Category Archives: retro book reviews

Dagon : The Complete Lovecraft #4

H. P. Lovecraft was born, raised and spending the majority of his life in Providence, Rhode Island. It is perhaps therefore not a great surprise that the mysteries of the sea features so often in his fiction. Even now, a … Continue reading

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The Tomb : The Complete Lovecraft #3

Madness and the ravings of the mad are themes that Lovecraft visits time and time again in his work. It’s a subject that is close to his heart. He himself having suffered a nervous breakdown in his formative years, as … Continue reading

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The Alchemist: the complete Lovecraft #2

‘The Alchemist’ is one of the better known early tales written by the H. P. Lovecraft. Like the first tale, I reviewed it is considered to be one of his Juvenilia works as Lovecraft wrote ‘The Alchemist’ when he was still only … Continue reading

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The Beast In The Cave. The complete Lovecraft #1

As you may be aware from the earlier post on the subject, I have decided to read/review the complete fiction works of H P Lovecraft as my reading/blogging challenge for 2017. I have decided to do this in the order … Continue reading

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Blog / Reading Challenge 2017

With the occasional exception, I have spoken to, notable only for their oddity, all writers are prolific readers. Indeed the notable exceptions were a couple of people who have told me they want to be writers while openly admitting they … Continue reading

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Strange worlds and Awkward reviews

As anyone who reads my blog is aware I review Indie authors books on a semi-regular basis.Partly I do reviews because I am an indie writer myself. Thus I know how hard it is to get people to do reviews. … Continue reading

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