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<blockquote data-quote="JoeNotCharles" data-source="post: 5016333" data-attributes="member: 79945">Someone recently described Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath as reading like Lovecraft fan fiction, and I agree.&nbsp; So much of it is, &quot;Hey, remember this guy or place from that other story?&nbsp; Here's a cameo!&quot;&nbsp; A lot of it was good despite that due to the vivid scenery, but the ghouls just killed it for me.I also don't like At the Mountains of Madness, for the same reason.&nbsp; The opening is brilliant, but then when they start unravelling the mystery, for some reason it turns into a history lesson which just lists a bunch of stuff that was pulled together from his other works.&nbsp; Making all of his stories fit together makes them *less* mysterious and ruins the atmosphere!&nbsp; Then the climax is especially disappointing because it's such a long story.Colour Out of Space and Dreams in the Witch-House are what I'd recommend.&nbsp; The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is awesome, although the ending was too pat I think the ride was good enough to make up for it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JoeNotCharles, post: 5016333, member: 79945"] Someone recently described Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath as reading like Lovecraft fan fiction, and I agree. So much of it is, "Hey, remember this guy or place from that other story? Here's a cameo!" A lot of it was good despite that due to the vivid scenery, but the ghouls just killed it for me. I also don't like At the Mountains of Madness, for the same reason. The opening is brilliant, but then when they start unravelling the mystery, for some reason it turns into a history lesson which just lists a bunch of stuff that was pulled together from his other works. Making all of his stories fit together makes them *less* mysterious and ruins the atmosphere! Then the climax is especially disappointing because it's such a long story. Colour Out of Space and Dreams in the Witch-House are what I'd recommend. The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is awesome, although the ending was too pat I think the ride was good enough to make up for it. [/QUOTE]

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