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In the case of "The Repairer of Reputations", Chambers all but invites the reader to doubt every single detail the unreliable narrator relates. Chambers breaks the basic contract between author and reader by refusing to relate something that is both interesting and truthful (even given the "suspension of disbelief" required of fiction). [3]
"The Repairer of Reputations" – a story of egotism and paranoia which carries the imagery of the book's title. " The Mask " – a dream story of art, love, and uncanny science. "In the Court of the Dragon" – a man is pursued by a sinister church organist who is after his soul.
The Hastur Cycle, edited by Robert M. Price, Chaosium, 1993 – contains "The Repairer of Reputations" and "The Yellow Sign" Detection by Gaslight, edited by Douglas G. Greene, Dover Publications, 1997 – contains "The Purple Emperor"
Hastur as he appears in The King in Yellow.. In Chambers' The King in Yellow (), a collection of horror stories, Hastur is the name of a potentially supernatural character (in "The Demoiselle D'Ys"), a place (in "The Repairer of Reputations"), and mentioned without explanation in "The Yellow Sign".
The Haunts of Men is a collection of short stories by Robert W. Chambers, author of The King in Yellow (1895) and The Maker of Moons (1896). The first four tales feature the American Civil War, and most of the stories are set in America with Chambers' love of landscape prevalent.
The characters in the novel express credulity at the very concept of a "repairer of reputations" (rather than simply at Mr.Wilde's obviously imagined success at it). To me this is ironic given that (if one disregards Mr.Wilde's use of mafia-like tactics) the job seems to be essentially that of a spin doctor — Preceding unsigned comment added ...
"It is Yue-Laou, the Maker of Moons" The Maker of Moons is an 1896 short story collection by Robert W. Chambers which followed the publication of Chambers' most famous work, The King in Yellow (1895).
The Mystery of Choice is a collection of short stories by American writer Robert W. Chambers, published by D. Appleton in 1897. Distinguished by an atmospheric use of natural scenery, the stories are mostly set in French region of Brittany.