Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Lovecraftian mystery recommendations?

From: James Reasoner (jamesreasoner@flash.net)
Date: 05 Aug 2010

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    Yes, that's a great story, very much a forerunner of the sort of Western that H.A. DeRosso would be writing a decade or so later. Not at all supernatural, but as noir as they come.

    James Reasoner

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      From: Mark Hall
      To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
      Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 8:47 PM
      Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Lovecraftian mystery recommendations?

        
      While not Lovecraftian, I'd recommend any of the versions of Howard's "Vultures
      of Whaepton"

      as being one of the first noir Westerns!

      Best, MEH

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      From: Brian Thornton <bthorntonwriter@gmail.com>
      To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
      Sent: Thu, August 5, 2010 3:07:28 PM
      Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Lovecraftian mystery recommendations?

      This thread has been on-going for a while, and if either of these has been
      mentioned before, my apologies, but it occurs to me that several of
      Conan/King Kull/Solomon Kane creator Robert E. Howard's short stories are
      set in sync with the Lovecraft mythos. Titles such as "The Black Stone,"
      "The Cairn on the Headland," "The Children of the Night," "Kings of the
      Night," and the ultimate conquered peoples' revenge fantasy: "Worms of the
      Earth" are all either set in the Lovecraft universe, or make allusions to
      nameless elder gods and the lost races that once worshiped them.

      Then there is British horror writer China Mieville's new book KRAKEN. I've
      only just started it, but am really enjoying it (rare for me when it comes
      to horror). It owes a clear and unambiguous debt to Lovecraft's work. If
      that's your cup of tea, check it out. Mieville is a talented writer.

      All the Best-

      Brian

      On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Marsha Valance <tributefarm@athenet.net>wrote:

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    > Haven't seen any mention of Paul Malmont's The Chinatown death cloud
    > peril. New York : Simon & Schuster, c2006. Walter Gibson, Lester Dent,
    > L. Ron Hubband & Robert A. Heinlein solve a horrific dockland mystery
    > on the way to Lovecraft's funeral.
    >
    > Marsha Valance
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