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Lovecraft si je v Sloveniji in tujini pridobil status obveznega branja med spoštovalci grozljivega in domišljijskega, kar potrjujejo tudi številne ognjevite debate o njegovem delu in vplivih, ki jih ima to delo.
Ti se niso dotaknili le ameriških in evropskih pisateljev romanov in zgodb ustreznih žanrov, temveč tudi ustvarjalcev vrste likov urbane mitologije, od Batmana in Spidermana dalje, in filmarjev, ki so idejne zasnove za uspele grozljivke velikokrat našli prav v Lovecraftovem pisanju, v katerem so se uveljavile dandanes skorajda obvezne tematike prepovedanega znanja, vpliva nezemeljskih civilizacij na človeško raso in vsakršnih groženj obstanku naše civilizacije.
Ti se niso dotaknili le ameriških in evropskih pisateljev romanov in zgodb ustreznih žanrov, temveč tudi ustvarjalcev vrste likov urbane mitologije, od Batmana in Spidermana dalje, in filmarjev, ki so idejne zasnove za uspele grozljivke velikokrat našli prav v Lovecraftovem pisanju, v katerem so se uveljavile dandanes skorajda obvezne tematike prepovedanega znanja, vpliva nezemeljskih civilizacij na človeško raso in vsakršnih groženj obstanku naše civilizacije.
291 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2005
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About the author
H.P. Lovecraft
6,471 books19.5k followersHoward Phillips Lovecraft, of Providence, Rhode Island, was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction.
Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: life is incomprehensible to human minds and the universe is fundamentally alien. Those who genuinely reason, like his protagonists, gamble with sanity. 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. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Christianity. Lovecraft's protagonists usually achieve the mirror-opposite of traditional gnosis and mysticism by momentarily glimpsing the horror of ultimate reality.
Although Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, his reputation has grown over the decades. 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.
See also Howard Phillips Lovecraft.
— Wikipedia
Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: life is incomprehensible to human minds and the universe is fundamentally alien. Those who genuinely reason, like his protagonists, gamble with sanity. 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. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Christianity. Lovecraft's protagonists usually achieve the mirror-opposite of traditional gnosis and mysticism by momentarily glimpsing the horror of ultimate reality.
Although Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, his reputation has grown over the decades. 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.
See also Howard Phillips Lovecraft.
— Wikipedia
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February 1, 2018
Gre za paranojičen pogled osebe, ki se boji vsega tujega. Poleg rasisitčnih opazk je jasno da avtor prezira vse kar je njemu tuje ali drugačno. Zgodbe so snovane na takih tleh in vse kar bi moralo ustvarjati občutek srhljivosti je zreducirano na preziranje poganskega in tujega. Povrhu vsega so pa tematike in vzorci zgodb repetitivni. Kljub temu, da je v knjigi zbranih 7 zgobd, lahko preberete samo eno in si prihranite čas branja 6ih podobnih zgodb, kjer se zaplet in razrešitev ponovijo.
Za povrh pa je prevod še poln "tiskarskih napak".
Za povrh pa je prevod še poln "tiskarskih napak".
November 30, 2019
Hm. Mešani občutki. Na nek način dobri zaključki posameznih zgodb, ki niso klasični. Se pa vse skupaj prične relativno ponavljati v samem besedilu - če prebereš dve zgodbi, se ostale potem zelo podobno odvijajo. Ja. Je dobro. Ni pa vrhunsko.
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