PDF Ebook Titus Crow, Vol. 2: The Clock of Dreams & Spawn of the Winds, by Brian Lumley
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Titus Crow, Vol. 2: The Clock of Dreams & Spawn of the Winds, by Brian Lumley
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“Patchworks of gothic horror, space opera and lost-world fantasies. Seeds of the vivid cosmic layers that so distinguish Lumley's Necroscope series flourish in this collection, and loyal fans will surely admire their flowering.†―Publishers Weekly
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"I'm impressed with Lumley's talent. He's obviously one of the best writers in the field." --John Farris "Crow is an obvious precursor to Harry Keogh, the star of Lumley's bestselling Necroscope series. Lumley writes with a breathless cliffhanger style, and his heroes are likable." --Fangoria "More heroic fantasy than horror...Lumley's exuberant portrayals of petty gods who meet their match in ingenious mortals has the charm of a J.M. Barrie Lost Boys fantasy for adults. Seeds of the vivid cosmic layers that so distinguish Lumley's Necroscope series flourish [here], and loyal fans will surely admire their flowering." --Publishers Weekly
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Product details
Series: Titus Crow (Book 2)
Paperback: 324 pages
Publisher: Tor Books; 1st edition (October 6, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312868685
ISBN-13: 978-0312868680
Product Dimensions:
6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
3.8 out of 5 stars
17 customer reviews
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#902,006 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
I enjoyed The Burrowers Beneath, The Transition of Titus Crow, and The Clock of Dreams but they did tend to veer from cosmic horror to classic Pulp action. Indeed, the books went completely off the rails, in my opinion, with The Clock of Dreams and only returned to normalcy with this volume. Spawn of the Winds is the fifth novel in the Titus Crow series which, despite its name, follows a variety of Pulpish heroes through Seventies as they do battle with a variety of Great Old Ones as well as befriend alien but benevolent beings on distant worlds opposed to their works. In the Lumley universe, half-human hybrids tend to be beautiful space babes and Cthulhu is dastardly rather than a force above good or evil. It's a universe where Cthulhu's good brother Kthanid keeps him imprisoned on Earth and the greatest way to fight gigantic blood-sucking worms is water. They're silly but fun books. Spawn of the Winds switches from Titus Crow and Henri de Marigny to Silberhutte, a psychic Texan who belongs to the same monster-hunting organization as the previous heroes. Determined to avenge his dead brother, killed by the evil wind elemental Ithaqua, he gathers a group of associates onto a plane to investigate a means to slaying the beast. Unfortunately for Hank, he and the others are swept through a cosmic tornado created by the Great Old One and deposited on the ice-ridden world of Borea. Narrowly avoiding being added to Ithaqua's bank of inhumanly cold worshipers, they join with the monster's beautiful half-human daughter Armandra to form a resistance. As Hank falls in love with the strange demigoddess, his sister seeks some way to protect them against their monstrous foe and unravels the history of a world in another dimension populated by fellow humans. Rather than Lovecraft, Lumley seems to be drawing from Edgar Rice Burroughs as Spawn of the Winds reads like an homage to his Barsoom as well as Pellucidar series. For those unfamiliar with the planetary romance genre, it's basically, "Earthman gets transported to fantastic land full of monsters. Earthman befriends local tribe with beautiful woman, Earthman impresses both, and then has to deal with whatever is ailing said tribe at the moment. There will also be an evil traitor in his tribe who is jealous of his newfound rival." Spawn of the Winds follows this formula to the tee. It actually hurts the story to some extent as I was able to predict all of the plot-twists before they happened. The story also had some uncomfortable traces of the racism present in Burroughs stories. Armandra is a half-Caucasian/half-Great Old One worshiped as a goddess by the Native American and Eskimo-descended tribesmen. Ithaqua prefers only white human females to be his mates, even though he's a frigging alien monster. Oh and our hero is the big burly