Cosmic Horror

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"cosmic horror... is a subgenre of horror fiction and weird fiction that emphasizes the horror of the unknowable and incomprehensible more than gore or other elements of shock... themes of cosmic dread, forbidden and dangerous knowledge, madness, non-human influences on humanity, religion and superstition, fate and inevitability, and the risks associated with scientific discoveries... the sense that ordinary life is a thin shell over a reality that is so alien and abstract in comparison that merely contemplating it would damage the sanity of the ordinary person, insignificance and powerlessness at the cosmic scale..."

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Junji Ito's Cosmic Apocalypse - Hellstar Remina (2004) (lemmy.world)

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Junji Ito is one of the best contemporary manga horror artist around. "Hellstar Remina" is a horror manga series serialized from September 2004 to July 2005. The story revolves around a rogue planet named Remina, which is discovered by a scientist and subsequently named after his daughter, Remina Oguro. Initially celebrated, Remina quickly becomes a harbinger of doom as it heads towards Earth, revealing itself to be a sentient, planet-sized organism that consumes other planets.

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 months ago

Ito is always awesome.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

it doesn't look like things end well for the daughter

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

i would double check that 😆 🤞

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

There's a correction needed.

You said one of the best.

Shame, shame.

[–] Window_Error_Noises@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I was late for work, the first time I read Hellstar Remina, because I started it with morning coffee, and had to finish it! It was definitely more memorable than the job, at the time.

Semi-related, the Ito translated hardcovers are beautifully done. I made the, uh, costly mistake, of getting my spouse the main stack some years back, and now they're just on pre-order to send, as soon as a new one is released. The style changes for some, a few have color illustrations, some have pretty dust covers, but they're all great. Hellstar Remina is bright red, and my favorite. (👁️)