📖 What are people reading?

[Fighelm]

Back on Lovecraft at present since they are short and I feel like I'm making progress! So just finished re-reading A Shadow of of Time. Prior to my return to horror I'd ploughed through the first thee Robert Ludlum Jason Bourne books (ie the proper ones!) again, hence feeling like I needed some slightly shorter stories for a while!


There isn't and we've been meaning to have one so thank you! There are a few threads I've tagged as book related for those wanting to head down the rabbit hole.

On Love craft - I discovered some good reading material via James Maliszewski's 'Grognadia' blog and his 'pulp fantasy library' posts. He has an immense love of Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E Howard, Ray Bradbury, etc. It's been a great untapped source (to me) of old timer American authors and 'Weird Tales' mag contributors of the 30's& 40's. Think he is an old school (Canadian?) RPG develop/ writer and a bit of a HP Lovecraft afficeniado, regularly deep diving into the author's Lovecraft corresponded with, his influences (Lord Dunsany), the mythos etc. That blog has introduced me to some great authors and stories written such as Vance ('The Dying Earth' ), and novels like 'Zothique' (CA Smith). ps. Have also finished 'The Broken Sword' by Poul Anderson. Again another one I missed in my youth. I have been known to have upwards of 20 books on the go. That is all.

 

[Slave to Darkness]

Brian Lumley did some stuff based on Lovecraft's mythos, only read one book as a young un so don't remember much.

His Necroscope/Vampire World books though... Amazing.