Life after Lovecraft

jp · Post by jp » Mon May 22, 2006 2:47 pm

Since pretty soon I'll be finished catching up on my initial Lovecraft readings, I was just wondering what other authors/stories you guys would recommend that either concern the "Cthulhu Mythos" or are just similar to Lovecraft? I'm already going to check out some of his early proteges (Bloch mainly, I gather I should stay as far away from Derleth as possible), but outside of them, does anyone do the Cthulhu Mythos justice?

Yog-Sothoth · Post by **Yog-Sothoth** » Mon May 22, 2006 2:48 pm

August Derleth.

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Mon May 22, 2006 2:51 pm

Clark Ashton Smith.

jp · Post by jp » Mon May 22, 2006 2:55 pm

Jesus Prime wrote:Clark Ashton Smith.

Ah, yes. I was intending to look up his stuff as well! Glad to know he does the work justice!

Yog-Sothoth, you really recommend August Derleth? Most places I've gone to in search of Lovecraft information seem to despise him and his work...

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Mon May 22, 2006 2:55 pm

It's not that Derleth is badly written, it's that it badly planned.

Yog-Sothoth · Post by **Yog-Sothoth** » Mon May 22, 2006 3:12 pm

yeah, its like Jeeps work.

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Mon May 22, 2006 4:32 pm

Strange, that comes from a guy whose only output was so unintelligible it gave me a minor stroke.

E.A. Lovecraft · Post by **E.A. Lovecraft** » Mon May 22, 2006 4:57 pm

Derleth sucks. Read R.E. Howard's horror tales.

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Mon May 22, 2006 5:00 pm

He did horror? I've only ever heard of the Conan stuff.

E.A. Lovecraft · Post by **E.A. Lovecraft** » Mon May 22, 2006 5:03 pm

I don't think he wrote a lot of horror, but the tales he did are pretty good. I don't recall any of them being explicitly mythos, but they fit right in.

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Mon May 22, 2006 5:17 pm

I'll have a look for some books. Anything you'd recommend.

E.A. Lovecraft · Post by **E.A. Lovecraft** » Mon May 22, 2006 5:47 pm

I had one collection of his mythos/horror stories back in the early '90s called Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos. Apparently, it's no longer in print, but Chaosium has a larger collection in Nameless Cults.

Unfortunately, the Chaosium book doesn't appear to include "Pidgeons from Hell." Stupid title, but a pretty good horror tale.

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Mon May 22, 2006 5:55 pm

Hahaha, brilliant. Narly as good as Frank Belknap Long's one about drowning "in a sea of cats".

Yog-Sothoth · Post by **Yog-Sothoth** » Mon May 22, 2006 6:35 pm

A.T. Tsalazar's "The Things on the Chest"

E.A. Lovecraft · Post by **E.A. Lovecraft** » Mon May 22, 2006 6:45 pm

Only the illustrated version is worth reading.