After watching "True Detectives," I decided to investigate Lovecraft a bit and concluded that I probably wouldn't really enjoy reading his stuff. But every article mentioned that this book was a huge influence on Lovecraft and so I decided to give it a try. It is apparently considered the first book to depart from traditional Gothic horror and turn into something more like science fiction horror. Grasshopper just alerted me that I had probably also read about it on the "obscure books that you love" thread (or something like that) and she's right! So sorry Clavain that I did not give you ad