Name: The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror
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Author: Ligotti, Thomas
ISBN: 9780143133148

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The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror

Type

Physical Book

Author

Thomas Ligotti

Publisher

Penguin

Year

2018

Language

English

Pages

272

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.1 x 13.5 x 2.0 cm

Weight

0.23 kg.

ISBN13

9780143133148

Synopsis "The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror "

In Thomas Ligotti's first nonfiction outing, an examination of the meaning (or meaninglessness) of life through an insightful, unsparing argument that proves the greatest horrors are not the products of our imagination but instead are found in reality. "There is a signature motif discernible in both works of philosophical pessimism and supernatural horror. It may be stated thus: Behind the scenes of life lurks something pernicious that makes a nightmare of our world." His fiction is known to be some of the most terrifying in the genre of supernatural horror, but Thomas Ligotti's first nonfiction book may be even scarier. Drawing on philosophy, literature, neuroscience, and other fields of study, Ligotti takes the penetrating lens of his imagination and turns it on his audience, causing them to grapple with the brutal reality that they are living a meaningless nightmare, and anyone who feels otherwise is simply acting out an optimistic fallacy. At once a guidebook to pessimistic thought and a relentless critique of humanity's employment of self-deception to cope with the pervasive suffering of their existence, The Conspiracy against the Human Race may just convince readers that there is more than a measure of truth in the despairing yet unexpectedly liberating negativity that is widely considered a hallmark of Ligotti's work.

Thomas Ligotti

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(Detroit, 1953) Thomas Ligotti is an unapologetic and unconditional supernatural fiction writer, already a classic. He studied at Michigan State University. He worked as an associate editor at Gale Publishing until 2001, the year he settled in Florida. In 1986, his first collection of stories, Songs of a Dead Dreamer, was published. In Ligotti's ominous and deranged universe, Creation is the absolute evil and madness lurks in the very essence of things. He has developed a reputation as one of the contemporary masters of literary horror, and his work often explores philosophical and existential themes.

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