/lit/ - Literature

>>10745235
I thought SoI was great, and listening the the audio by Wayne June made it even better. Despite the final twist ultimately resulting from miscegenation, it's still aged very well, due to the obvious mental change that occurs to the protagonist. The line
>No, I shall not shoot myself—I cannot be made to shoot myself!
is one I especially enjoyed. This finalizes the narrator's change mentally, and leads into his plot to flee from the world of humans and fully embrace the world of the Deep Ones.

I usually don't like purple prose, but I actually liked it here. I'm not entirely sure why. I think because it makes the story sound more fantastic and heightens the effect of the mood. I remember my father saying the same thing about Tolkien's works when he was reading them in German for the first time (after having read them in English seven times previously).

Unfortunately the story infodumps. I found the conversation with Zadok far most tolerable though. He conveys information not just with words but also actions. Lowering his voice in fear, glancing to the tides, disappearing at the end. I think his sudden disappearance was needed in order to make the audience feel there's some actual threat to the narrator's livelihood.

>How would you rate this story compared to other Lovecraft stories?
Never read any, so I can't say.

>What kind of blasphemous crap do you think the fish people hauling to Innsmouth?
Ah, the strange gold?

>Did the fish people actually do anything wrong?
I have no idea why the Deep Ones even want to interbreed with humanity. Honestly, I think I can see why later authors would say the Deep Ones kidnapped humans for reproductive purposes.

Supposedly the Deep Ones live underwater in some fantastic city, but for some reason they just leave Innsmouth to decay into a rotting shithole. It's like they couldn't care less about the world of humans, which seems strange for a race that wants to breed with them.

The destruction of Innsmouth should've made them think about their next move more carefully. If they got busted once, it can surely happen again. Maybe cooperate with humanity a bit more instead of being elitist snobs. (Also waifus.)