The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
by H.P. Lovecraft · first published 1965
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Continuador de la tradición del cuento de terror, H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) innovó el género con aportaciones procedentes de una veta personalísima de temas y obsesiones en la que se dan cita el mundo sobrenatural, el saber esotérico y las ensoñaciones oníricas. Creador de una mitología fantástica y prolífico autor de cuentos y relatos breves, publicó asimismo tres novelas, entre las que destaca El caso de Charles Dexter Ward, obra en la que el horror se funde con materiales narrativos de naturaleza realista en el mejor estilo lovecraftiano.
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…instead of eastward; he asked, "What would have been the results for Rome if she had been engaged in war with Alexander?""[1] Another classic take on the past not being dead is Lovecraft's, such as in "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward"[2] and "The Rats in the Walls"[3]. [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_A... [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_history_%28fiction%2... [2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Case_of_Charles_Dexter_War...…
on “Sci-Fi Novels You Should Read” ↗Surprisingly enough, in most of his stories, the chaos from outside is contained. Notably in the Call of Cthlhu, The Dunwich Horror, and the Case of Charles Dexter Ward, where people spring into action once the threat has emerged. The difference between Ghostbusters and Lovecraft's work (outside of being a comedy) is the reaction. In Ghostbusters, they're presented as…
on “Supernatural Horror in Literature (1927)” ↗…Conventional history and culture has never before been shaped by the - ever shortening, ever accelerating - techonomic feedback loops that we see today. Cybernetics has been summoned like Yog Sothoth in "The case of Charles Dexter Ward". [1] http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/MST.html [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Case_of_Charles_Dexter_War...
on “The Future of Computing Is Analog” ↗