Titus Crow, Volume 1: The Burrowers Beneath; The Transition of Titus Crow
Registered by GoryDetails of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 3/25/2017
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I found this slightly-battered softcover at a local Savers thrift shop, and as I've enjoyed Lumley's work in the past, and adore Lovecraftian references, I had to get this volume. It's an omnibus edition, including the first two "Titus Crow" books.
Later: OK, there are lots of fun elements here, from the coming-together of the researchers who've encountered evidence of Cthulhu-cult activities to the obligatory fragmentary-messages-of-doom. But Lumley's premise - or at least that of his main character - is that the powers of the Elder Gods are a kind of psychological influence, nothing magical or otherworldly, and that they can be fought, which turns the whole story into something quite different from Lovecraft's mythos. I also found the tales to drag a bit, making me wish for something tentacled to turn up and get things moving {wry grin}.
[There's a TV Tropes page on the "Titus Crow" series.]
Later: OK, there are lots of fun elements here, from the coming-together of the researchers who've encountered evidence of Cthulhu-cult activities to the obligatory fragmentary-messages-of-doom. But Lumley's premise - or at least that of his main character - is that the powers of the Elder Gods are a kind of psychological influence, nothing magical or otherworldly, and that they can be fought, which turns the whole story into something quite different from Lovecraft's mythos. I also found the tales to drag a bit, making me wish for something tentacled to turn up and get things moving {wry grin}.
[There's a TV Tropes page on the "Titus Crow" series.]
Journal Entry 2 by GoryDetails at Little Free Library, Celestial Way in Pepperell, Massachusetts USA on Sunday, February 4, 2018
Released 6 yrs ago (2/4/2018 UTC) at Little Free Library, Celestial Way in Pepperell, Massachusetts USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I left this book in the Little Free Library on this grey Superbowl Sunday; hope the finder enjoys it!
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*** Released for the 2018 Great Backyard Bird Count release challenge. See this year's GBBC here. ***
*** Released for the 2018 Science Fiction release challenge. ***
*** Released for the 2018 Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes release challenge, for the embedded "tit" in the title. ***
[See other recent releases in MA here.]
*** Released for the 2018 Great Backyard Bird Count release challenge. See this year's GBBC here. ***
*** Released for the 2018 Science Fiction release challenge. ***
*** Released for the 2018 Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes release challenge, for the embedded "tit" in the title. ***