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[jcreed]

Been reading "At the Mountains of Madness" lately. Already had read "The Color out of Space", "Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath", "The Other Gods" at various times, but this is good solid canonical Lovecraft. It's hitting me how much it isn't about rattling off Ancient Betentacled Horror #1, and Eldritch Gaping Maw #2, and so on --- which is kind of

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[nightspore]

You've read The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, right? To which this is HPL's sequel. Because Pym is also amazing.

[jcreed]

Haven't! Will look into it. Thanks for the recommendation.

[nightspore]

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma98/silverman/poe/fulltext.html

Poe's only novel. It's also a major influence on Moby Dick.

[aleffert]

http://ask-lovecraft.tumblr.com/post/124927154580/pluto-revisited