This is as close as one will get to an epic adventure quest by H.P. Lovecraft. If you're an old role-playing game geek like me, this will appeal to the dungeoneer in you. Plenty of delving and mystery in this one!If you're a fan of the movie Prometheus, you'd do well to hark back to the origin of ma...
Gets off to a great start. Middle part, where he goes through an exhaustive history of the Old Ones that he gleaned from looking at murals, is a little silly. Ramps it back up for the end. As usual, Lovecraft has a terrific, unique imagination, and his prose sometimes gets a little away from him.
Decir todo lo que esta mal de este libro es básicamente describir el estilo de Lovecraft. Ya sabemos que hay prosa púrpura, ya sabemos que no suele respetar esa bella regla del show, don't tell. Ya sabemos que leer a Lovecraft da un poquito de dolor de cabeza, en especial a personas poco pacientes.S...
Pretty good graphic novelization. Culbard lets the pictures do their thousand word thing and leaves out most of Lovecraft's purple prose for just the spare dialog. Almost anti-Lovecraft which is refreshing for a Lovecraft novelization. After building the suspense, a little weak on the payoff; I w...
I read this years ago and loved it. That's what the rating is based on. Then I read the introduction to this edition, and Lovecraft was ruined for me forever. Which doesn't change the fact that this book is great, on its own, when separated from uncomfortable subtext.I recently wrote an article abou...
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