Filbi@bookwyrm.social reviewed Polaris by H. P. Lovecraft
Review of 'Polaris' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
In which H. P. Lovecraft tells a middling time travel story and is wildly racist against Inuits for no goddamn reason.
"Polaris" is a fantasy short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1918 and first published in the December 1920 issue of the amateur journal The Philosopher. It is the story that introduces Lovecraft's fictional Pnakotic Manuscripts, the first of his arcane tomes.In the story, an unnamed narrator describes his nightly obsession with the Pole star, and his recurring dreams of a city under siege. The narrator struggles with determining whether his reality is real, or if his dream is the true reality. Critics have noted autobiographical elements …