρομακτικό.
June 24, 2023
Ή εχει θέμα η μεταφραση, ή προκειται για ενα ακαταλαβίστικο βιβλιο.
Δυο φορες το προσπαθησα, νοημα δεν εβγαλα και το παρατησα απηυδισμένη
Δυο φορες το προσπαθησα, νοημα δεν εβγαλα και το παρατησα απηυδισμένη
October 18, 2025
The Maker of Moons short story presumably takes inspiration from The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter in addition to Yuè Lǎo's Red Thread of Fate (as well as other Eastern mythologies such as alchemy and jinn/genies), reimagining them into a weird romance that, while interesting, as usual takes far too many words to say far too little.
The other short stories are less interesting, less focused, mostly uninspired romance stories, another pointless war story romance. The final story was repurposed with precious little changes (but the end) for use in a later publication 'In Search of the Unknown', neither version is particularly complete but at least this one doesn't have a bad joke ending.
The more Chambers I read, the more it seems no matter how great a writer he may be he isn't interested in telling stories so much as toying with the idea of telling them, tongue in cheek. He often seeks to undermine his own stories in self-destructive/deprecating ways to laugh off the supernatural elements of his romances in an attempt to preemptively distance himself from them out of embarrassment at them being unserious/juvenile. And this proved true when he went on to do away with supernatural elements for much of his career. (What tiny reference there is here to Carcosa, aside from adding to the occasional implication of the slipshod characters/narrative being unreliably mad, is just to feign saying anything before saying nothing at all).
Almost every single story of his serves as a vehicle for shallow whirlwind romances of a repeating 'self-insert encounters beautiful exotic damsel'. Even he is aware of it as, in his words: "I am to cease writing about beautiful women of doubtful antecedents who inhabit forest glades." I wish he would've taken his own sardonic advice because this apparent fantasy of his is a very high proportion of his stories throughout his works.
Outside of the ever-present romance, he seems fixated on stories of 1-note plots in which the story ends the moment it actually starts: a brief encounter with a supernatural entity being simultaneously the inciting mystery, sole event, climax, and ending in so many of his short stories.
Further we encounter here, Elsie, yet another of the same 'beautiful exotic woman' for Chambers' insert to woo. But this time Elsie is not just any name but the sexualized insert of a 14 year old French girl at the time of this publication who would become Chambers' wife when she was 16 and he was 33... Yikes.
The other short stories are less interesting, less focused, mostly uninspired romance stories, another pointless war story romance. The final story was repurposed with precious little changes (but the end) for use in a later publication 'In Search of the Unknown', neither version is particularly complete but at least this one doesn't have a bad joke ending.
The more Chambers I read, the more it seems no matter how great a writer he may be he isn't interested in telling stories so much as toying with the idea of telling them, tongue in cheek. He often seeks to undermine his own stories in self-destructive/deprecating ways to laugh off the supernatural elements of his romances in an attempt to preemptively distance himself from them out of embarrassment at them being unserious/juvenile. And this proved true when he went on to do away with supernatural elements for much of his career. (What tiny reference there is here to Carcosa, aside from adding to the occasional implication of the slipshod characters/narrative being unreliably mad, is just to feign saying anything before saying nothing at all).
Almost every single story of his serves as a vehicle for shallow whirlwind romances of a repeating 'self-insert encounters beautiful exotic damsel'. Even he is aware of it as, in his words: "I am to cease writing about beautiful women of doubtful antecedents who inhabit forest glades." I wish he would've taken his own sardonic advice because this apparent fantasy of his is a very high proportion of his stories throughout his works.
Outside of the ever-present romance, he seems fixated on stories of 1-note plots in which the story ends the moment it actually starts: a brief encounter with a supernatural entity being simultaneously the inciting mystery, sole event, climax, and ending in so many of his short stories.
Further we encounter here, Elsie, yet another of the same 'beautiful exotic woman' for Chambers' insert to woo. But this time Elsie is not just any name but the sexualized insert of a 14 year old French girl at the time of this publication who would become Chambers' wife when she was 16 and he was 33... Yikes.
Did Not Finish
July 17, 2024Abandoned at 52% plus one story near the end. The title story was OK, if a little slow, and its weird combo of a Chinese love god, Chinese sorcerors, and Cornish death dogs was utterly conceptually incoherent (like picking random names from the Monster Manual). But it wasn't a terrible story. Things got slower and less weird. I tried skipping ahead to "A Pleasant Evening", but it was just a fairly dull ghost story with a lot of New York colour. So I dumped it - life is too short.
January 26, 2021
Only a minority of the stories are supernatural, but the rest are good nonetheless. More interesting romance than horror.
March 17, 2025
Not gonna lie, I was not expecting love stories.
January 30, 2026
Eight stories. First three loosely connected. Lots 2 most supernatural.
March 4, 2017
There are a few collections with this name. I read the original 1896 edition. The first story is interesting enough, and some others were tolerable, but this is nowhere near as good as The King in Yellow. I wrote a more in-depth review on my blog if you're interested.
