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qalminator's review
2.0
Some interesting ideas that never come together very well. If you're going to include details about how this mysterious missive is on a weird, unbreakable material, I'm going to want to see some details that actually make that make sense. Okay, fine, weird alien/eldritch world, where such material might exist, but then how did that wind up in a meteorite? Given some of Lovecraft's other works, I'm going to guess that this mysterious world was supposed to be connected to some other star, but then how did the writer of the missive get there, since he was apparently a Greek from Earth originally? For that matter, how did he find the time to write all that while the land was propelling him across the water?
I also have to point out that, immediately after describing an entire forest of eerie trees, the writer says there are no other living things around... Um. Yeah. So. Trees? They're alive, dude.
Anyway. It might be a fun exercise to take elements of this piece and weave them into an actual story, with coherent elements, but that's the best I can say for this one. And... now that I think about it... I bet it was inspired by a dream. It has that sort of dream-logic feel, where things feel like they follow one another, but on waking don't actually make sense. Unfortunately, that rarely works well for stories without putting in cohering elements.
I also have to point out that, immediately after describing an entire forest of eerie trees, the writer says there are no other living things around... Um. Yeah. So. Trees? They're alive, dude.
Anyway. It might be a fun exercise to take elements of this piece and weave them into an actual story, with coherent elements, but that's the best I can say for this one. And... now that I think about it... I bet it was inspired by a dream. It has that sort of dream-logic feel, where things feel like they follow one another, but on waking don't actually make sense. Unfortunately, that rarely works well for stories without putting in cohering elements.
idenkimifah's review
3.0
Doesn't quite work as a short story but Lovecraft's antiques and tricks save the day
sean67's review
3.0
Another weird story from Lovecraft which is apparently based on a dream from Jackson who must have had too much pizza the night before.
Nothing too exciting here though.
Nothing too exciting here though.
famel's review
3.0
The introductory part and the main one feel like two different passages from various books. I didn’t see a clear connection between them. However the idea of such mystery is impressive and it works.
therealbobcat's review
3.0
I'm conflicted on this story. For one, I think having this be a story that was discovered i their world is very cool. But also, the whole story of how they discovered it was kinda weird as I don't know what to make of this story in that context. Overall though, I very much liked the actual story.
Reading all of Lovecraft's fiction 15/106
Reading all of Lovecraft's fiction 15/106
heniaakbar's review
2.0
I think I've found Lovecraft's recurring theme by now, if he's consistent about it in his all works. It's about space, other dimension, alternate universe and the likes. Also this particular story isn't that scary.
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