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The stories are all over the place. I blasted through the first four, which were weird horror far ahead of their time with a framing device (the titular play, which second act drives its audience to madness) that was well-employed. I loved how characters from one story made guest appearances in the others.
The middle three are middling: a romantic time-travel fantasy, a collection of eight short stream-of-consciousness prose vignettes, and a very odd and uneasy tale which is mostly composed of a ...more
The middle three are middling: a romantic time-travel fantasy, a collection of eight short stream-of-consciousness prose vignettes, and a very odd and uneasy tale which is mostly composed of a ...more
An odd book. The stories are mostly about American artists making a living in the Paris of XIX century, there are many romances, but curiously what make this anthology famous was "The King in Yellow," which is a story set in madness and desperation. The anthology is between love and horror, with stories of madness and a couple of supernatural ones.
The stories are in contrast to themselves, the romantic ones always showcasing lovers who are on one side innocent, and the other is 'corrupted' by th ...more
The stories are in contrast to themselves, the romantic ones always showcasing lovers who are on one side innocent, and the other is 'corrupted' by th ...more
An odd book. The stories are mostly about American artists making a living in the Paris of XIX century, there are many romances, but curiously what make this anthology famous was "The King in Yellow," which is a story set in madness and desperation. The anthology is between love and horror, with stories of madness and a couple of supernatural ones.
The stories are in contrast to themselves, the romantic ones always showcasing lovers who are on one side innocent, and the other is 'corrupted' by th ...more
The stories are in contrast to themselves, the romantic ones always showcasing lovers who are on one side innocent, and the other is 'corrupted' by th ...more
Oct 29, 2017
Bill Henderson
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No real interest in the final stories in the book, but the first four, the “weird fiction,” were true oh unique and entertaining. The Yellow Sign in particular has a very disquieting ache of disgust throughout, ending in climax.
Aug 01, 2021
Nick
marked it as to-read
