H.P. Lovecraft The Tower Short Story Review
H.P. Lovecraft The Tower Short Story Review H.P. Lovecraft has revolutionized the world of Science fiction. His short stories and no...
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H.P. Lovecraft The Tower Short Story Review
H.P. Lovecraft has revolutionized the world of Science fiction. His short stories and novels are tainted with the air of the bizarre and mysterious. One has to wonder how the hell did he come up with so many bizarre things. Lovecraft is like the Poe of science fiction. Many of his stories are uniquely his own. All his stories are 5 star worthy. Thus, to kill time I am only going to focus on my personal favorite.
The Tower plays with the theory of relativity. When Lovecraft arrived to New York, Einstein's theory had become quite well known. The Tower is not about the Manhattan project. Plus, there is no science fiction per say. Here is the point. The main character lives alone in a tower. One day he leaves it and discovers that he is not human. Throughout the narration, we only see things from his perceptive.
Via optics, the Earth or ourselves might be the center of the universe. It all depends on the frame of reference. Since the main character only had himself as the point of reference he imagine himself human. However, when he met the humans he read about he was shocked at their reaction. When he looked into the mirror inside the new building he saw his true form. He then realized that he could not live among them. Truly, this short story deserves 5 star rating.
You know, the tragedy of Lovecraft is that he did not make any money during his life time. His writing became popular like 20 years after his death. He used to write normal things until he got to New York. Now York was a paradigm is modernity. However, it was a strange and new place for someone used to the old world. His writing are the works of a madman. In the few works that refer to new York are all bathed in mystery and Death. Well, even today, one does not know what you will dig up in New York. If you ask me, I think he was just afraid of the dark. Darkness is a common element in all of Lovecraft's writing. Anyhow, Lovecraft deserves 5 star rating.
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