![]() But Kij noticed that the book is also almost completely devoid of women. ![]() People of color appear in the dreamlands either as slaves or as villains. Lovecraft, of course, is hopelessly racist in the original. She never forgot it, and has now returned to the Dreamlands to interrogate the setting. ![]() Kij Johnson read the book as a kid, possibly on the strength of its cutesey, cat-festooned cover. My suspicion is that if The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath were to be written today it would not get out of anyone’s slush pile, for all that it is full of interesting ideas. On the other hand, Lovecraft’s attempts to write longer form fiction cruelly expose his failings as an author. Certainly the Dreamlands are much more of a coherent fantasy universe than his stories set in the real world. ![]() There are those who think that Lovecraft’s Dreamlands Cycle are his best works. ![]()
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