[Tour de Lovecraft] The Moon-Bog

[princeofcairo]

The saving grace of "The Moon-Bog" is that Lovecraft doesn't appear to have cared enough about it to over-write, or at least he doesn't fill every scintilla of narrative space with his Poe-esque spasms. On the other hand, aside from one or two concepts that will pay off big in later works -- such as the notion of archaeology as the Gothic sin of '

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[lemuriapress]

Oof. The "Outsider" dig is a bit of a surprise. I seem to remember thinking it quite enjoyable and Poesque from the days of my high school Lovecraft obsession. Perhaps another reading is in order?

[krfsm]

Perhaps another reading is in order?

I think that depends on whether you want to keep your memory-impression of its quality or not.

[princeofcairo]

My more complete barracking of "The Outsider" is here, should you be interested.

apropos of nothing: cicadas

[richardthinks]

I saw this and thought of you. Then I thought "perhaps he's already done this in a special ST and I just haven't read it yet." I figured it as worth the risk
http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/22/brood-xiii/

The 17-year Cicadas are coming. The fact that subsets of them are named by Brood Year and the current batch is Brood XIII is just fantastic. Surely (where’s John Holbo when you need him?) there is a ‘50s Attack of the Giant Cicadas film called Brood Thirteen. Or an early comic book? Even better, according to National Geographic, “Each brood of 17-year cicadas actually consists of three different species … and each one has its own song. … The three songs have been described as sounding like the word ‘pharaoh,’ a sizzling skillet, and a rotary lawn sprinkler.” Cicadas of the Pharoah (Tor 1986), shortlisted for a Hugo. Lawn Sprinklers of the Pharaoh was the admittedly failed sequel.