But why does he write this, and what is the “conspiracy” of the title? It all stems from the self-knowledge that we do our best not to acknowledge: the fact that we alone of all living creatures know that we are going to die. Life is suffering, and “human suffering will remain insoluble as long as human beings exist.” And the sooner human beings cease to exist, the better. “Existence,” writes Ligotti, “is a condition with no redeeming qualities.” He understands that most philosophers and readers will disagree with him and that his position that life has no meaning is impossible to prove, just as anyone claiming to have discovered the meaning of life is suspect. The author’s viewpoint is uncompromisingly bleak he finds seemingly kindred spirits such as Nietzsche to be a little too sunny. On the basis of this unsettling tract-which draws from philosophy, metaphysics, neuroscience, literature, and literary criticism-his horror fiction proceeds from a deep belief that existence itself is a horror show and that procreation is at best an illusion and at worst a crime against humanity. A writer of supernatural horror stories illuminates the darkest horror of all in this nonfiction affirmation of negativity.Īn award-winning cult favorite, Ligotti ( The Spectral Link, 2014, etc.) doesn’t write horror simply to scare readers.
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