Three Moments of an Explosion,What the moon brings, The unnamable, The rope is the world
These stories were defiantly different from any others in the course. the topics that they centered around were either supernatural or futuristic, both strange to the targeted reader. The unnamable was the most interesting to read, where the protagonist's friend believes that everything is subjectifiable to labels. only after the supernatural attack dose the friend condone that the creature is without shape/form/name. at the time it was written i belie there was probably a large rift between the more superstitious country persons and the scientific community of city persons. this was likely some of lovecraft's inspiration. he took an existing social problem/ discrepancy and pushed it to the extreme with supernatural influence.
Another of the stories that i found intriguing was The rope is the world. this was a futuristic piece about a situation in which massive constructions are built up from the earth in to space in the form of freight elevators. the author's focus seems to be on the separational effects technology and advancement can have on earths society. in certain outdated towers we are told that groups of people live solely in them, cut off from the rest of the earth's people. the building of the towers are a tremendous feat, yet they have been the cause of a defragmentation of society. the idea of the human race being capable of creating such a situation is frightening to say the least, especially in such a way that the society is generally unaware of any issue. the author even hints at the visiting alien races as being unimpressed by the towers. perhaps they could see what was to eventually happen.
these stories were definitely unlike anything i had read previously, and to a point felt quite difficult to grasp at the point the author was making. part of this could have been attributed to the dated language. overall, i find myself more inclined to do further readings in the other weeks denominations because i was able to connect better with the characters.
These stories were defiantly different from any others in the course. the topics that they centered around were either supernatural or futuristic, both strange to the targeted reader. The unnamable was the most interesting to read, where the protagonist's friend believes that everything is subjectifiable to labels. only after the supernatural attack dose the friend condone that the creature is without shape/form/name. at the time it was written i belie there was probably a large rift between the more superstitious country persons and the scientific community of city persons. this was likely some of lovecraft's inspiration. he took an existing social problem/ discrepancy and pushed it to the extreme with supernatural influence.
Another of the stories that i found intriguing was The rope is the world. this was a futuristic piece about a situation in which massive constructions are built up from the earth in to space in the form of freight elevators. the author's focus seems to be on the separational effects technology and advancement can have on earths society. in certain outdated towers we are told that groups of people live solely in them, cut off from the rest of the earth's people. the building of the towers are a tremendous feat, yet they have been the cause of a defragmentation of society. the idea of the human race being capable of creating such a situation is frightening to say the least, especially in such a way that the society is generally unaware of any issue. the author even hints at the visiting alien races as being unimpressed by the towers. perhaps they could see what was to eventually happen.
these stories were definitely unlike anything i had read previously, and to a point felt quite difficult to grasp at the point the author was making. part of this could have been attributed to the dated language. overall, i find myself more inclined to do further readings in the other weeks denominations because i was able to connect better with the characters.
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