“And before he died, Taran-Ish had scrawled upon the altar of chrysolite with coarse shaky strokes the sign of DOOM.” – The Doom That Came to Sarnath by H.P. Lovecraft.
Warning, major spoilers up ahead because this story made me cranky.
Archive for the ‘Review/Criticism’ Category
The Doom That Came to Sarnath, H.P. Lovecraft, Review
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010The Descendant by H.P. Lovecraft, Review
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010When I finished this short story, I looked around in the reader, wondering where the rest of it was.
Dagon by H.P. Lovecraft
Monday, March 1st, 2010For its weight class, Dagon is a strong contender. It packs good tension, a solid narrative structure, and a close lensing that allows us to get solidly behind the protagonist. No spoilers ahead, but still providing a break.
Review of Cool Air by H.P. Lovecraft
Sunday, February 28th, 2010A pretty short story, but still, spoilers may exist as I plow forward.
The Colour Out of Space, Review
Saturday, February 27th, 2010I’m really not sure what to make of this story. Oh, right, spoiler alert, although there’s not that much to spoil.
Surgeon General’s Warning: Certain Colours can drive you MAD. Most colors, however, are safe. Except Agent Orange, which can cause cancer.
The Review of Charles Dexter Ward
Friday, February 26th, 2010“OGTHROD AI’F
GEB’L-EE’H
YOG-SOTHOTH
‘NGAH’NG AI’Y
ZHRO!”
-Mystical Psychobabble from the story.
Thanks for the word-salad, Lovecraft. In all seriousness, read that aloud, in a dark room, it’s wholly chilling.
This was a very long, but very rewarding read. Here’s your obligatory spoiler warning:
The Call of Cthulhu
Thursday, February 18th, 2010“That is not dead which can eternal lie,
And with strange aeons even death may die.”
- H.P. Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu
The Call of Cthulhu, perhaps the most iconic and recognizable of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cosmic Horror stories, is also at once a let down and a wonder of literature.
At The Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft, A Review
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010“Radiates, vegetables, monstrosities, star spawn – whatever they had been, they were men!” – H.P. Lovecraft, At The Mountains of Madness
Warning, possible spoilers ahead. I do my best not to ruin the stories I review too much, but some discussion of plot is necessary.
H.P. Lovecraft’s The Alchemist
Monday, February 15th, 2010At the beginning of this month, I decided that as an aspiring author, it was my duty to read or reread all those books and short stories considered classics by my genre. I avoided Literary Classics, since generally I find them dull or pretentious (Sorry Mr. Joyce!) . Since I’m strapped for cash, I decided to start with things that I could find in intellectual commons.
Good day to you, Mr. Lovecraft! I started today with The Alchemist. (Warning, plot spoilers ahead)
Serial Experiments Lain
Monday, February 15th, 2010
Serial Experiments Lain is a haunting story about a girl named Lain, living in modern-day Japan, who lives a largely computerless existence.
