![]() In this special Halloween ‘After Dark’ episode, we are joined by Titus to explore the depths of ‘malignant uselessness’ after a brief review of the recent re-release of the Frank Herbert classic ‘Dune’. In his characteristically pessimistic way, Ligotti’s view is that with suffering outweighing the joys of life, one must seriously consider the point of continuing life at all. In Thomas Ligotti’s works, however, the threat is not necessarily an external one, but that of existence itself. And its conclusions are even more remarkable: that the faculty we call consciousness, and. The Conspiracy Against the Human Race is an extended meditation on this remarkable fact. ![]() ![]() ![]() Horror, the self-generation of fear without threat, is unique to human beings. In the genre of horror literature, most plots revolve around the protagonists contending with a threat that is trying to kill them. 5/5: Neither Positive Nor Equivocal: The Malignant Uselessness of Being Fear is an instinctual response to threat common to all animals. Thomas Ligotti is often cited as the most curious and remarkable figure in horror literature since H. ![]()
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