the conspiracy against the human race book

Ligotti's calm, but often bloodcurdling turns of phrase, evoke the dreadfulness of the human condition. The worst and most plentiful horrors are instead to be found in reality. Through impressively wide-ranging discussions of and reflections on literary and philosophical works of a pessimistic bent, he shows that the greatest horrors are not the products of our imagination. The Conspiracy against the Human Race is renowned horror writer Thomas Ligotti's first work of nonfiction. Check out my feedback score and ! '2010 Bram Stoker Award Nominee for Superior Achievement in Nonfiction. Winning bidder pays $3.99 for shipping within the United States. The book is in great condition and the dust jacket is protected in a mylar dust jacket. 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.The Conspiracy Against the Human Race Thomas Ligotti First Edition, First Printing One of 1,000 Hardcover Copies Printed You are bidding on a true first edition (with full numberline) of Thomas Ligotti's The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror. 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. 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. It may be stated thus: Behind the scenes of life lurks something pernicious that makes a nightmare of our world.'

'There is a signature motif discernible in both works of philosophical pessimism and supernatural 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. The Conspiracy against the Human Race by Thomas Ligotti / ISBN 9780143133148 / paperback from Penguin Books

The conspiracy against the human race book