In the Walls of Eryx

There's many layers of irony in this story, some only emerging in retrospect. We all know of Lovecraft's unfortunately prejudiced worldview - even for a man of his time - but did you know that he got a lot better in his final years? He'd begun to feel shame about some of his previous opinions, and mi......more

"Let us leave to Venus that which belongs only to Venus." A chilling sci-fi tale, which despite some suspense and foreboding lands quite far afield from Lovecraft's usual fare. In fact, had I not known Lovecraft wrote it, I almost certainly couldn't have guessed. The theme really boils down to a biti......more

In the Walls of Eryx The Earthlings have come to Venus and have built a colony which they have called Terra nova. On Venus there is life, a diverse fauna and flora, and an intelligent race of reptilian beings whose culture is not yet highly developed, although in some aspects such as architecture it......more

considering the context in which this story was written and the time of its creation, i cant really hate on it the way i wanted to. Started out great but the ending was so dumb and the message and social commentary was not subtle in the slightest, really you want to write a story like this that says......more

I've reading all of Lovecraft stories and this one stood up as one of the best ones. The setting is imaginative and the ending feels more focused on how garbage humanity is.......more