In this chapter, we once again see Tristram’s former French tutor and current servant Gouvernail, who apparently has been around despite not being mentioned since Chapter 32 of Book IX, which you may (but probably don’t) remember as ‘just before … Continue reading →
This chapter is the chapter of Tristram hot on the trail of the mysterious Fair Knight! First he comes across a lady weeping over a dead knight, because either Malory forgot he used this exact tableau in the previous chapter … Continue reading →
“So, Palomides, if that’s your real name —” “We’ve known one another for literally years at this point, Tristram.” “Why, I wonder,” Tristram asks, pressing on, “why was it that you happened to be in a fight with those ten … Continue reading →
(WE NOW RETURN TO LE MORTE D’ARTHUR, ALREADY IN PROGRESS.) “Well,” says Arthur. “If you don’t mind, I’d appreciate an explanation of that device on your shield.” (If you need to be reminded who Arthur is speaking to … Continue reading →
Having read the Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath all the way through for the first time, finally, I’ve got to say, it was about what I expected. Incredibly florid prose, very little characterization, lots of odd picaresque locales. Lovecraft is notorious … Continue reading →
Nyarlathotep, the Other God, incarnate as a golden boy-Pharoah, speaks to Randolph Carter almost as if they were equals. It — he — exposits the following. 1) Carter’s quest has destroyed those before him who attempted it — Barzai, … Continue reading →
Here we are, the big finish! Carter and all his friends get sucked up into the Castle of the Great Ones. The castle is huge, y’all: large as the army of ghouls and night-gaunts [is], it [is] lost in the … Continue reading →
Man, dates! Here we are just past summer’s true and proper beginning, and already the next issue of Asimov’s promised me is the September issue, to be followed by the October/November double issue. The 2012 Oct/Nov double issue, of course, … Continue reading →
The next night, in Sarkomand, Carter gives a speech to the assembly of ghouls. His main points are as follows: 1) We’ve done great, attacking the moonbeasts. 2) I have this other quest, though. 3) I want to go to … Continue reading →
We’re in the home stretch now, believe it or not. Just three entries after this one. I had wanted to get all of PS: DQUK done in May, but such is life. The black galley, crewed by ghouls and with … Continue reading →
