Od prve do posljednje stranice ona predstavlja ogledalo o koje treba da se ugleda svaki drugi horor. Knjia Šaptač u tami sadrži sedam novela objavljenih u različitim časopisima tokom dvadesetih godina prošlog stoljeća, i to: Šaptač u tami (1931), Slika u kući (1921), Vrebajući strah (1923), Neizrecivo (1925), Užas u četvrti Red Huk (1926), Hladan Vazduh (1928), Ljubav prema mrtvima (1924). Ja sam ga upoznao okružen blještavilom popodneva, bukom velegrada, i usred vreve jednog otrcanog i običnog pansiona. Pogrešno je vjerovati da je užas neraskidivo vezan za tamu, tišinu i osamu. Also, I have to see I think Hawk improved on this by having the characters actually explore the underground in search of the missing people.īut anyway: Weird fun. So I wasn't surprised by the science fiction elements. To be fair this was slightly spoilered by me having already read Threshold, which is based on this. And as is often the case with Lovecraft, the parts that would have been the most frightening or suspenseful happen off page or are narrated post-facto so we know the protagonist did not end up with his brain in a cannister. I could have used more explanation for why Akeley didn't simply leave (especially since he has the son in San Diego, safely far off). The bulk of the story is epistolary and that dragged a bit. I liked the alien artifacts and the solitary homesteader's unwise attempts to research the mystery. The Mythos parts of this one are very strong, with ancient but seldom-spoken of presence of the creepy what-are-they under the hills coming out at night and making odd noises. He is now commonly regarded as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th Century, exerting widespread and indirect influence, and frequently compared to Edgar Allan Poe. Lovecraft's protagonists usually achieve the mirror-opposite of traditional gnosis and mysticism by momentarily glimpsing the horror of ultimate reality.Īlthough Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, his reputation has grown over the decades. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Christianity. Lovecraft has developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fictions featuring a pantheon of human-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. Those who genuinely reason, like his protagonists, gamble with sanity. Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: life is incomprehensible to human minds and the universe is fundamentally alien. Howard Phillips Lovecraft, of Providence, Rhode Island, was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction.
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