This week we discuss the first five stories in The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers: “The Repairer of Reputations,” “The Mask,” “In the Court of the Dragon,” “The Yellow Sign,” and “The Demoiselle d’Ys.”
Time Codes
01:06 Introduction
04:20 Readings for next time
06:22 Chambers according to Robin D. Laws
10:13 The King in Yellow Act 1, Scene 2
11:57 “The Repairer of Reputations”
31:07 “The Mask”
47: 31 “In the Court of the Dragon”
1:02:30 “The Demoiselle d’Ys”
1:10:06 Final thoughs
1:16:45 Wrapup
Next Read: The Whisperer in Darkness by H.P. Lovecraft; "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" and "Haïta the Shepherd" by Ambrose Bierce
Continuing down the King in Yellow rabbit hole, we will be reading three stories that feed into the mythos: "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" and "Haïta the Shepherd" by Ambrose Bierce as found in his short story collection Can Such Things Be?, followed by The Whisperer in Darkness by H.P. Lovecraft.
See you then!
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