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Old 15th August 2007, 08:28 PM   #52 (permalink)
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Re: And your first Lovecraft tale was ....?

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Originally Posted by Addy View Post
I suppose they decided to place At The Mountains Of Madness at the beginning of this particular collection both because the collection IS titled At The Mountains Of Madness And Other Tales and because it's the work of greater importance in there.
The funny thing is that, in my collection, the story the collection was named after ("The Thing On The Doorstep") was placed at the end...
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Originally Posted by j. d. worthington
Actually, while no collections were published, there were various times he was approached by publishers. He did, however, draw up a list or two of what he would have liked to see in a collection of his work. If you're interested, I'll dig them up and post them (always assuming one of the other Lovecraftians on here doesn't beat me to it....)
Yes, it would be interesting to see. Did he just pick the ones he liked more or did he think of a theme?
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