Texan with only one person of color in his group. Eesh. Despite this, the effect is somewhat mitigated by the fact it's not superior civilization or race which makes Hank their leader but his inborn psychic powers. It is these abilities which impress Armandra and convince her he might be useful in the battle against Ithaqua. Even so, the book's attitudes feel a bit retrograde even from Lumley's other works. The world-building is the best part of the book. Borea is wonderfully detailed from its culture, religion, climate, to history. Ithaqua is a better antagonist than Great Cthulhu as he's not nearly as powerful as the rest of his fellows, allowing the heroes to pose an actual threat to him. They don't, really, but they can thwart his efforts much better than a world-destroying monster like Yog-Sothoth. Some may argue Ithaqua is a too humanized monster and, yeah, I agree but he's a fun too humanized monster. My preferred Great Old Ones are above good and evil the same way a storm or an earthquake are rather than the devilish evildoers which seem to populate these pages. Despite this, I like the care and attention Lumley devotes to making Borea come to life. The book is fun but it's not exactly something which is going to blow anyway away with its originality. If you were a fan of the original books, you may also dislike the switch from the more intellectual Titus and Henri too. Still, I don't regret my purchase and finished reading the series. I will say nothing here approaches the enjoyment factor of the original The Burrowers Beneath. Basically, if you liked the previous books, then this will probably appeal to you. It's also closer closer to the original than the other sequels.8/10
It is hard to review this twofer. Although they take place in the same universe, the two books are vaguely connected. "The Clock of Dreams" ends Lumley's first Titus Crow trilogy, while "Spawn of the The Winds" begins his second trilogy. It would have been better for Tor to publish the three twofers as two three-in-ones, thereby keeping the trilogies separate.If they needed to have three books, then the should have published "The compleat crow," the short-story collection, as a third volume. I see The Vortex Blaster Problem in play here: the six official Lensman books are frequently republished, but uniformly "The Vortex Blaster" is dropped from the series. Admittedly, it does not follow the main story line, but neither does "The Horse And His Boy" follow the main Narnia storyline. And in Adam's Hitchiker's Guide omnibus, they include the fragment "Young Zaphod Beeblebrox." It seems to be incomplete, but it is still included because it is relevant to the overall series.The point being that in all cases, we should include all the relevant books in the series.End of rant; now to the books.THE CLOCK OF DREAMSFive stars for the title alone. This magic coupling of the words--"clock" and "dreams"--was the reason why I began reading the series!This story tightens the connection between HPL's universe and Lumley's elaboration. We meet the Dreamer Carter (Dreams of Terror and Death: The Dream Cycle of H. P. Lovecraft) and also Etienne-Laurent de Marigny from "Out of the Aeons" (The Loved Dead: Collected Short Stories Vol II (Wordsworth Mystery & Supernatural)). I would have liked an appendix showing where Lumley got his characters. But I guess I will have to bone up on my Lovecraft on my own.This story abandoned the archival format, and had a detached storyteller format. So we resume a third-person narrative. The first person is always engaging, and makes the story seem real. The distance diminished the emotional impact of the horror.And this is no longer a horror series, but fantasy-adventure. This is fine--series need to evolve to keep things fresh. Also, since this is the third in a trilogy, we also have the phenomenon of winding down. The loose ends are tied up, the "marrying and the burying" as Twain put it.I'm not sure if the ending is a Deus Ex Machina. It is close, but since Lumley knows how to end a book with force and power, I forgive him.Lumley compensates for three of Lovecraft's weaknesses. 