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Bezig met laden... Titus Crow, Volume 1: The Burrowers Beneath; The Transition of Titus Crowdoor Brian Lumley
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![]() Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. ![]() ![]() "The Burrowers Beneath" - This is a Lovecraftian tale which features Titus Crow, an occultist who lived in the 1960s at his sprawling bungalow in England. In this novel, Cthulhu and his minions are on the move, creating earthquakes as they burrow beneath the earth's crust in their mission to retrieve something of great value to them. Lumley writes his Titus Crow stories in epistolary form; and while many probably consider his writings derivative, there is a richness to the prose and style that's enjoyable. "The Transition of Titus Crow" - Heavily indebted to Lovecraft, Lumley's writing this time pays an additional homage to H.G. Wells' 'The Time Machine' as Titus Crow whips across space and time The Burrowers Beneath is a perfectly respectable Lovecraftian horror story, though the setting and Lumley's Titus Crow himself give it a more British and urbane flavor. However, The Transition of Titus Crow is much less interesting and tends to flounder about in a morass of mythic superlatives and meaningless why-did-you-even-put-this-in episodes. The first is well worth the price of admission and I have read it several times; the second, frankly, I've never been able to finish. This book has two parts: the first is "The Burrowers Beneath" and the second is "The Transition of Titus Crow." Lumley's take on Mythos fiction shares many characteristics with that of Derleth and Lin Carter, which is to say it's entertaining but rather derivative. Lumley's style can be pretty effective and when taken in small doses (as in the short story "The Night the Sea-Maid Went Down," included in this book) is almost on par with Lovecraft. At other times, Lumley is not able to maintain enough of an atmosphere to keep the narrative interesting. This is particularly true in "Transition" which becomes a bit of a slog, especially once the narrator arrives in a mythical land. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Titus Crow (Omnibus 1-2) BevatThe Night Sea-maid Went Down door Brian Lumley (indirect)
The Titus Crow novels are adventure horror, full of acts of nobility and heroism, featuring travel to exotic locations and alternate planes of existence as Titus Crow and his faithful companion and record-keeper fight the gathering forces of darkness wherever they arise. The menaces are the infamous and deadly Elder Gods of the work of H.P. Lovecraft. Chthulu and his dark minions are bent on ruling the earth--or destroying it. A few puny humans cannot possibly stand against these otherworldly evil gods, yet time after time, Titus Crow defeats the monsters and drives them back into the dark from whence they came. Volume One contains two full novels,The Burrowers BeneathandThe Transition of Titus Crow. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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![]() GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.914Literature English English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:![]()
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