Re: Lovecraft, I can but recommend At the Mountains of Madness. It has haunted me for years. One of those rarified (for me) texts that actually feels like the writing, itself, was haunted. Such an uncanny and wonderful feeling.
I find it interesting that you find Lovecraft's descriptions lacking. The description of Cthulu's tomb - the…
Re: Lovecraft, I can but recommend At the Mountains of Madness. It has haunted me for years. One of those rarified (for me) texts that actually feels like the writing, itself, was haunted. Such an uncanny and wonderful feeling.
I find it interesting that you find Lovecraft's descriptions lacking. The description of Cthulu's tomb - the non-Euclidian geometry of it, etc.- was for me some of the most evocative in all of horror literature. Different strokes, I guess!
Re: Lovecraft, I can but recommend At the Mountains of Madness. It has haunted me for years. One of those rarified (for me) texts that actually feels like the writing, itself, was haunted. Such an uncanny and wonderful feeling.
I find it interesting that you find Lovecraft's descriptions lacking. The description of Cthulu's tomb - the non-Euclidian geometry of it, etc.- was for me some of the most evocative in all of horror literature. Different strokes, I guess!