Existential Sadness in H.P. Lovecraft's 'The Outsider'

Observer review of Houellebecq's HP Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life + Extract

Something terrible came to the hills and valleys on that meteor, and something terrible - though I know not in what proportion - still remains.

What it is, only God knows. In terms of matter I suppose the thing Ammi described would be called a gas, but this gas obeyed the laws that are not of our cosmo…

Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone. For this brave old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own. Sing, and th…

There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your …

Uccello cello cello I love myself.