tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post8837278906176196070..comments2024-02-05T18:55:01.932+01:00Comments on In My Book: At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft (Review)Arenelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08646965847129179304noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post-50521532108562480352014-02-05T18:49:53.122+01:002014-02-05T18:49:53.122+01:00Maybe I should try Shadow over Innsmouth then. I&#...Maybe I should try Shadow over Innsmouth then. I'm also not familiar with the genre at all, but something tells me it should be at least a little bit scary :) And I can see a huge potential of the plot, so it just pains me to see it spoiled with the bad narrative...Arenelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08646965847129179304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post-25486873322806291192014-02-05T18:47:23.889+01:002014-02-05T18:47:23.889+01:00Well, usually I don't need the detail, because...Well, usually I don't need the detail, because my imagination can also be too responsive... But this story just didn't trigger it at all! <br /><br />I know he's super-important and a classic of horror, that's why I expected so much from him. I guess it's the case when it's better to read the derivative works, not the original...Arenelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08646965847129179304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post-89539821379861923362014-02-05T17:38:39.563+01:002014-02-05T17:38:39.563+01:00Interesting, I read my first (and so far only) Lov...Interesting, I read my first (and so far only) Lovecraft story in autumn, and loved it. It was Shadow over Innsmouth. It was just so creepy and I liked the pacing and don't remember problems with descriptiveness, but it may also be because I am not familiar with horror genre so I don't actually know what's good and what's not. Still, even now I have serious problems looking at fish, for some reason.......Rivhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04561804353287763337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post-4246487816529383222014-02-05T12:20:09.287+01:002014-02-05T12:20:09.287+01:00Unfortunately, that's pretty much Lovecraft...Unfortunately, that's pretty much Lovecraft's style. His short stories are more bearable and one actually gave me a nightmare but that was not due to his writing as much as it was due to my own imagination. Because he didn't go into a lot of detail, describing things, my overactive imagination filled in a lot of blank. End result? Nightmare. <br /><br />Vivid descriptions of violence were not typically published and, when they were, they were often banned or censored in some way. I don't know if he avoided lurid details for that reason or not. I just know that his writing was an inspiration for a lot of later horror masters, like Stephen King, and even Joyce Carol Oates lauds his influence over the horror genre as a whole. Even H R Giger has said that much of his art is inspired by Lovecraft. Do I get it? No. I frankly never found Lovecraft compelling enough to read more than one novel and two short stories. Satiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03227625739706115993noreply@blogger.com