RE: RARA-AVIS: Re: Lovecraftian mytery recommendations?

From: Steve Svecz (sveczs@wtcpl.org)
Date: 02 Aug 2010

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    Another out of print title worth tracking down is Nightmare's Disciple by Joseph Pulver. It features a serial killer sacrificing his victims to the Old Ones. It's a first novel with some problems, perhaps overly long, but with some psychological depth, and about as full of Lovecraftiana as you are likely to get.

     

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    From: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of J.C. Hocking Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 12:48 PM To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Lovecraftian mytery recommendations?

     

      

    If you can find a copy, I highly recommend Stephen Gallagher's Valley of

    Lights. It starts as a police procedural and veers into horror in a very Lovecraftian fashion. By this I mean the protagonist doesn't stumble on the Necronomicon or the Portal to the Dimension of Evil Tentacles, but rather encounters an ancient, and admirably conceived, non-human menace. Very well wrought novel with an extraordinarily satisfying conclusion.

    John

    ________________________________ From: JIM DOHERTY <jimdohertyjr@yahoo.com
    <mailto:jimdohertyjr%40yahoo.com> > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com <mailto:rara-avis-l%40yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sun, August 1, 2010 6:26:20 AM Subject: RARA-AVIS: Re: Lovecraftian mytery recommendations?

       If it hasn't already been mentioned, try Les Whitten's Progeny of the Adder, which starts out being a straightforward urban police procedural, and turns into something very different.
      JIM DOHERTY

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