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I really enjoy Lovecraft's Dream Cycle stuff. Everything just seems so ever-slightly off and even when he is describing beautiful parts of the Dreamworld there's this undercurrent of menace. That's just me rambling though - on topic, I'd really recommend tracking down a copy of the anthology Lovecraft Unbound where a number of authors are tasked with writing a Mythos story without resorting to its most overt and cliche elements like tentacles and dripping ichor. There's a couple of so-so stories buried in there but most of them are really, really great.
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I read The Cipher based on earlier discussion in this thread. I enjoyed the process of reading it but was almost disappointed in the ending. The buildup of the hole and Nakota's driving obsession with it, the experiences Nicholas is an unwilling conduit for and the eventual cult following that forms around it was all really great and left me with a huge sense of dread and foreboding. The final scenes didn't resonate with me much though, probably because everyone involved had it coming by virtue of being thorough assholes. I agree with the poster earlier (sorry, I'm phone posting or I'd go back and find out who!) who said the hole works well as a metaphor for abusive relationships. v Yeah no idea what happened there, thanks for catching it - fixed. Mode 7 fucked around with this message at 09:24 on Jun 9, 2016 |
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