![]() ![]() Great swathes of the show are not only different from the book, but are another story entirely. ![]() Or you may be rewarded if you think the show handles these things inappropriately. ![]() If you go to the book looking for the same experience as the show or for history lessons, you’ll be disappointed. If you don’t like what a character is doing in the show, you’ll probably find a lot more to appreciate about them in the book.Ģ. Good news: the book handles these characters with more aplomb, care and generosity than the show. As a Black person period, I turned every page wondering when he was going to drop the ball. As a writer of a Black Lovecraft novel in progress for the last five years, I was worried if it would erase my work. As a Black connoisseur of horror, I was worried if he, a white writer, would mishandle the Black ensemble cast of his book. Matt Ruff’s 2016 novel was a book I read with great anticipation and no small amount of worry. ![]()
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