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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 8278619" data-attributes="member: 82106">Not to knit-pick, but Dreamlands stuff is not really 'core mythos'. It occupies an earlier phase of HPL's work, although he is certainly developing themes, settings, and style which informs the later core mythos stories. I'd also say that there is an element of existential horror involved in some of this material, but it is not hard core Cosmic Horror. It is also pretty unclear what the narrators in these Dreamlands stories are like. Very little is said about their non-dream existence. When it is discussed it is stated or implied that they are artists and such, with the implication that artists are 'a bit nuts' to start with. This is also the work that Smith and Howard in particular were inspired by in their fantasy stories, not the later core mythos stuff. So, I would not try to conclude too much about Cosmic Horror from Dreamlands and other early HPL stuff. And games like CoC, while it discusses the Dreamlands (and there was once a module to allow adventures there) isn't intended to really emulate those stories 'out of the box'.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 8278619, member: 82106"] Not to knit-pick, but Dreamlands stuff is not really 'core mythos'. It occupies an earlier phase of HPL's work, although he is certainly developing themes, settings, and style which informs the later core mythos stories. I'd also say that there is an element of existential horror involved in some of this material, but it is not hard core Cosmic Horror. It is also pretty unclear what the narrators in these Dreamlands stories are like. Very little is said about their non-dream existence. When it is discussed it is stated or implied that they are artists and such, with the implication that artists are 'a bit nuts' to start with. This is also the work that Smith and Howard in particular were inspired by in their fantasy stories, not the later core mythos stuff. So, I would not try to conclude too much about Cosmic Horror from Dreamlands and other early HPL stuff. And games like CoC, while it discusses the Dreamlands (and there was once a module to allow adventures there) isn't intended to really emulate those stories 'out of the box'. [/QUOTE]

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