As has come up in some other recent threads, H.P. Lovecraft was <insert expletives>. I'm guessing for a lot of folks that it's hard to picture the things in the outer darkness/far realms/whatnot without reference to Lovecraft's Mythos simply because we haven't read much else in that vein. And it might be hard to picture D&D worlds without that in the background since it's always been there.
Beyond Lovecraft, I've read the Conan stories where Howard veers that way, there's a hint of it in one of Glen Cook's Garrett novels, and one or two short stories that randomly showed up in fantasy anthologies. And that's about it.
What sources would you recommend for getting a more well-rounded view of the genre for game inspiration? Preferably ones with authors that didn't stand out for being particularly more racist/misogynistic/etc.. than the usual for their time, and with settings that don't owe too much directly to the HPL mythos?
Beyond Lovecraft, I've read the Conan stories where Howard veers that way, there's a hint of it in one of Glen Cook's Garrett novels, and one or two short stories that randomly showed up in fantasy anthologies. And that's about it.
What sources would you recommend for getting a more well-rounded view of the genre for game inspiration? Preferably ones with authors that didn't stand out for being particularly more racist/misogynistic/etc.. than the usual for their time, and with settings that don't owe too much directly to the HPL mythos?