Runo Knows...The Dreams in the Witch House and Other Weird Stories
It took me forever to finish this one.
This is mostly due to the fact that it was my "lunchtime" book, and during this span of time I stopped going out to lunch every day. Instead, days like today, I eat at my desk, saving money and time.
It's also because of "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath" which almost made me stop reading it. I just couldn't get through it.
But I'll try to summarize, using
princeofcairo's "Tour de Lovecraft" to remind me of the stories that I read a long long time ago.
Polaris - Eh. Whatever. Didn't care.
The Doom that came to Sarnath - I liked how it's referred to as the "DOOM" in all caps. Not bad. But I'm not a huge fan of Lovecraft's fantasies.
The Terrible Old Man - I know, I know, it's racist, but I liked it.
The Tree - kind of a Greek tale - I liked it even less than most of his fantasy stuff.
The Cats of Ulthar - the exception that proves the rule. I really dug this story. Then again, currently I have a weakness for kitties.
From Beyond - really don't remember anything about it.
The Nameless City - ditto
The Moon-bog - again, ditto.
The Other Gods - kind of interesting.
Hypnos - eh.
The Lurking Fear - I kind of liked it.
The Unnameable - Don't remember much
The Shunned House - I really liked this one. Didn't quite figure out how the elbow works into it, but hey.
The Horror at Red Hook - reminded me a bit of Call of Cthulhu the RPG. Not bad.
In the Vault - no memory
The Strange High House in the Mist - kind of interesting but seemed kind of pointless.
Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath - Seriously. It just went on and on and on and didn't make sense and required a lot of reading before-hand in Lovecraft (i.e., do NOT read this story if you haven't read the Cats of Ulthar and a number of other stories). This one almost stopped me, I had to force my way through it.
The Silver Key and Through the Gates of the Silver Key - not as bad as Dream-Quest, but not stories I'm going to race to re-read.
The Dreams in the Witch House - kind of weird, kind of bizarre, rather kind of good and scary.
The Shadow out of Time - a fitting conclusion - I loved this story. It's just great. It's one of the first Lovecraft stories I'd ever read, and I highly recommend it.
There we go. So it's been a while - and it's been weird, and I really should write these closer to the time that I was reading them. But whatever.
This is mostly due to the fact that it was my "lunchtime" book, and during this span of time I stopped going out to lunch every day. Instead, days like today, I eat at my desk, saving money and time.
It's also because of "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath" which almost made me stop reading it. I just couldn't get through it.
But I'll try to summarize, using
princeofcairo's "Tour de Lovecraft" to remind me of the stories that I read a long long time ago.
Polaris - Eh. Whatever. Didn't care.
The Doom that came to Sarnath - I liked how it's referred to as the "DOOM" in all caps. Not bad. But I'm not a huge fan of Lovecraft's fantasies.
The Terrible Old Man - I know, I know, it's racist, but I liked it.
The Tree - kind of a Greek tale - I liked it even less than most of his fantasy stuff.
The Cats of Ulthar - the exception that proves the rule. I really dug this story. Then again, currently I have a weakness for kitties.
From Beyond - really don't remember anything about it.
The Nameless City - ditto
The Moon-bog - again, ditto.
The Other Gods - kind of interesting.
Hypnos - eh.
The Lurking Fear - I kind of liked it.
The Unnameable - Don't remember much
The Shunned House - I really liked this one. Didn't quite figure out how the elbow works into it, but hey.
The Horror at Red Hook - reminded me a bit of Call of Cthulhu the RPG. Not bad.
In the Vault - no memory
The Strange High House in the Mist - kind of interesting but seemed kind of pointless.
Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath - Seriously. It just went on and on and on and didn't make sense and required a lot of reading before-hand in Lovecraft (i.e., do NOT read this story if you haven't read the Cats of Ulthar and a number of other stories). This one almost stopped me, I had to force my way through it.
The Silver Key and Through the Gates of the Silver Key - not as bad as Dream-Quest, but not stories I'm going to race to re-read.
The Dreams in the Witch House - kind of weird, kind of bizarre, rather kind of good and scary.
The Shadow out of Time - a fitting conclusion - I loved this story. It's just great. It's one of the first Lovecraft stories I'd ever read, and I highly recommend it.
There we go. So it's been a while - and it's been weird, and I really should write these closer to the time that I was reading them. But whatever.