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Excruciating. Might DNF. I think I have outgrown Lovecraft by quite a margin.

A reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson - this was written in eighteenth century English which was interesting. I can appreciate the story but I didn’t like it very much.

Dit boek gaat stroef worden. De verhalen zijn wel echt banging en lekker lovecraftian horror maar het is op zo manier geschreven dat het niet pleasant wegleest. Ik ga waarschijnlijk af en toe een kort verhaaltje lezen en dan weer door met iets anders

2. The Alchemist

★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆

When at last I turned and faced the seat of the sound, my eyes must have started from their orbits at the sight that they beheld.

Mmm good book

Just finished, “The Alchemist.” What a wonderful story! It’s not as deeply developed in its horror or plot as it could have been, but the twist at the end is quite effective. I’m also enjoying the “accessible literary” prose, as I call it.

This isn’t a new “I read more,” I just wanted to say that “The Beast in the Dark” is a great first story. It sets up Lovecraft’s tone wonderfully.

Dagon - A very creative short piece that depicts madness convincingly.

The Tomb - This story was quite difficult to read due to the choice of language which I didn't particularly enjoy. However, Lovecraft’s description leading up to Jervas Dudley entering the tomb was done expertly. He captured Jervas' ‘unfit temperament’ quite well throughout, displaying his uncanny fascination with the Hyde family but also the supernatural conversations with the dead. I enjoyed how this story ended.

The Unnamable
The Festival

A última vez que eu tinha pegado nesse livro pra ler tinha sido em 2020! :o

The Beast in the Cave - Lovecraft captured the rationality of the mind in moments of peril, showing how we naturally feel that we are different and have enough control over our state of mind that we would not succumb to the same madness as others.

The Alchemist - The story was effortlessly engaging. The history and consequences of his family's curse was well described and overall was a great piece.

The Lurking Fear
The Rats in the Walls

The Hound

Hypnos

Herbert West - Reanimator

Sweet Ermengarde
The Nameless City
The Outsider
The Moon-Bog
The Other Gods
Azathoth

Old Bugs - ⭐️⭐️⭐️ - I mean when I get drunk, I just go to sleep

From start to finish, in order this time. Randolph Carter style no more

Memory - ⭐️⭐️⭐️ - interesting, if short. Very lyrical prose

The Quest of Iranon
The Music of Erich Zann
Ex Oblivione

The White Ship
The Street
The Doom That Came to Sarnath
The Statement of Randolph Carter
The Terrible Old Man
The Cats of Ulthar
The Tree
Celephaïs

A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson
Polaris
Beyond the Wall of Sleep

The Alchemist
The Tomb
Dagon

The Beast in the Cave

Beyond the Wall of Sleep - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - We are getting Cosmic! Also my man knew nothing about the Catskills or its locals but still felt at home reading them to filth

The neat thing with Lovecraft’s “complete collection” is that it’s chronological (at least my copy is), so the first story is his first story and so on, you can really watch the growth of his abilities and ideas.

Polaris - ⭐️⭐️ - yeah there’s that notorious lovecraft racism

The Rats in the Walls

The famed Lovecraft cat makes an appearance

Shadow over Innsmouth