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mylonpruett 's review for:
The King in Yellow
by Robert W. Chambers
Summary: A collection of mostly mediocre, short stories (with a few gems) of a semi-spooky, eldritch horror nature.
So this book was sort of pitched as being a collection of Cthulhu inspired short stories, and the first few were. But after that, it was just weird. Not necessarily really bad just not very good. And over half of them weren’t even remotely creepy. They were just sort of stories.
I probably wouldn’t recommend this book to anyone, except maybe people who just want to read all the Cthulhu mythos stuff there is, but if, for some reason, you really do want to read some writings about Hastur, The King in Yellow, you may find the following short stories interesting:
- The Repairer of Reputations
- The Mask
- In the Court of the Dragon
- The Yellow Sign
- The Domoiselle D’ys
- The Green Room
Read them and leave the rest, it’s not really worth the time.
"Along the shore the cloud waves break, The twin suns sink behind the lake, The shadows lengthen
In Carcosa.
Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies, But stranger still is
Lost Carcosa.
Songs that the Hyades shall sing, Where flap the tatters of the King, Must die unheard in
Dim Carcosa.
Song of my soul, my voice is dead, Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed Shall dry and die in
Lost Carcosa."
—Cassilda’s Song in “The King in Yellow.” Act 1. Scene 2.2
So this book was sort of pitched as being a collection of Cthulhu inspired short stories, and the first few were. But after that, it was just weird. Not necessarily really bad just not very good. And over half of them weren’t even remotely creepy. They were just sort of stories.
I probably wouldn’t recommend this book to anyone, except maybe people who just want to read all the Cthulhu mythos stuff there is, but if, for some reason, you really do want to read some writings about Hastur, The King in Yellow, you may find the following short stories interesting:
- The Repairer of Reputations
- The Mask
- In the Court of the Dragon
- The Yellow Sign
- The Domoiselle D’ys
- The Green Room
Read them and leave the rest, it’s not really worth the time.
"Along the shore the cloud waves break, The twin suns sink behind the lake, The shadows lengthen
In Carcosa.
Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies, But stranger still is
Lost Carcosa.
Songs that the Hyades shall sing, Where flap the tatters of the King, Must die unheard in
Dim Carcosa.
Song of my soul, my voice is dead, Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed Shall dry and die in
Lost Carcosa."
—Cassilda’s Song in “The King in Yellow.” Act 1. Scene 2.2