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Originally Posted by j. d. worthington  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. |
Yes, "The Hounds of Tindalos" is certainly an imaginitive and interesting piece. The ideas Long suggests remind me a lot of Lovecraft's earlier tales like "Hypnos" and "From Beyond". But as you pointed out, Long doesn't develope things quite as well as Lovecraft.
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Originally Posted by j. d. worthington 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. |
Yup. The version I have seems to be pretty new, and it does contain "Terror From the Depths". I'm curious about this older version, though. I'll see if I can hunt down a copy.