the man-shaped light & Pym's snow-white giant

[rich]

always thought of that section as more Lovecraftian, though there are some
parallels with some of the later scenes in Pym. both tales are somewhat
ambiguous in their endings, too

rich

On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 3:06 PM Dee Kilroy <deadendkid76 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Anyone out there with tips linking ATD's arctic expedition (pages 145-153)
> with Poe's 'Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym'?
>
> Every time I've read those pages of Against The Day my mind reaches for the
> ending of Pym, yet I don't see much out there relating the two.  Could be I
> dunno how to dig for a connection proper.  Could be there's no link at
> all.  COULD be...
>
> (Naturally, also find myself contemplating Robert Peary's theft of a
> certain sacred meteor from the Inughuit in the late 1890s...)
>
> These are the things that keep me up at night!
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