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![]() While at first the mission goes smoothly, strange things begin happening, until only two of the scientists remain. The story of a team’s scientific mission to the Antarctic to perform research, Lovecraft uses the unknowns of the most southern continent as a setting for an unbelievable experience that may or may not involve aliens and ghosts. Regarding the works in the collection, the eponymous novella is the best. And while this overly formal, technical style may be enjoyable to some, I found it tedious and difficult to fully engage with. Guilty of telling rather than showing, dialogue and inner monologue is almost non-existent, the direct description of events and places taking center stage. Lovecraft writes with the sterility of a doctor performing an autopsy. ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, they are few and far between. ![]()
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