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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 5243615" data-attributes="member: 18280">REH has some excellent "Lovecraftian" stories, which are well worth reading.....although he is also dated in some ways (esp. as regards to racial and gender politics).I think that the best things about the pulps/Weird Tales authors are (1) the enormous energy in some of their stories and (2) the commonality (for RPGers) of the sorts of situations one encounters in D&D (and similar games).  Both of these factors are worthwhile for prospective GMs to explore, IMHO.  This is even true in cases where the prose isn't as good as one would like.There is nothing wrong with reading modern authors as well....One draws inspiration from many sources.  I personally enjoy discovering sources in older materials for later materials I have read.  I personally enjoy discovering the echoes of older materials in newer materials as I am reading them.  This joy in discovery mandates reading older materials.I also think that, for those who have read these authors, some "no win scenarios" seem far more winnable -- we have already read how Conan, or Solomon Kane, or El Borak, or Kyrik, or Tarzan, or John Carter triumphed in a similar plight.Finally, regarding Lovecraft, may I present the following article, which I wrote in relation to the Dreaming Seas Press version of "That Hideous Face", published in Mythos Collector #6?  Here's a link:  <a href="http://www.danieljbishop.ca/That%20hideous%20face.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.danieljbishop.ca/That hideous face.pdf</a>RC</blockquote>

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