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"It has always seemed strange to me," said Doc. "The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second."

"Who wants to be good if he has to be hungry too?"

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The King in Yellow

By Robert W Chambers

Book Wyrm's Review is under the cut

Page Count: Ranges from 108 - 330 pages per book depending on the publisher and/or year it was reprinted

Estimated Word Count: 79000

Genres: Decadent literature, horror, supernatural, weird, romance

Year of Publication: 1895

Overview

A man pursued by a church organist who wants his soul. An artist plagued by repeated sightings of a watchman who looks like a coffin worm. Ghosts, wayward cats, and scientific dabblings with dire consequences. Each of these ten tales is chilling in its own right, but taken together, they weave a wickedly eerie spell that is sure to enthrall.

United by vague references to a play with the same name, which never appears in the book―a play that "induces despair or madness in those who read it"―The King in Yellow is undoubtedly Robert W. Chambers' finest work. The book quickly gained an influence over generations of writers of "weird tales," long before there was even a name for them. H. P. Lovecraft greatly admired the book, hailing it as achieving "notable heights of cosmic fear."

Chambers' genius will take readers to the most horrifying place of all―their own imaginations.

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★★★☆☆ = 3/5 Stars

I went into reading this book expecting Lovecraft and wound up reading short stories. Yes all of the stories are interconnected but its not the insanity that the book had been hyped up to have.

Why name the book "the King in Yellow" and yet only reference the book of the play and the insanity and blasphemy that book/story/play is causing? I Digress.

For the book as written, it is a good story though deffinately a product of its writers time. Being written in 1895, It does have situations, names, and terms that may or may not upset more modern readers.

As for me, I would love to ACTUALLY read the story of the King in Yellow, not just the stories referencing the play/story so that I could properly experience a more horrific kind of story but for that, alas, I will need to turn to H.P. Lovecraft if I want horrors beyond my own comprehension.

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