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The Unspeakable and Others (Paperback)

~ Dan Clore (Author)
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What is refreshing in Cloreâ€(tm)s work is a misanthropy as rare in literature as the Asianic style itself. Here one can only look to some of the darkest satirists of the past two millennia--Juvenal, Jonathan Swift, Arthur Schopenhauer, Ambrose Bierce, and Shirley Jackson almost exhaust the catalogue. The idea that we are required to extend benevolence to human beings merely because they are human beings is one of the deepest and most irrational prejudices in human thought. Let us recall Lovecraft: "may not all mankind be a mistake--an abnormal growth--a disease in the system of Nature--an excrescence on the body of infinite progression like a wart on the human hand? Might not the total destruction of humanity, as well as of all animate creation, be a positive boon to Nature as a whole?" Whether Clore agrees with this remark is only for him to say; but that misanthropy is at the heart of all the tales of Lord Weyrdgliffe can hardly be gainsaid. --S.T. Joshi, from the Introduction

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  • Paperback: 407 pages
  • Publisher: Wildside Press (March 18, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1587154838
  • ISBN-13: 978-1587154836
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,958,428 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Lovecraft on LSD!, September 16, 2004
By RC "The Barbarian" (New York, New York United States) - See all my reviews
The Unspeakable written by Dan Clore is definitely not for the squeamish. Good horror literature as this, is indeed rare. Deeply dark without being prurient. Each tale is a fantabulous mind-bending trip of Lovecraftian proportions. All the tales (stand seperate), form a cohesive binding whole that makes the Unspeakable, speak. Each story is a "penny dreadful" written by the exo-outerly enigmatic Lord Weyrdgliffe of the Waughters. Highly recommend this in small doses on those nights you want to be creeped out!
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5.0 out of 5 stars For the Strong of Stomach, December 8, 2003
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Over the top grotesques, similar to C. A. Smith if he had been un-edited. Makes Stephen King look like a sissy.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A master of the macabre, November 24, 2008
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Mr. Clore is a master of the macabre prose poem. He is astonishingly inventive, and devises images not soon forgotten. He is willing to take risks from which most writers would flee in terror. He is unlikely to appeal to Babbitts or the semiliterate, but admirers of Poe, or the Decadents, or Clark Ashton Smith, should find his work of considerable interest. Sophisticated Lovecraftians will enjoy the outlandish and sometimes hilarious Cthulhuvian essays which are also included.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Ouch
It is reputed that the author suffers from chronic pain. It is not clear whether that pain is the cause or a consequence of his writing style. My guess: the former.
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