Most of it is normal stuff, though sometimes morbidly exaggerated. Not to brag, but there’s not much that doesn’t scare me. 6, also talked with Speakeasy about his favorite Broadway musical, how Vladimir Nabokov is one of his literary heroes, what he fears, and where curious readers new to his work should start. Ligotti, whose first two short-story collections will be published in a new volume by Penguin Classics on Oct. Easier said than done, of course, but the same thing was said about me following a number of interviews I gave years before the publication of ‘Conspiracy,’ so I was already used to that.” “When ‘Conspiracy Against the Human Race’ made its appearance I was informed by a number of such readers that by writing such a book I was obliged on principle to commit suicide.
“That may sound idiotic to some people, but I don’t care about them,” Ligotti told Speakeasy in a recent email exchange. In correspondence, Ligotti himself is self-deprecating and wry, especially as he describes the reaction to “The Conspiracy Against the Human Race,” his 2010 nonfiction work that he views as somewhat of a self-help book, even if it argues that people should stop reproducing. Read more: Penguin Classics to Publish Ligotti Stories
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