Tuesday, August 30, 2022

August 30, 2022

Greetings Everyone!

When it comes to Lovecraft's monsters- his extra-terrestrial, terrestrial, trans-dimensional aliens & his hybrid, degenerative "Others"- they are meant to be interpreted as actually existing, ontological entities- they are not meant to be interpreted as tropes, symbols, or metaphors for something else than what they are.

We must be remember this, when we see critics interpreting these entities as symbols or metaphors, which they often do in order to "extricate" Lovecraft's texts from his own beliefs, views & literary purposes- especially his racist beliefs-so that they can use Lovecraft's texts to further their own pet theories & personal, even political, purposes.

Read all about Lovecraft's monsters- and the likewise ontologically-existent robots & VR idols- in my second book.

JLS

 https://www.amazon.com/s?k=aliens%2C+robots+and+virtual+reality+idols+in+the+science+fiction+of+hp+lovecraft&i=stripbooks&crid=24Q9NYV736YSB&sprefix=aliens%2C+robots+and+virtual+reality+idols+in+the+science+fiction+of+hp+lovecraft%2Cstripbooks%2C91&ref=nb_sb_noss