/lit/ - Literature

We think go back to >>>/tv/

not pretentious enough

I was disappointed.

reading it now

first four stories related to the yellow king are good. first and third one were my favourites (the repairer of reputations and in the court of the dragon) the more romantic stuff that comes afterwards is fucking boss so far. guy has such a vivid lyrical style. i think the demoiselle d'ys might be my favourite so far. the prose poem one i didn;t fully get into. i think i would need to read it again and give it some more analysis

It was better before True Detective came out.

>>4795036
this post is the definition of hipster

>>4794975
Damn, you're making me want to read it.
>>4794942
>>4795036
I get the irrational hatred and despise towards "filthy casuals", but True Detective was a pretty good show.

>>4794940
I have two copies.
It is basically what inspired Lovecraft, and is very good.

>>4796360
>It is basically what inspired Lovecraft

Yeah, Dunsany and Bierce want a word.

They didn't sound happy.

The first four stories are pretty decent, Repairer of Reputations probably the best. After that, it drops off into pretty dull stuff and some shockingly bad poetry. The King in Yellow is a pretty nifty conceit, though.

>>4796389
>H.P. Lovecraft read The King in Yellow in early 1927[13] and included passing references to various things and places from the book—such as the Lake of Hali and the Yellow Sign—in "The Whisperer in Darkness" (1931),[14] one of his seminal Cthulhu Mythos stories. Lovecraft borrowed Chambers' method of only vaguely referring to supernatural events, entities, and places, thereby allowing his readers to imagine the horror for themselves. The imaginary play The King in Yellow effectively became another piece of occult literature in the Cthulhu Mythos alongside the Necronomicon and others.

wikipedia

>>4796426

My objection is to your implication that Chambers was the sole or even primary influence on Lovecraft. Read Bierce's The Damned Thing and compare with The Colour Out Of Space, for example.

>>4794975
>the more romantic stuff that comes afterwards is fucking boss so far
No, it's fucking terrible is what it is.

>>4796447
Fair enough.

>>4796523

Eh, it's not bad, really. But I think it's kinda like Metallica, how a lot people hated the Load and Reload albums not because they were bad, but because they technically were NOT metal.

>>4796447
Its also worth noting that Lovecraft had many influences and it can be near impossible to place one as the primary influence. For instance, his earlier work often osolates between Dunsany-like and Poe-like until he finally finds his own voice around Shadow Over Innsmouth.

For instance, Dunwich Horror is clearly inspired by the Great God Pan while the Rats in the Walls is obviously a homage to the Fall of the House of Usher.

>>4794940
I read about two pages, realized it was overwrought pretentious shit, and never thought of it again until you posted this thread.

What did you think of it OP? Did you even attempt to read it?

>>4801353
Algeron Blackwood.

>>4801384
>two pages, realized it was overwrought pretentious shit

Protip: the narrator of the first story is insane and wildly unreliable (it may not actually be the 1920s - are those suicide booths real? etc). The overwroughtness is a feature, not a bug.

It was just as ghood as the last transient reading fad I read, because I'm a follower when it comes to the books people choose for me to read.

>>4801425
>s-stick with it... it will stop sucking, I promise!!
Where have I heard that before?

>>4801636

I suspect from anyone who ever told you about something that required a modicum of either patience or insight.

Relax, though. I'm not a huge fan of it, only the first four stories are really worth your while.