Read moreįinally reading this one, the book that inspired H.P. I might have given it four stars if not for the art student stories, but it's a 3.5 star book for me overall. The first story, The Restorer of Reputations, gets the book off to a strong start and is the only one that I had read before. These are mostly more realistic, but there is some overlap with the weird fiction of the first few stories. Stories which refer to the notorious play called The King in Yellow, which send anyone who reads it mad, stories that are like snippets of dreams, and stories of American art students living in Paris (as the author himself did) and falling in love with various unsuitable women. There are three types of story in this book. Idly I stood and counted them, until, wearied of their noise and lamentations, I came again to the bridge which few may pass.Those in the throng about the gates shrieked out, "He comes too late!" But I laughed, saying, "There is time.""Pass!" cried the keeper as I entered then smiled and shut the gates.I have wanted to read this book of short stories for a long time, as I have heard it mentioned as a good example of weird fiction. OFFICIAL PSYCLOPEAN MERCH: shrsl.DESTINYI came to the bridge which few may pass."Pass!" cried the keeper, but I laughed, saying, "There is time " and he smiled and shut the gates.To the bridge which few may pass came young and old. Like being suspended along the veiled rim between beauty and cruelty, awaiting the next bellowing tectonic displacement of dimensions, The King In Yellow makes no excuses and leaves no living mortal coherent enough to tell the tale. The music is a cinematic and maddening descent into isolation, occultism, fear, and cosmic otherworldly horror.
Chambers and later absorbed into the Lovecraft mythos. The first album, The King In Yellow, is inspired by the book of the same name written in 1895 by Robert W. Psyclopean is a new dark ambient/atmospheric project fronted by Matt Schmitz (Sleestak, Altrusian Grace Media).
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