May 7, 2026
A lesser known but fascinating bit of weird fiction by Chambers. Some aspects of this novella are easily accessible by the modern reader and are associable with his more widely known The King in Yellow. Other elements caught me off guard, like the odd Chinese sorcerer antagonist and repeated use of overt orientalist tropes, which are rather funny now but vulgar when taken in the 1890’s context that Chambers is writing, ok moving on haha. The Cardinal woods and the crustacean-insectoid-reptiles stand out as firmly belonging in Chamber’s universe. What I think he does best is the fusing together of fantastical and historical. You see, in America’s historical infancy it is not difficult to imagine the discovery of some uncharted territory harboring someone or something that upends civilization as we know it. Maybe for a time everything was so stable that we couldn’t imagine radical change the way people in the Victorian era had, well I hope that bit of disenchantment is over. If you asked Chambers “will there be an end to history?”, the response would be a resolute no. Somewhere hidden is an anomaly, some half-made abomination which undermines the integrity of the narratives of science and religion.
November 2, 2020
Un hombre cuenta la misteriosa, mágica y perturbadora historia de un viaje de caza que tuvo con dos amigos. Esta narración combina un operativo contra unos fabricantes y contrabandistas de oro, la fantasía de una historia de amor que nos hace dudar de qué es real en el cuento, y el suspenso de cómo se vinculan estos elementos.
Lo que me gustó: Aunque el autor crea un ambiente similar a aquel de los cuentos de Lovecraft y ambos autores son contemporáneos, este texto de Chambers se siente mucho más actual, lo que conecta mejor con mis gustos literarios. Disfruté mucho de la manera en la que se fue construyendo la trama y el suspenso de la historia, y también creo que el final es muy interesante porque genera varias preguntas. Otro punto fuerte de esta narración es que incluye elementos mitológicos y fantásticos.
Lo que no me gustó: La parte más policiaca de la historia me parecía como que sobraba un poco, así que fue mi parte menos favorita, pero creo que a la larga funciona bien dentro de la simbología de la historia.
Lo que me gustó: Aunque el autor crea un ambiente similar a aquel de los cuentos de Lovecraft y ambos autores son contemporáneos, este texto de Chambers se siente mucho más actual, lo que conecta mejor con mis gustos literarios. Disfruté mucho de la manera en la que se fue construyendo la trama y el suspenso de la historia, y también creo que el final es muy interesante porque genera varias preguntas. Otro punto fuerte de esta narración es que incluye elementos mitológicos y fantásticos.
Lo que no me gustó: La parte más policiaca de la historia me parecía como que sobraba un poco, así que fue mi parte menos favorita, pero creo que a la larga funciona bien dentro de la simbología de la historia.
March 5, 2022
Read so far:
The Maker of Moons--2
The Bridal Pair--1
The Case of Mr. Helmer--2
The Messenger--3
The Demoiselle d'Ys--3
Out of the Depths--3
A Pleasant Evening--3
The Purple Emperor--3
The Yellow Sign--3
***
In the Court of the Dragon--1
The Maker of Moons--2
The Bridal Pair--1
The Case of Mr. Helmer--2
The Messenger--3
The Demoiselle d'Ys--3
Out of the Depths--3
A Pleasant Evening--3
The Purple Emperor--3
The Yellow Sign--3
***
In the Court of the Dragon--1
January 29, 2017
The title story was good and kinda creepy or at least atmospheric and conceptually interesting. The next 2 stories were bad and way too romantic and interpersonal. And I didn't even finish the rest. Very disappointing considering how good The King in Yellow was.
August 23, 2017
Listened to as an audiobook, it could have been partially due to the narrator but I was mainly feeling impatient with this book and also annoyed by the actions of the protagonist. I might have enjoyed it more if I were actually reading it.
April 1, 2025
Sam fantastyczny i senny klimat historii mnie urzekł, jednak porównując do innych opowiadań Chambersa historia nie za bardzo dla mnie była spójna. Po zakończeniu już sama gubiłam się w akcji, gdy wrócę do całego zbioru opowiadań napewno bardziej wczytam się w tą historię.
November 21, 2022
Quite boring, just a few interesting moments in the whole tale, although the end is not bad. But with difference, the worst of the King In Yellow Collection
February 9, 2023
Yue-Laou...
September 4, 2023
I liked the landscape descriptions, but the story was absurd and non-sensical, not to mention extremely racist. The plot jumped all over the place and relied heavily on exposition.
September 8, 2023
“I did see a groundhog makin’ for a tree near by.”?!—Juiceless as an overcooked grouse, but that Ysonde! ❤️
November 30, 2024
2.5 ⭐️
Meandering and often inconsequential romance stories. Occasionally funny. For completionists only.
Meandering and often inconsequential romance stories. Occasionally funny. For completionists only.
December 3, 2024
DNF simply because I lost the book. What I read was good though.
February 11, 2025
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