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Thanks for the rec. I love his somewhat scientific, logical approach and there are a lot of themes and topics there I'm generally very interested in. And it's amazing how he takes the opposite route of Lovecraft, replacing obscurantism with analytical, systematic explanations and still manages to convey a lovecraftian sense of awe. If you know other, similar books, I'd be happy to read them as well.
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07-28-2015, 07:11 AM | #25 (permalink) |
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Started to read Barker's Books Of Blood.
The framing story was pretty lame, but hey, it's just a device. Now reading "Midnight Meat Train". I've seen the movie, so I don't expect too many surprises, but it's a fun read so far.
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Yes, as you say the book has a scientific, logical approach, but is none-the-less what is known as "a page-turner". Lots of interesting ideas, and the way it links in with Lovecraft is particularly satisfying, isn´t it? Colin Wilson was a busy guy, and wrote eighty or ninety books, but this is easily his best novel. After being disappointed by a couple of his other novels, I moved over to his non-fiction stuff: his biog of Rasputín is good, also his philosophical books; The Outsider, The Age of Defeat, The Strength to Dream. Being philosophy, they aren´t to everybody´s taste of course. But one reviewer wrote of Colin Wilson, " He has a style that makes the pursuit of an intellectual idea as exciting as a detective story", and I think that stands as good description of his books in general.
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I seldom read non-fiction, but I'll give it a try. Colin Wilson strikes me as a pretty intelligent guy and there are a handful of purely philosophical books I really enjoy.
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