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Ƹ̴Ӂ̴Ʒ 5 Stars for the wonderful opening story "The Repairer of Reputations". although i wonder if 'wonderful' is the correct word. after all, this is a story that opens with a bizarre, sometimes dire alterna-history leading up to a 1920s America where on-lookers gather to contemplate terminally dispi Leggi tutto

" Esto es lo que me perturba, porque no puedo olvidar Carcosa, donde estrellas negras flotan en los cielos; donde las sombras de los pensamientos de los hombres se alargan al atardecer, cuando los soles gemelos se hunden en el lago Hali, y mi mente sufrirá para siempre el recuerdo de la Máscara Páli Leggi tutto

Having been a huge fan of weird fiction and cosmic horror for years, it was more than time for me to sit down with the infamous “King in Yellow”, by Robert W. Chambers. This book is considered quite seminal for the genre, overshadowing nearly everything else the author has written in his life, and I Leggi tutto

No... nope, does not work. I tried i really did and i can see why people like these tales but i seriously believe they're judging them more on potential than actuality. Look the writing isn't bad, Chambers has a decent ability to paint a scene and his characters are actually quite good, as are his i Leggi tutto

Čejmbersova zbirka priča "Kralj u žutom" doživela je drugu mladost zbog emitovanja popularne HBO serije "True Detective". Seriju sam pratila, ali ne mogu da kažem da li je bolja serija ili knjiga, pre svega jer je reč o potpuno različitim proizvodima, a drugo jer se ne može reći da je serija ekraniz Leggi tutto

Otherworldly as far as the first four fantastical stories go, then eerily realistic. You never saw such a blend of vividness in settings and sharp foreboding as in The Repairer of Reputations, The Mask, the Court of the Dragon and The Yellow Sign! As to the other half of the book, you may enjoy The De Leggi tutto

The Repairer of Reputations: **The Mask: ****In the Court of the Dragon: ***The Yellow Sign: ***The Demoiselle D' Ys: ****The Prophets' Paradise: *****The Street of the Four Winds: ****The Street of the First Shell: **The Street of our Lady of the Fields: **Rue Barée: ***3.2 Before Algernon Blackwood Leggi tutto

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