#in here leaving aside a quick namedrop for peo at the beggining this is itw own thing

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It's genuenly fascinating how Lovecraft, known xenophobe in it's truest sense, created this race of grotesque utterly inhuman alien creatures and the goes on at length describing with genuine respect and admiration how advanced and complex and admirable their culture and civilization was.

like, we are talking about these guys

and lovecraft is like "ah yes, their goberment was complex a probably socialistic...there was extensive commerece, the culture was mainly urban, in furnishing their homes they kept everything at the center of huge rooms leaving wall spaces for decorative treatments, lighting was probably accomplished by a device electro-chemical in nature"

is so strange how comfortable he is humanizing these creatures, treating them like any other culture worth of consideration. i really didnt expect this coming from this dude

#lovecraft #he is much more willing to do his own thing than verne was #an antartic mystery was a direct sequel to gordon pym #in here leaving aside a quick namedrop for peo at the beggining this is itw own thing #at the mountains of madness #the antartic trilogy