1. Courage: There are no victims of horror, but people who fight back. 2. Romance: These courageous people fall in love. 3. Balance: The evil is balanced by a present good that is bold and impressive.It is this last one--good that is bold and impressive--that fascinates me. Bold and impressive is how I would describe Kthanid, Cthulhu's goody-two-shoes brother.As a God-figure He rivals C. S. Lewis' Aslan (The Chronicles of Narnia Movie Tie-in Edition (adult) ). If we can forgive Christ for being depicted as a lion, we can certainly forgive G-d for being depicted as an octo-head in these myths. But it's not his *appearance*, rather his *presence* that conveys a sense of cosmic majesty.As his "last battle" shows, Kthanid is not a tame octopus!SPAWN OF THE WINDSThis book is mistitled; it should be called "Child of the Winds" or "Princess of the Winds." Lumley, I think, realizes he has slipped into urban fantasy-adventure. The title hearkens back to his Lovecraftian roots, but it does not fit the story.The second problem is that this begins a second trilogy. The series is rebooted with new characters and situations---the CCD are there (The Ithaqua Cycle: The Wind-Walker of the Icy Wastes (Call of Cthulhu Fiction)), the star-stones are prominent. And we still have the Wilmarth Foundation, but we meet some of their other operations and their other heroes. So this is both a plus and a minus.The third problem is that, since this is a reboot, we never meet Crow and de Maurigny. I kept expecting them to appear, so this unmet expectation kept nagging my mind and interfering with the pleasure of writing. The dynamic duo appear in the next volume, so this problem also is a plus and a minusAll else is good. Lumley returns the archival format, with it verisimilitude of classified documents. MJ-12 documents, eat your heart out!The change of setting is exactly what a series like this needs. Coming from finishing Dune 7 ("Hunters of Dune" and "Sandworms of Dune"), the ice world is exactly what I needed. I felt like I was pulled into the snow-dunes of the early Jack London prospecting short stories (Jack London : Novels and Stories : Call of the Wild / White Fang / The Sea-Wolf / Klondike and Other Stories (Library of America)).You have the man versus man conflict and the man verses mad demon conflict, but in the background there is the man versus icelandic waste conflict. It does not affect the story, but it does brood in the sidelines.We have shifted from horror to fantasy adventure. The story has the excitement of The Lost World, but the magic of Indiana Jones. Crow is enigmatic, and de Maurigny has his moments, but Hank Silberhutte is straight from the classic pulps.I say classic pulp, because the story has all the force of a pulp, but clearly follows the pattern. Square-jawed Texan entering the realm of a fairy princess. A stranger, he masters the realm, vanquishes the evil, and gets the girl in the end. Classic Joseph Campbell.And this story should be familiar to you--you read it before in She (Oxford World's Classics),A Princess of Mars (Dover Value Editions), the first Titus Crow trilogy, and Doc Savage and The Land of Always Night.It is a great archetype, and Lumley retells it flawlessly.
Like other tales from that era, it includes a fair bit of sexism and casual racism, but is pretty good once those are accounted for. It is among the very few novel length works to feature Ithaqua, though that entity is more 'horrific opponent of the good guys' than 'Lovecraftian abomination.'
I really did enjoy the book regardless of his absence. I can only give it 4 stars. Seems kind of cheating using his name without him being in the book.
Friends:This story is as Good or better than the ones that H.P. Lovecraft told....... A machine that could traverse all of space, time, multiple dimensions and enter the land of Dreams would far exceed the time machine offered by H.G. Wells.Google my name to Learn more.....Arthur von Boennighausen
I've read hundreds of si-fi books in my life, I read the Titus Crow books when I was serving in the Navy back in the 1970's, since then I have been searching for these two book. Of all the books I've read The transition of Titus Crow, and the Clock of Dreams, plus, The Mirror of Her Dreams, and a Man Rides Through, are two stories that have always stood out as my favorite stories. Thank you for helping me get the books of my long desire. Daniel Voges of Nebraska.
Love Brian Lumley and ADORE Titus Crow, if you want some fun schlocky horror where the bad guys are the most evil things ever and the good guys are pure as the driven snow, lumley is for you.
Enjoyable book in an enjoyable series. I get that Lumley isn't for everyone, but I think he's actually one of the better authors that is considered to be part of the Lovecraftian fiction genre.
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