![]() ![]() The Shadow Over Innsmouth: This seems to be a fan-favorite and I can see why. If I had to name my top 5 from the collection it'd be the following: I love that most of the stories don't really have any detailed explanations or concrete endings - it adds to their sense of mystery and the unknowable. ![]() ![]() I can see why people say his writing makes humanity seem like an insignificant speck in a vast, terrifyingly unknowable universe. Most of the stories aren't really scary, per se, but they are all at the very least creepy and skin-crawling. His ability to create this almost tangible sense of dread, unease and sheer unknowableness is unparalleled, and he's able to imbue his mythologies with this weight of ancient, forgotten history. There are passages and sentences throughout the stories that made my jaw drop and caused me to re-read them over and over again. I can't stress enough just how amazing Lovecraft's prose is. I've spent the last 2 weeks with this book, which contains IIRC some of Lovecraft's best known works (the self-titled story, Shadow Over Innsmouth, Whisperer in Darkness, Nyarlathotep, Herber West Reanimator, Color Out of Space etc.) and I feel like the concepts, ideas and certain passages from the stories have wormed their way into my brain. I was expecting something stuffy, boring and tame and boy was I wrong. Can't believe it took me so long to get around to Lovecraft's works, but I'm so glad I did. ![]()
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