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Tuesday, February 27, 2018

"Dreams from R'lyeh"

by Lin Carter
originally published Dreams From R'lyeh, Arkham House, 1975

A series of 31 sonnets, starting with a narrator's memories of going to live with a mysterious uncle who is apparently part of a Cthulhoid cult, then taking various Cthulhu-related subjects - mostly places such as R'lyeh, Kadath, etc.

 As sonnets, these aren't bad. Nor are they outstandingly good.  I actually think a good story could be built around these, by a creative sort.  But Carter's limited and derivative imagination, and the fact that he just plain didn't have the chops, keep these from being really memorable.  Fun though.


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