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orlion's review against another edition
2.0
Huh, I thought I had written a review for this. In any case, it will be brief. Each of these stories are the same. That is really all. The last five stories (The Trail of Cthulu) was pretty interesting. The Derleth take on the Mythos is also interesting (the 'good vs. evil' vibe is not too distracting except for one case in one story where Derleth masterfully built up to a cosmic boxing match between Hastur and Cthulhu only to have them thrown to their respective realms by a giant being of light).
Derleth, though a good writer, is ultimately a formulaic writer. And it shows... it shows for some 500 odd pages. From the Windwalker constantly kidnapping people to the diabolical inhabitants of Innsmouth, plotting, not trusting a stranger who just so happens to be one of them anyway...
Argh... what I'm saying is Derleth's Mythos are best savoured in small bits and pieces. He just did not have the imagination that Lovecraft did to write extensively in the Lovecraftian universe. So, if you enjoy reading one or two good ideas over...and over... again, this book is for you!
Derleth, though a good writer, is ultimately a formulaic writer. And it shows... it shows for some 500 odd pages. From the Windwalker constantly kidnapping people to the diabolical inhabitants of Innsmouth, plotting, not trusting a stranger who just so happens to be one of them anyway...
Argh... what I'm saying is Derleth's Mythos are best savoured in small bits and pieces. He just did not have the imagination that Lovecraft did to write extensively in the Lovecraftian universe. So, if you enjoy reading one or two good ideas over...and over... again, this book is for you!
itzmoritz's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.0
oscarwildesort's review against another edition
5.0
Libros de Lovecraft>>>>>>>>>>>Lovecraft
Me tomó CASI un año leer este libro (que de por sí es corto con sus 341 páginas y letras grandes), pero pienso que todo va a su tiempo, y no me hubiese impactado del mismo modo de haberlo acabado por acabarlo.
Durante este último mes decidí retomarlo, y JODER, QUÉ GRAN DECISIÓN.
Es todo TAN FUMADO, pero coherente. Tanto así que no me parecería tan ridículo creer en su mitología.
(Si hablamos del “Bloop”, un ruido extraño y jamás antes oído, mucho mas grande que la ballena azul—el animal vivo más grande nombrado por la ciencia—, que reportaron submarinos Rusos y Americanos en el Pacifico, podríamos muy fácilmente asociarlo con esto y el lugar donde reside Cthulhu).
Pero esta cosa fumada me ha dado ideas aún más fumadas.
Aunque eso sí, pinche Lovecraft racista. Si fuese un libro actual estaría bien cancelado xdd.
Me tomó CASI un año leer este libro (que de por sí es corto con sus 341 páginas y letras grandes), pero pienso que todo va a su tiempo, y no me hubiese impactado del mismo modo de haberlo acabado por acabarlo.
Durante este último mes decidí retomarlo, y JODER, QUÉ GRAN DECISIÓN.
Es todo TAN FUMADO, pero coherente. Tanto así que no me parecería tan ridículo creer en su mitología.
(Si hablamos del “Bloop”, un ruido extraño y jamás antes oído, mucho mas grande que la ballena azul—el animal vivo más grande nombrado por la ciencia—, que reportaron submarinos Rusos y Americanos en el Pacifico, podríamos muy fácilmente asociarlo con esto y el lugar donde reside Cthulhu).
Pero esta cosa fumada me ha dado ideas aún más fumadas.
Aunque eso sí, pinche Lovecraft racista. Si fuese un libro actual estaría bien cancelado xdd.
crowyhead's review against another edition
3.0
August Derleth was one of the writers who most wholeheartedly took up the tentacly reins upon H.P. Lovecraft's death, and indeed, he is responsible (or perhaps to blame?) for much of the actual mythos that makes up what we think of as "the Cthulhu Mythos." Really, the man started his horror career writing what amounts to Lovecraftian fan fic, and he never really stopped.
That's not to say this isn't good, pulpy horror of the most fun kind. "The Whipporwills in the Hills" is truly shivery. Derleth also deserves enormous props for starting Arkham House and preventing Lovecraft's work from slipping into obscurity. Overall, though, one can't help feel that by giving Lovecraft's mythos more structure and defining it more thoroughly, some of the more unsettling elements were lost. Sometimes it's best to leave things a bit more in the dark.
That's not to say this isn't good, pulpy horror of the most fun kind. "The Whipporwills in the Hills" is truly shivery. Derleth also deserves enormous props for starting Arkham House and preventing Lovecraft's work from slipping into obscurity. Overall, though, one can't help feel that by giving Lovecraft's mythos more structure and defining it more thoroughly, some of the more unsettling elements were lost. Sometimes it's best to leave things a bit more in the dark.
tizianabooks's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
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