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Thomas Ligotti
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American horror author and philosopher known for philosophical horror rooted in weird and gothic fiction, expressing a pessimistic, nihilistic worldview.
Biography
Thomas Ligotti (born July 9, 1953) is an American horror author, philosopher, and writer. His writings are rooted in several literary genres, most prominently weird fiction, and often take the form of short stories and novellas in the tradition of gothic fiction.
Critics have described his work as philosophical horror; the worldview he espouses in both fiction and nonfiction has been described as pessimistic and nihilistic. The Washington Post called him "the best kept secret in contemporary horror fiction." His nonfiction includes The Conspiracy Against the Human Race, presented as his first work of nonfiction and engaging literary and philosophical pessimism.
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Books by Thomas Ligotti
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race is Ligotti's first work of nonfiction. Through discussions of literary and philosophical works of a pessimistic bent, he argues that the greatest horrors are found in reality rather than imagination.