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daileyxplanet's review
4.0
"Into the north window of my chamber glows the Pole Star with uncanny light."
A great story in the Dream Cycle. Good quotes in this one.
"Sometimes, when it is cloudy, I can sleep."
I think everyone has experienced a fit of insomnia, especially before there was a device that you could fiddle with to keep you occupied until you were tired or just to pass the time. I remember being wide awake in the middle of winter, the cloudy sky and the snow below reflecting the street lamps, witnessing the soft and silent night.
This also reminds me of all things, Frozen, where Anna cannot sleep because of the aurora borealis. "The sky's awake, so I'm awake!"
A great story in the Dream Cycle. Good quotes in this one.
"Sometimes, when it is cloudy, I can sleep."
I think everyone has experienced a fit of insomnia, especially before there was a device that you could fiddle with to keep you occupied until you were tired or just to pass the time. I remember being wide awake in the middle of winter, the cloudy sky and the snow below reflecting the street lamps, witnessing the soft and silent night.
This also reminds me of all things, Frozen, where Anna cannot sleep because of the aurora borealis. "The sky's awake, so I'm awake!"
hmnye's review
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
3.5
viniciusldmotta's review
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
qalminator's review
2.0
Well, I was leaning toward giving this 3 stars, until Lovecraft identified his repulsive yellow-skinned people as "Esquimaux". This story, apparently, is giving an alternate (dream?) history where white people were established in the northern reaches of the Americas before being conquered. Um. Yeah. It's one of those stories where the non-white race is described in such a bizarre fashion that I wouldn't have realized they were supposed to be human if it weren't for the "Esquimaux" label tacked on at the end.
That said, the interesting element is the POV-character's lack of fighting ability, and his physical ailments, which are similar to some of Lovecraft's own (which apparently kept him out of WWII). There might be an element of wistful wish-fulfillment in giving this character a tower-sentry post, but then the guard apparently fails, leading to guilt (possibly reflecting Lovecraft's guilt at not being able to serve?). Story-wise, just rather meh, though.
That said, the interesting element is the POV-character's lack of fighting ability, and his physical ailments, which are similar to some of Lovecraft's own (which apparently kept him out of WWII). There might be an element of wistful wish-fulfillment in giving this character a tower-sentry post, but then the guard apparently fails, leading to guilt (possibly reflecting Lovecraft's guilt at not being able to serve?). Story-wise, just rather meh, though.
steph72000's review
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0