6/25/2023 0 Comments Lovecraft country goodreads![]() ![]() When I eventually bought a copy from a used book site, I think the seller totally fell for it, and rated this like-new copy as merely “acceptable.” Double bargain! I love meta book design, don’t you? Novel or Short Story Collection? In addition to garish art, multiple exclamation points, and aggressive font, the book cover is physically distressed: edges scuffed and ragged, images faded, and worn spots. ![]() Lovecraft’s stories were published back in the day (1920s and 1930s) by cheap, pulp-fiction rags, and Matt Ruff’s novel is designed to emulate those magazine covers. It was pretty much love at first sight for me when I picked up the hardback copy of Lovecraft Country that I’d requested from the library. Lovecraft’s ubiquitous racism and stands them on their ear. (Further adventures in the Sean Joye series: Water of Life and The Resurrectionist.) Lovecraft Country takes all those weird tropes I discussed in the Weird Fiction Genre post and well as H.P. ![]() It came to my attention when I was researching and reading comparable titles for my novel. I read Lovecraft Country last fall, and it was one of my favorite books of 2018. ![]()
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