The King in Yellow

" Esto es lo que me perturba, porque no puedo olvidar Carcosa, donde estrellas negras flotan en los cielos; donde las sombras de los pensamientos de los hombres se alargan al atardecer, cuando los soles gemelos se hunden en el lago Hali, y mi mente sufrirá para siempre el recuerdo de la Máscara Páli......more

Having been a huge fan of weird fiction and cosmic horror for years, it was more than time for me to sit down with the infamous “King in Yellow”, by Robert W. Chambers. This book is considered quite seminal for the genre, overshadowing nearly everything else the author has written in his life, and I......more

No... nope, does not work. I tried i really did and i can see why people like these tales but i seriously believe they're judging them more on potential than actuality. Look the writing isn't bad, Chambers has a decent ability to paint a scene and his characters are actually quite good, as are his i......more

Otherworldly as far as the first four fantastical stories go, then eerily realistic. You never saw such a blend of vividness in settings and sharp foreboding as in The Repairer of Reputations, The Mask, the Court of the Dragon and The Yellow Sign! As to the other half of the book, you may enjoy The De......more

The Repairer of Reputations: ** The Mask: **** In the Court of the Dragon: *** The Yellow Sign: *** The Demoiselle D' Ys: **** The Prophets' Paradise: ***** The Street of the Four Winds: **** The Street of the First Shell: ** The Street of our Lady of the Fields: ** Rue Barée: *** 3.2 Before Algernon Blackwood......more