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13007891 No.13007891 [Reply] [Original]

the dark souls of literature doesn't exi-

http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/2/the-abominations-of-yondo

>> No.13007903

>>13007891
Thank you that was enjoyable.

>> No.13007947

>>13007891
Not too bad. It did give me some dark souls vibes

>> No.13008223
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>>13007891
The Aeneid is the Dark Souls of literature.

>> No.13008622

CAS is great, too bad he had to write a lot of bad science fiction to earn money to sustain his parents and couldn't keep up with such prose as he exhibited in the beginning of his career.

>> No.13008642

>>13007891
>abysmal sand
?

>> No.13008652

>>13007891
I would name The Night Land by Hodgson, but this is pretty good too.

>> No.13008660

Dark Souls is likely inspired at least in part by Peake's Gormenghast

>> No.13008677

>>13008660
I have long theorized that Dark Souls was inspired by the Welsh-themed Chronicles of Prydain.
We know by the auteur director of the game's own admission that he used to read Western fantasy novels but couldn't actually read English that well. His concept of the undead sounds suspiciously like that of the Cauldron-Borne.

>> No.13008808

>>13008677
I was a big fan of these growing up, but they're foggy in my memory now. I wonder if it would be worth revisiting

>> No.13009877

>>13007891
Are there any books that embody the same mood and are stylistically similar to this?

>> No.13011635

>>13009877
have a look at weird fiction authors eg. lovecraft, hodgson, ashton smith

>> No.13011961

>>13009877
The other stuff Clark Ashton Smith wrote

>> No.13013396

>>13007891

>> No.13014807

>>13007891
what book should i read from this guy?

>> No.13015668
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>>13014807
I think he has only short stories, the best of which is "The Dark Eidolon", and poems, the best of which is "The Hashish-Eater or the Apocalypse of Evil"

>> No.13017224

>>13007891

>> No.13017341

>>13009877
Cyclonopedia

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>>13014807
I'm currently reading the collections of his short stories released by Night Shade Books. It can be quite irregular sometimes, the fantasy and horror tales are great, the science fiction ones, not so much. Best tales are ones set in Averogine, Hyperborea or Zothique.

>> No.13018541

>>13007891
The cosmic imagery, archaisms and technical classifications of flora and minerals are reminiscent of Wofle. Fun stuff, thanks anon.