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Title	:	The Great God Pan
Author	:	Arthur Machen
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 84 pages
Published	:	April 12th 2005 by WLC (first published 1890)
Categories	:	Horror. Fiction. Classics. Fantasy. Gothic. Short Stories

The Great God Pan Paperback | Pages: 84 pages

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"Of Mr. Machen's horror-tales the most famous is perhaps The Great God Pan (1894), which tells of a singular and terrible experiment and its consequences." -H. P. Lovecraft

Scientists destroy a woman's mind when they attempt to help her see the god of nature, Pan. Years later, a young woman named Helen arrives in London's social scene. Her presence disturbs many young men who commit suicide. It is discovered that Helen is the monstrous child of Pan and the woman from Wales.

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Original Title:	The Great God Pan
ISBN:	0809544601 (ISBN13: 9780809544608)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Pan (Greek)

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I enjoyed reading this little horror story. Not really creepy according to nowadays standards, but interesting to read due to its minimalistic style.I picked it up as a group read without any knowledge of author/time/history of horror novels. Reading through some of the reviews here on GR it was quite an influential work and would be appreciated more in context. It made me curious to learn more about the era/genre.

This classic felt like a concatenated version of Robert W Chambers' 'The King in Yellow' with a supernatural detective feel similar to that of 'The Horror at Red Hook'. Loved it.The Great God Pan can be passed as an aftermath of Hodgeson's 'Baumoff Explosive', with a very similar science fiction rationale that blurs the line between conventional supernatural and the cosmic sense of lovecraftian horror. But Machen's account, unlike Lovecraft's, lacks the existential sense. There is dreadness,

The Great God Pan is one of Arthur Machen's earliest works, and also his most popular. Upon release it was widely denounced as decadent and depraved, although it has since influenced countless writers of horror and weird fiction, from H.P. Lovecraft to Stephen King.Machen was a bohemian fellow, deeply opposed to science and modernity; he held a belief that the real world is just a veil behind which another world is hidden, infinitely more strange, mysterious and magical. The Great God Pan is set

I've been hearing of Machen's work for years now, but never got around to reading him. I live in a small, Canadian town, and finding his work around here is near impossible. When I got my Kindle, all that changed. Suddenly, I had all the classic books I yearned for, including Machen.I hesitated, though. What if my expectations were raised too high? What if I were let down? I have, after all, heard a lot of great things about Machen from authors of whom I admire. Great writers like Caitlin R.

19th century neurobiology as means of "lifting the veil" of consensus reality as mediated by flawed senses, and terrible repercussions of both this hidden knowledge and what may cross back through such lifted veils. An influence on Lovecraft, apparently (obviously), and as such it could be improved somewhat by, rather than just telling us that things are cripplingly horrifying, actually giving us some more of the specifics. Of course, the merits of the unknown, suggestion, etc -- so it still

The reason Machen remains influential among modern horror writers is quite evident in his most famous tale, The Great God Pan. While not the as shocking and decadent as his contemporary critics said it was, it is still quite disturbing as Machen tells this story about evil seductions and hidden deities. Machen seems to have a strong interest in the mystical (he hung around with Alister Crowley) and strong pantheistic leanings. Yet while contemporary Algernon Blackwood wrote about the same areas

Sorry I've been away so long. My long-form reading has always come in fits and starts. I get very excited about reading, devour a handful of books, then become distracted and lose focus. Months will go by without completing a book -- and in these periods I'm usually reading many at once, failing to make significant progress on any. My work requires me to read tons of articles and essays and academic journals. It can be hard to find time or motivation to sit down with a book. What's worse, over