Oh wow, I wasn't expecting this to survive the night.
>>13749191I read it when I was little and I was expecting something less silly, which is why it disappointed me. But if I were to read it again I might enjoy it now, not having the same expectations. It's like some sort of bizarre parody of Frankenstein.
>>13749343I too enjoy Poe overall, but at times he can be too wordy. This isn't much of an issue when it comes to short stories, but in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym it gets a little exhausting after a while... Did you know that Lovecraft wrote At the Mountains of Madness as a sequel to it?