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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
3.5
En este relato, un viajero desconocido llega a La ciudad sin nombre, perdida en el desierto árabe. Muchos le advirtieron que no tratara de buscarla pues los secretos que oculta van más allá de los albores de la humanidad.
La manera en que está ambientado me encantó, acompañé la lectura con una playlist "lovecraftiana" y me logré meter mucho en el relato. Las ruinas realmente desprenden una sensación muy ominosa y por momentos te hacía sentir perseguido por lo que se pudiera aparecer.
Por momentos me perdía por la forma descriptiva que tiene la escritura de Lovecraft, pero creo que una vez te acostumbrás no hay problema en seguirle el hilo.
El clímax no me llegó tanto, capaz porque para la época que estamos los seres mencionados ya no provocan lo mismo que lo habrían hecho cuando el relato se publicó.
Fue un muy buen relato para empezar con Los Mitos de Chtulhu y lo recomiendo mucho.
En este relato, un viajero desconocido llega a La ciudad sin nombre, perdida en el desierto árabe. Muchos le advirtieron que no tratara de buscarla pues los secretos que oculta van más allá de los albores de la humanidad.
La manera en que está ambientado me encantó, acompañé la lectura con una playlist "lovecraftiana" y me logré meter mucho en el relato. Las ruinas realmente desprenden una sensación muy ominosa y por momentos te hacía sentir perseguido por lo que se pudiera aparecer.
Por momentos me perdía por la forma descriptiva que tiene la escritura de Lovecraft, pero creo que una vez te acostumbrás no hay problema en seguirle el hilo.
El clímax no me llegó tanto, capaz porque para la época que estamos los seres mencionados ya no provocan lo mismo que lo habrían hecho cuando el relato se publicó.
Fue un muy buen relato para empezar con Los Mitos de Chtulhu y lo recomiendo mucho.
fast-paced
This was a difficult story for me to read, as it featured incredibly long descriptions, and although that is what Lovecraft is known for, I think that they were very boring and poorly used in this story. It drags on and on with descriptions of the space the protagonist is in, and after all the wait of reading the dull descriptions, all we get is an unsatisfactory conclusion that doesn't teach us anything new about the universe and that is just uninteresting.
I like the way H.P describes the places where each of his plots take place
It's really creepy, a good short story fit for Halloween :-D
I'm having a reading marathon, The Complete Cthulhu Mythos, as listed by Lynn Carter
The Nameless City
The Hound
The Festival
The Call of Cthulhu
The Dunwich Horror
The Whisperer in Darkness
The Dreams in the Witch House
At the Mountains of Madness
The Shadow over Innsmouth
The Shadow Out of Time
The Haunter of the Dark
The Thing on the Doorstep
The History of the Necronomicon
Fungi from Yuggoth
I'm having a reading marathon, The Complete Cthulhu Mythos, as listed by Lynn Carter
The Nameless City
The Hound
The Festival
The Call of Cthulhu
The Dunwich Horror
The Whisperer in Darkness
The Dreams in the Witch House
At the Mountains of Madness
The Shadow over Innsmouth
The Shadow Out of Time
The Haunter of the Dark
The Thing on the Doorstep
The History of the Necronomicon
Fungi from Yuggoth
About two years ago, I set about reading a large anthology of H.P. Lovecraft's work. One of the best beloved science fiction writers of the 20th century, H.P. Lovecraft's brand of weird has infiltrated pop culture in every imaginable way; from plush toys in the shape of Cthulu to Lovecraftian mythos in Dungeons and Dragons. Still, despite the major cultural pressure to be familiar with Lovecraft, I had never read anything by him up until that point, and so when I did, I wanted to really throw myself into it. Predictably, when such a monolithic goal is tackled without any forethought, I gave up on it about 30% into the collection. So, now, at the tail end of 2019, I decided to pick up the anthology once more and reread Lovecraft's collection of stories.
For whatever reason, The Nameless City is the first of Lovecraft's stories in my Kindle copy of his collection, so it was my introduction into Lovecraft's style. Centered around an unnamed archaeologist/explorer, the narrator tells us the story of a mythical unnamed city, his descent through the ruins, and his eventual discovery of a strange and unusual undercity hidden beneath. A highly palatable 23 pages, I really liked this story. There is a definite sense of foreboding about the whole thing, and Lovecraft's bloated prose work extremely well to convey a powerful atmosphere. There is a palpable terror as the narrator descends through the ruins, a curiosity as his discoveries become weirder and weirder, and a crescendo of dramatic irony as the reader discovers the truth that the narrator has not yet noticed.
Although I'm certain that there are many of H.P. Lovecraft's works that would leave this story firmly in the dust, I think that this is a really good starting point for getting into his work. For me, it did a good job of setting the tone for the spooky, funky world of the rest of his stories and novels.
For whatever reason, The Nameless City is the first of Lovecraft's stories in my Kindle copy of his collection, so it was my introduction into Lovecraft's style. Centered around an unnamed archaeologist/explorer, the narrator tells us the story of a mythical unnamed city, his descent through the ruins, and his eventual discovery of a strange and unusual undercity hidden beneath. A highly palatable 23 pages, I really liked this story. There is a definite sense of foreboding about the whole thing, and Lovecraft's bloated prose work extremely well to convey a powerful atmosphere. There is a palpable terror as the narrator descends through the ruins, a curiosity as his discoveries become weirder and weirder, and a crescendo of dramatic irony as the reader discovers the truth that the narrator has not yet noticed.
Although I'm certain that there are many of H.P. Lovecraft's works that would leave this story firmly in the dust, I think that this is a really good starting point for getting into his work. For me, it did a good job of setting the tone for the spooky, funky world of the rest of his stories and novels.
This book had potential and I loved the build of suspense. I didn't understand the ending though so I may have to reread it .
Chilling and detailed as many Lovecraft's works tend to be