This is a notable departure from the typical Mythos tale in that it takes place in the distant future rather than the 1920s or the present, and it is worth reading on that basis alone. The third story in the collection again references a classic HPL story, but this time it's only a passing reference rather than required reading, which I found to be a relief. I am seriously considering splicing both of those stories into my copy of this volume, just to have them Right There without needing to switch books. Thankfully, I have a complete HPL omnibus on my ereader and was able to reread both this and the Zann story when I found myself a bit lost.
Similarly, the sequel to HPL's "Pickman's Model" depends on being quite familiar with the original story. As such, I found the story a bit of a slog, but others' mileage may differ. The first/longest/title story in this quartet relies quite heavily on the reader being intimately familiar with both the character of Dupin and HPL's original "The Music of Erich Zann," as well as requiring a willingness to read a lengthy pastiche of Poe's now-antiquated style. Riveting horror-gripping mystery-from a master storyteller.
Sent back to England with a mission to fulfill, Oates seeks the help of an old school friend, a veteran of the Great War-who must also play detective, endeavoring to determine who or what has sent Oates back-and, of course, why!Īlso included are two short stories, "The Holocaust of Ecstasy" and "The Truth About Pickman." In the original novella, "The Seeds from the Mountains of Madness," it turns out that the famous Captain Oates, whose body was never found after he left Scott's tent in the Antarctic, did not die after all-or, if he did, still retained his ability to function in the world. Edgar Allan Poe's great detective, Auguste Dupin, who's endangered because of his connection to Zann, must not only figure out who-but why. In the longest of the four Cthulhu Mythos stories in this collection, "The Legacy of Erich Zann," the violin and the music that the ill-fated musician left behind become the target, some fifteen years later, for a mysterious searcher who will stop at nothing-including murder-to obtain them.
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