| Re: Pastiche.
On Long's "The Space Eaters"... I think what I like best about that one is his discussion early on about what works and doesn't work in terror tale. The concepts he throws out there (as with a lot of the concepts he throws out in the early parts of "The Hounds of Tindalos") are fascinating, and call up genuinely eerie speculations. I do, however, have problems with Long's development of things. Nonetheless, I enjoy those early stories of his.
I take it that this is the later edition of Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, as it has the King in it... this also has the Fritz Leiber "Terror from the Depths"? If you can find a copy of the earlier edition (probably easiest to find a used paperback of the 2-volume set, or order it through a library) I'd be interested in your thoughs on a couple of the pieces that weren't in the newer edition. |