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Lovecraft Mythos - Cosmic Horror

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H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos is a shared universe far larger and more terrifying than that of humanity, where ancient, malevolent beings known as the Great Old Ones slumber in the depths of space or time. After Lovecraft's death, the Mythos has been expanded and developed by many authors, including August Derleth, Clark Ashton Smith, and Robert E. Howard. These and many other authors have helped to flesh out the Mythos into a rich and complex Dark Universe.

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"… I’m going to take a quick look at a Lovecraft work slightly off the trail of cosmic horror: The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath. Like Poe’s The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, I consider ‘Dream-Quest’ to be a flawed, but imaginatively powerful, novella/short novel of fantasy adventure with elements of cosmic horror.

I have a fair amount to say regarding ‘Dream-Quest’ (and the Dreamlands tales in general), but that is for another day. Tonight, I want to look at an artistic tribute to HPL’s novel: Tom Sutton’s 1978 portfolio, ‘The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath’…"

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[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

One of my favourite work. The whole book is literally a crazy mind trip, I love it.

This is also one of my absolute favourites! Really not digging the illustrations in the link though. None of them really sit right in my mind for some reason.