Lovecraft Country (novel)

Lovecraft Country
Author Matt Ruff
Cover artist Jarrod Taylor
Country United States
Language English
Genre Dark fantasy, horror
Publisher HarperCollins
Publication date
 2016
Media type Print
Pages 400
ISBN 9780062292087

Lovecraft Country is a 2016 dark fantasy horror novel by Matt Ruff, exploring the conjunction between the horror fiction of H. P. Lovecraft and racism in the United States during the era of Jim Crow laws, as experienced by black science-fiction fan Atticus Turner and his family. It was published by HarperCollins.

Reception

Publishers Weekly commended Ruff for his "impressive grasp of classic horror themes", and noted that the book's "most unsettling" aspect is the constant bigotry experienced by the characters,[1] while Kirkus Reviews considered it a "series of bizarre chimerical adventures" and a "merrily macabre pastiche", comparing it favorably to Ruff's previous works.[2]

At Boing Boing, Cory Doctorow described the characters as "active protagonists (with) lives, (...) dignity, and (...) indomitable spirit", and observed that because of their constant experiences with "harassment, violence, expropriation, and the legacy of slavery", they "don't need Elder Gods to experience horror",[3] while at Tor.com, Alex Brown judged that the book "thoroughly and effectively marries race and horror" and called it "a tense thriller, a terrifying nightmare, a heartbreaking tragedy, and a tale of holding onto aspiration and optimism even while being chased through the woods by a hellbeast from another dimension".[4]

Adaptation

In 2017, HBO announced that they were preparing an adaptation of the novel, with Jordan Peele and J. J. Abrams as executive producers and Misha Green as showrunner.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Lovecraft Country, reviewed at Publishers Weekly, November 30, 2015; retrieved May 16, 2017
  2. ↑ LOVECRAFT COUNTRY, reviewed at Kirkus Reviews; published November 4, 2015; retrieved May 16, 2017
  3. ↑ Matt Ruff's "Lovecraft Country," where the horror is racism (not racist), by Cory Doctorow, at Boing Boing; published February 16, 2016; retrieved May 16, 2017
  4. ↑ Cthulhu Gon’ Slay: Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff, reviewed by Alex Brown, at Tor.com; published February 16, 2016; retrieved May 16, 2017
  5. ↑ ‘Get Out’s Jordan Peele Teams With WBTV, HBO & Bad Robot For ‘Lovecraft Country’ Drama Series; Misha Green Writing; by Mike Fleming Jr., at Deadline Hollywood; published May 16, 2017; retrieved May 16, 2017
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