I have this one friend who, for as long as I’ve known her, can somehow manage to bring Cthulhu into a conversation about anything. Needless to say, I was intrigued. I knew that Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos had a huge cult following, but had never really looked into it.

This book is a collection of short stories, and while I normally have a very hard time with these types of books (unless they are by an author I love or all take place in a fictional universe that I’m very familiar with), I decided to give this one a try. It features stories by H.P. Lovecraft and other authors writing about the Cthulhu Mythos.

I started out this book loving it. Was really excited for it and devoured the first few stories. A quarter of the way into the book I was having problems. Half way through the book, I could not go on. No matter how much I want to, I just can’t get past that point. I think I’ve had too much of evil aliens/other evil beings to last me for a couple of months now.

Not to say that the stories I read weren’t good; I’ve simply got to read me some more Lovecraft – just not for a long while now. While I love scifi, I’m not normally big into these types of stories where there are so many evil beings or occultish stuff, and I think I over did it a little bit.