The Doom that Came to Sarnath (Annotated Edition)

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Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Lovecraft was one of the greatest horror writers of all time. His seminal work appeared in the pages of legendary Weird Tales and has influenced countless writer of the macabre. This is one of those stories. It was first published in The Scot, a Scottish amateur fiction magazine, in June Published first published June To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.

Lists with This Book. Mar 15, Bill Kerwin rated it liked it Shelves: Although this early imitation of Dunsany—first published in the amateur journal The Scot in —reveals the Irish writer's influence in every line, it is also characteristically Lovecraft, a harbinger of things to come. Written in ornate, mannered prose, the story itself is simple: But Bokrug will not be mocked, and eventually doom comes to Sarnath too. If Dunsany had written this story, he would have emphasized the ancientness of Sarnath and hinted at destroyed cities and moribund gods even more ancient than Ib.

It would be a prophet's tale, fortelling the death of another city built ten thousand years after Sarnath, and the prophet would also speak of the destruction of cities not yet built, the death of gods not yet imagined. A wistful and melancholy tale, a quintessentially Celtic meditation upon the great mystery of time. I can't believe I dog-paddled through that swamp of putridly purple description just for a final paragraph of madness born of horror unendurable. Howie, you tease, you're all build up and no delivery. This is the third of the Dreamlands story cycle. View all 5 comments.

Aug 22, StoryTellerShannon rated it liked it Shelves: A tale of how humans wiped out an advanced race of reptilian humanoids. Before humans came the land of Mnar was the home of lake creatures, the beings of Ib.

The Doom That Came To Sarnath

As a proof of their power they took their green idol to their city. There is a bit overly descriptive part of the story that shows how much Sarnath had progressed since the destruction of Ib that might pull you out of it, but it's not a big deal if you are familiar with Lovecraft at all.

I can forgive anything in his case. Since the title is in itself a spoiler, it's not surprising that the creatures and their lizard-god got the last laugh. Nothing in the story makes me feel sorry for the humans. Apr 02, Patrick rated it really liked it Shelves: This one was awesome!! Apr 03, Mizuki rated it really liked it Shelves: It is one of the better stories from Lovecraft's Dream Cycle. It reads like a dark fairy tale and the foreshadowing of the deadly curse is played out rather nicely, so 4 stars.

First published in , this is the third story in Lovecraft's Dream Cycle. It tells the tale of the ancient city of Sarnath and its rise and fall. More mythic-fantasy than horror, this tale has been compared to the works of Lord Dunsany. As with many Lovecraft stories, this one is filled with passages of purple prose like these: Next up is Polaris Wikipedia lists a further ten. Sep 18, Vatroslav Herceg rated it it was amazing.

Lovecraftov Cthulhu mitos je druga spona Lovecraftova opusa s romantizmom. Nietzsche je bio u pravu.

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Jan 03, Netanella rated it liked it Shelves: A fun and flowery read about the rise and fall of the doomed ancient city of Sarnath. A plethora of place names, a distant mythos, but I am reminded of nothing so much as The Masque of the Red Death , which was far, far better.

The Bible-like descriptions of Sarnath itself are beautiful, the names evocative, but this is the kind of fantasy building I've been doing myself as long as I can remember, so I guess it seems like a childish way to build a story, to me. Completely non-creepy, as view spoiler [I was totally cheering for the fish people from the word go hide spoiler ]. K A plethora of place names, a distant mythos, but I am reminded of nothing so much as The Masque of the Red Death , which was far, far better.

Kind of enjoyed this one. Moved review to the individual work Sept. Another story that I remember rather vividly I couldn't get past the overly descriptive middle section of this story. Lovecraft has a way with engulfing a person into his enchantment. However, I think it was a bit overdone. While the Sarnath vividness was relished towards the end, perhaps it could have been been better composed? To be blunt, it got boring. It's obvious one is not supposed to know what are the geographical details of "Mnar", or "Ib"; or the personal stories of the great warriors, and many kings and nobles.

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But the informati I couldn't get past the overly descriptive middle section of this story. But the information-attack was overwhelming at times; and it distracted from the fanciful story. Jan 14, Joshua Shioshita rated it liked it. Another fantasy tale from Lovecraft. This one deals with revenge and curses. He loves to make descendants pay for the crimes of their ancestors which is pretty messed up. Apart from that though I'm just not a fantasy guy, and it's hard to get into it.

Aug 02, David rated it it was ok. A morality tale and a vivid description of the land of Mnar and Sarnath, but not really that scary at all. The description of the city was neat, at least. More of a myth than a 'Lovecraftian" horror. A simple story of human eradication of another species, because they are other, the slow build of magnificent empire, and then their destruction by those they thought they had wiped out.

Flowery language, and a very fairy-tale feeling in the opulence of the city. Oct 18, Carole Rae rated it liked it. I honestly feel like this was only an intro to more. Lots of backstory for such a short one. This really felt like it needed more. The creatures were creepy. I felt bad for them. People can suck and sorry Don't be killing things that really did nothing to you but look weird.

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This wasn't spooky especially if you are like me and wanted the settlers to be punished for being evil. Humans or these creatures? Mmmm the humans for sure.

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